Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund MALDEF Law School Scholarship Program
The MALDEF Law School Scholarship Program awards scholarships up to $7,000 each year to deserving individuals entering their first, second or third years of law school. Students must be enrolled in law school full-time in the upcoming school year to qualify.
The scholarships are awarded to students based upon three primary factors:
1. demonstrated involvement in and commitment to serve the Latino community through the legal profession;
2. academic and professional achievement; and
3. financial needs.
Please read the application instructions thoroughly before completing and sending in your materials.
A complete application must include the following eight (8) items:
1. A completed and signed MALDEF scholarship application form;
2. Your current résumé (to include information on education, community activities, work experience, interests, etc.);
3. A typed personal statement of 750 words or less, double-spaced, detailing your reasons for studying law, your interest in a particular legal field, your professional objectives, your plans after law school, and describing your past involvement in activities which you believe to have served or benefited the Latino community and how these activities relate to your decision to pursue a career in the legal profession;
4. An official undergraduate transcript or photocopy of an official transcript;
5. For law school students who have already completed one year or more of law school, please, also provide: an official law school transcript or photo copy of an official transcript;
6. A letter of recommendation describing your involvement in the Latino community from a person familiar with that involvement;
7. A letter of recommendation from a college, or law school professor; and
8. A Completed financial need statement (enclosed) from the school you are or will be attending that indicates both the financial assistance that will be provided to you by the school, and your unmet financial need; please use the enclosed form and have the form delivered to MALDEF directly by the school's financial aid office by October 2, 2006.
9. (Optional) A copy of your LSDAS Report with your LSAT score.*
* MALDEF has serious reservations about the predictive ability of LSAT scores; therefore, while applicants may opt to provide the LSDAS Report, MALDEF will not weigh the LSAT score heavily in choosing scholarship recipients.
Approximate scholarship value: $70000
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