New or Increased Scholarship Assistance Application

After all of your grades have been reported for the most recently completed academic year, you may submit a request to the Law School Admissions and Financial Aid Office to be considered for new or increased scholarship assistance for the upcoming academic year. Your request must be submitted by June 28, 2024.

You will be required to upload the following materials with your request:

  1. A letter explaining your request;
  2. An unofficial law school transcript, which must include grades for all courses taken during the most recently completed academic year; and,
  3. An updated resume.

Funding for new or increased scholarship assistance varies from year to year. Historically, not every student has received an award, and for students who do receive new or additional funding the average amount is $1,000. With limited funding, priority will be given to students who do not currently have scholarships through the law school and those with highest need. When reviewing students’ applications for new or additional funding, we will take into account factors such as students’ summer employment, whether the student is receiving financial support from family, whether the student is receiving external scholarship funding, and whether the student was eligible for a Federal Pell Grant as an undergraduate student.

Award
Varies
Organizations
Law School
Deadline
06/28/2024
Supplemental Questions
  1. In which year of law school are you currently?
  2. What is your anticipated graduation date (month/year)?
  3. Are you enrolled as a full-time student?
  4. What is your current cumulative GPA? (This question is required, unless you have not yet completed your first semester of law school. If you have not yet completed your first semester of law school, please leave this question blank.)
  5. Are you a Wisconsin resident?
  6. Please upload your current resume. Be sure your name is written near the top of the document.
  7. Please upload your current unofficial law school transcript prepared by the Office of Career and Professional Development. (This question is required, unless you have not yet completed your first semester of law school. If you have not yet completed your first semester of law school, please do not upload a file.)
  8. Please upload a letter explaining your request. Be sure your name is written near the top of the document.
  9. Were you eligible to receive a Federal Pell Grant as an undergraduate student?
  10. Is your employment for the current summer eligible for Summer Public Service Fellowship funding? (Please note that this will be verified by the Law School Office of Admissions & Financial Aid).
  11. If you have paid summer employment this summer, please indicate the type of employment you have.
  12. Have you received scholarship, grant, or fellowship funding from any source(s) outside of the law school during the most recently completed academic year?
  13. If you received scholarship, grant, or fellowship funding from any source(s) outside of the law school during the most recently completed academic year, please provide the following information for each: (a) the source of funding; (b) how much you received; and (c) whether you will continue to receive funding from this source for the coming academic year.
  14. Have you applied or are you applying for scholarship, grant, or fellowship funding from any other source(s) for the upcoming academic year?
  15. If you have applied or will be applying for scholarship, grant, or fellowship funding from any other source for the upcoming academic year, provide the following: (a) the source of requested funding; (b) the status of your application; and (c) the anticipated amount of funding you will receive if your application is granted.
  16. Have you applied for a graduate assistantship (teaching assistant, research assistant, project assistant) for the upcoming academic year?
  17. If you have applied for a graduate assistantship for the upcoming academic year, state: (a) the department(s) to which you have applied; and (b) the status of your application(s).
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