Award:
The award consists of $2,500.00 for each year the
student attends law school, for a maximum of three years for day students and
four years for evening students.
Information:
The Columbian Lawyers Association, First Judicial
Department Scholarship Fund is a 501 (c) (3) tax exempt association. Each year, the Association awards up to (4)
four scholarship awards to law students of some Italian heritage presently
attending law schools.
Eligibility:
Must be attending law schools located within the City
of New York and the Counties of Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester. Consequently, the awards require that the
applicant has already been admitted and completed at least his/her first
semester of studies. In order for a scholarship award recipient
to continue receiving their award after the first year it is granted, the recipient
must confirm in writing to the Chairman that he/she is still enrolled in a
qualifying Law School no earlier than October 1st and no later than March 15th
of the following year. The Chairman and
the Association reserve the right to terminate scholarships for recipients who
fail to maintain a minimum GPA of at least 2.5.For more information please visit:
http://www.columbianlawyers.com/about/scholarships/