Outside scholarships
Check back throughout the year for updates about outside scholarships for law students.
DRI - Law Student Diversity Scholarship program!
DRI - Law Student Diversity Scholarship program is open to rising (2025–2026) second and third year law students. Focused on students from backgrounds that would add to the cause of diversity within the Civil Defense Bar.
Eligibility: Candidate must be a full-time student. Evening students also qualify for consideration if they have completed one-third or more of the total credit hours required for a degree by the applicant’s law school.*
One scholarship in the amount of $10,000 and two scholarships in the amount of $5,000 each will be awarded. The recipients will be recognized at the DRI Annual Meeting in Chicago in October.
To apply: Complete and submit an application.
Deadline: June 30, 2025.
*Students who are a member of the American Association for Justice (AAJ), law school, or law student members of AAJ, or students otherwise affiliated with or employed by AAJ are not eligible for DRI's Law Student Diversity Scholarships.
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NOTE: Outside scholarships are counted as financial resources when calculating eligibility for funds based on your cost of attendance budget. Your cost of attendance budget, determined by enrollment and residency, is listed under the Financial Aid tab in COIN in myUMassD.
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