BWLA Fall Book Scholarship Award

Purpose: To meet a portion of the financial need of current law students

Award: BWLA-SF will award up to ten $1,000.00 dollar book scholarships. Scholarship recipients will be invited to and recognized at BWLA 2024 Sips for Scholarships.

Geographic Scope: Chicagoland area and demonstrated connection to Chicago legal market

Focus Areas: Legal education support; financial aid for law students; promotes diversity in the legal profession

Eligibility:

• Must be of Black or African descent
• Complete and sign the application, including answering all application questions
• Attend an ABA-accredited law school in the Chicagoland area OR have a demonstrated present or future connection to the Chicago legal market
• Demonstrate a commitment to public service or diversity (evidenced by current leadership or participation in community service or outreach)
• Have unmet financial needs
• Supply an official transcript and a letter of good standing from your school's registrar

Selection Criteria:

• Professionalism of application materials (incomplete or incorrectly formatted application materials will be disqualified)
• Commitment to public service and diversity
• Professional and academic achievement
• Unmet financial need
• BWLA involvement
• Applications with excessive typographical and/or grammatical errors may be disqualified

Address: 321 S. Plymouth Ct., Suite 600, Chicago, Illinois 60604

Application Submission Process

1. Format Requirements:
   • Each application must be typewritten and converted to a PDF
   • Combine application with all supporting documentation into ONE PDF file
   • Letter of good standing or transcript may be sent directly from the applicant's law school depending on the institution's policies
   • Applications submitted in other formats or as more than one PDF file will NOT be considered
2. Submission Instructions:
   • Email the combined PDF file to: scholarship@bwla.org
3. Deadline:
   • Application and all documentation must be received by Friday, October 18, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. CST
4. Required Materials:
   • Completed and signed application form
   • Official transcript
   • Letter of good standing from school's registrar
   • All application questions must be answered