Scholarship and Fellowship Opportunities for Entering Students
Merit Scholarships: Since 1988, the School of Law has been able, through the generous grant from the University, to award a number of merit scholarships to highly qualified applicants selected by the Faculty Committee on Admission at the time an applicant is reviewed for admittance. Students must be in good standing with the School of Law and meet specified criteria to have the scholarship renewed in subsequent years. There is no separate application.
Grants: Need-based grants awarded annually through alumni donations. A completed FAFSA is required to be considered.
- Joseph W. Bernstein Scholarship --For Fall 2010 Entering Class
- Norman C. Amaker Public Service Scholarship
- Judge William J. Campbell Public Interest Scholarship
- Child and Family Law Fellowships
- Circle of Advocates Scholarship
- Community Service Scholarship
- Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies: Fellowship Programs
- Health Law Fellowships
- Intellectual Property Fellowships
- Lahart Leach Scholarship
- Loyola University Latino Alumni Board Scholarships
- Mark/Charlene Novak Scholarship
- Other Scholarship Opportunities
In most cases, scholarship awards made to entering J.D. students are renewed in the same amount for the second and third years of law school, so long as eligibility requirements are met. Scholarship assistance is not available for transfer students. Some awards are made to recognize outstanding achievement for other upperclass J.D. students who did not receive scholarship assistance as first-year students. Scholarships will not increase as tuition increases.
For Fall 2007, more than 69 percent of the entering students received a scholarship.
All of the special scholarships require:
- Students complete the Free Application for Student Financial Assistance (FAFSA) in a timely fashion, so that the results are received to Loyola by the scholarship deadline. Since the FAFSA takes up to six weeks to process, we recommend filing the information no later than February 1.
- A separate application form is completed and returned by the deadline stated for each scholarship. All supporting documentation must also be received by that date. Only candidates admitted to the School of Law by the deadline date will be considered.
Joseph W. Bernstein Scholarship
Through the generosity of the Bernstein Foundation, a scholarship has been established to assist full-time students. The scholarship, in the amount of full-tuition per year, will be awarded to an entering student. The next time this scholarship will be awarded is Fall, 2010.
Selection for the scholarship is competitive. Interested candidates must submit a cover letter applying for the scholarship, one letter of recommendation, and an essay of no more than 300 words addressing their goals upon successful completion and awarding of a legal degree. Eligibility for the scholarship is limited to those students who are U.S. citizens, enrolling full-time in the law school, with demonstrated financial need. Completing the FAFSA in a timely fashion is required.
The successful recipient will be selected by a committee composed of the donors and members of the law school. A personal interview may be part of the process; this may be conducted by phone and will be with reasonably short notice.
Deadline: March 1.
This scholarship will replace any other institutional funding an applicant may be receiving.
Joseph and Bessie Feinberg Scholarship of the Joseph W. Bernstein Scholarship Fund
Through the generosity of the Feinberg Foundation, a scholarship has been established to assist full-time law students. The scholarship in the amount of one-half of tuition per year will be awarded to an entering student. The next time this will be awarded is 2009.
Selection for the scholarship is competitive. Interested candidates must submit a cover letter applying for the scholarship, and an essay of no more than 300 words addressing their goals upon successful completion and awarding of a legal degree. Eligibility for the scholarship is limited to those students who are U.S. citizens, enrolling full-time in the law school, with demonstrated financial need. Completing the FAFSA in a timely fashion is required.
The successful recipient will be selected by a committee composed of the donors and members of the law school. A personal interview may be part of the process; this may be conducted by phone and will be with reasonably short notice. Deadline: March 1.
This scholarship will replace any other institutional funding an applicant may be receiving.
Kenneth Adreani Scholarship
Through the generosity of the Adreani Foundation, a scholarship has been established to assist full-time students. The scholarship, in the amount of one-half of tuition per year will be awarded to an entering student. The next time this scholarship will be awarded is Fall, 2011.
Selection for the scholarship is competitive. Interested candidates must submit a cover letter, applying for the scholarship and an essay of no more than 300 words addressing their goals upon successful completion and awarding of their legal degree. Eligibility for the scholarship is limited to those students who are U.S. citizens, enrolling full-time and demonstrated financial need. Completing the FAFSA in a timely fashion is required.
The successful recipient will be selected by a committee composed of the donors and members of the law school. A personal interview may be part of the process; this may be conducted by phone and will be with reasonably short notice. Deadline: March 1.
Click here for the application.
This scholarship will replace any other institutional funding an applicant may be receiving.
Circle of Advocates Scholarship
The Circles of Advocates of Loyola U Chicago School of Law annually awards a scholarship, in the amount of at least $5,000, for an entering full-time student.
This fund was created in 2001 by the Circle of Advocates group to assist students in pursuing their legal education.
The criteria for the scholarship are that the student have achievements in the areas of debate or moot court and have demonstrated financial need. This scholarship is renewable for three years on the condition that the student maintains a 3.0 cumulative G.P.A.
Interested candidates must submit an application that includes a cover letter, one letter of recommendation, an essay, and resume. The essay should not exceed 300 words, and must include one paragraph containing a description of your achievements in debate or moot court, and a second paragraph stating your reasons for applying for this scholarship.
The resume should include any honors received in college and/or graduate school, your extracurricular activities within your school and your community, and public or civic activities outside school or after graduation.
Deadline: March 1.
Judge William J. Campbell Public Interest Scholarship
$4,000 renewable scholarship awarded annually to an entering full-time day division student with proven public interest experience. This renewable scholarship awarded annually to an entering full-time day division student with proven public interest experience. Eligibility for the scholarship is limited to those students who are U.S. citizens, enrolling full-time in the law school, with demonstrated financial need. Completing the FAFSA in a timely fashion is required.
Interested candidates must submit a cover letter applying for the scholarship, one letter of recommendation, resume, and a typewritten essay, not to exceed 300 words, addressing their goals in the area of public interest law.
The resume should include description of your extracurricular activities within your school and your community, highlighting your public or civic activities outside school or after graduation. Please include the organization or group with which you worked, the amount of time donated to these activities weekly, the nature of your responsibilities, and the duration of your affiliation with each group listed.
Eligibility Considerations and Bases: 1) Applicants must be admitted to the full-time division of the School of Law no later than March 1st.
Deadline: March 1.
Norman C. Amaker Public Service Scholarship
Named in honor of the late Professor Norman C. Amaker, who taught at the School of Law from 1976 to 1999. This $4,000 renewable scholarship is awarded annually. The scholarship recipient will be an entering full-time day division student with proven public-service experience and be selected by a committee. There is no application for this scholarship. The Amaker is given to one person selected from Loyola Law Community Service Scholarship recipients.
Loyola Law Community Service Scholarship
$4,000 for first year awarded to entering students who have participated in Americorps, City Corps, City Year, Peace Corps, VISTA, Teach for America or Jesuit Volunteer Corps. Applicants who completed active military duty also qualify. Other organizations may be considered on a case by case basis.
No application is required. Please submit a cover letter with proof of participation and completion of the program. Deadline: March 1.
Students who are chosen to receive the Teach for America Americorps Education Award from the Child and Family Law Center are not eligible for the Loyola Law Community Service Scholarship.
Mark/Charlene Novak Scholarship
This fund was created in 2001 by Mr. and Mrs. Novak for the law school to assist students in pursuing their legal education. The criteria for the scholarship is that the student have achievements in their academic and extra-curricular activities, show financial need, and be a member of a trade union, or the son/daughter of a member of a trade union. Please provide the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid, Suite 1440, a letter of interest with a resume and proof of trade union membership.
Lahart Leach Scholarship
The Lahart Leach Scholarship is awarded to an entering part-time evening student based upon financial need and academic background. Selection of the scholarship recipient(s) is made by the scholarship committee from amongst the admitted part-time evening class, normally in June. No application is required.
The recipient(s) will receive the scholarship for four academic years, as long as he/she remains in good standing and in the part-time evening divisions.
Loyola University Latino Alumni Board (LULAB)
Other Scholarship Opportunities
The following scholarships are available to entering students without an application. Selection is made by the Faculty Committee on Admission, usually in March, based upon meeting specific requirements as listed.
Merit Scholarships: Based only on merit. Renewed if student maintains cumulative 3.00 GPA
O'Toole Scholarship: Awarded to an entering student who is a St. Mary.s College, Ind., graduate.
Child and Family Law Fellowships
Eight to ten fellowships are awarded annually to entering day students through a competitive selection process. In addition to the law school scholarship application, candidates for the fellowship must also complete a second extensive application form. Finalists must also participate in an on-campus interview. Financial need is not a requirement for this program. Deadline: March 1.
Annually, the Child and Family Law Center awards fellowships to incoming students who demonstrate the individual characteristics and background to focus their studies by working with neglected and abused children. Interviews are conducted on March 25 for those individuals selected by the members of the Child and Family Law Center.
For further details on the Childlaw Fellowship, please click here or call the Childlaw Center at 312.915.6481. To go directly to the application click here (PDF).
Health Law Fellowships
The Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy at Loyola University Chicago School of Law offers fellowships to entering students who are interested in health law. All students entering Loyola’s J.D. program are eligible to apply. Beyond the financial benefits of a health law fellowship, recipients are automatically admitted to the specialized health law legal writing section, which provides students with a unique opportunity to learn about health law during their first year. Fellowships awarded to entering students are not automatically renewable but all recipients are eligible to apply for Upperclass Health Law Fellowships after their first year. See application below for requirements.
Deadline: March 1.
To download a printable version of the Health Law Fellowship application, please click here (PDF).
Intellectual Property Fellowship
In addition to a monetary scholarship received as IP fellows, recipients are admitted to the specialized IP Legal Writing Section; this provides students with the unusual opportunity to learn about IP during their first year of law school. In addition to mastering the traditional legal writing skills, students admitted to the IP legal writing section will receive special lectures on various aspects of IP by the Director of Loyola's IP program.
A formal application is required, which includes two essays requirement. A personal interview will also be part of the process; this may be conducted by phone and will be with reasonably short notice.
Deadline: March 1
Click here for application.
