Association for Women Lawyers offering scholarships

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For the fourth year, the Association for Women Lawyers Foundation is awarding scholarships to law students enrolled in Marquette University Law School and the University of Wisconsin Law School.

All scholarship applicants must satisfy these requirements:

• Applicant must be attending a Wisconsin law school in September 2024.
• Applicant must have completed the first or second year of law school.
• Applicant must be in good academic standing.
• Applicant must be a woman.
• Applicant must meet one or more of the selection criteria for the AWLF scholarship.

The selection criteria will be based on:

• Service to others.
• Diversity.
• Compelling financial need.
• Academic achievement.
• Unique life experience or circumstance (e.g., overcoming obstacles to attend or continue with law school).
• Advancement of women in the profession.

All applications must be received by June 15. An eligible application consists of:

• a current resume, a law school transcript, and a cover letter.
• An official transcript is preferred, but an unofficial transcript is acceptable if the official version is not available by the application deadline. You may resubmit your updated transcript after June 15, 2024 if it is not available prior to the deadline.
• Your cover letter must discuss the specific ways in which you satisfy the criteria for the AWL Foundation Scholarship, the Pomeroy Scholarship, and/or the Abrahamson Scholarship.
• One cover letter is sufficient to apply for all three.

Applications and transcripts must be submitted to the AWL Foundation Scholarship Committee at [email protected] or by mail to 3322 N. 92nd Street, Milwaukee, WI 53222.

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