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ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship is a grant from the American Bar Association that funds first-year law students from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds to help them attend and complete their legal education.
The program provides $15,000 in financial aid distributed across three years of law school, with awards going to 20 to 25 incoming diverse students annually who have demonstrated a strong commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion. Applicants must be entering first-year students with a minimum undergraduate GPA of 2. 5 on a 4.
0 scale. Eligible applicants are entering first-year law students in the 2026 academic year committed to DEI. Awards total $15,000 over three years; the 2026 application deadline was April 15, 2026.
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Kaleidoscope - Legal Opportunity Scholarship 2026 Legal Opportunity Scholarship 2026 Visit our website to view Frequently Asked Questions . The American Bar Association (ABA) awards an annual Legal Opportunity Scholarship to first-year law students. The program's mission is to encourage racial and ethnic minority students to apply to law school and to provide financial assistance for them to attend and complete their legal education.
The ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship grants $15,000 of financial aid to 20 - 25 incoming diverse law students over their three years in law school. Since its inception, the ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship has benefitted more than 400 students from across the country.
To be eligible to receive an ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship, an applicant must submit the following requirements: Official or unofficial transcript 2-4 Letters of Recommendation Signed Release Form (within LOSF application) Please do not submit your resume.
To be eligible to receive an ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship, an applicant must meet all of the following requirements: The applicant must be an entering, first-year law student in academic year 2026. The applicant must have demonstrated a strong commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Only students beginning law school in this academic year will be eligible for a scholarship.
Law students who have completed one or more semesters or years of law school are not eligible. Applicants who are part-time law students also must be starting law school in this academic year to be eligible. At the time of submission of the application, the applicant must have achieved a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.
5 (on a 4. 0 grading scale) at their undergraduate institution. If the applicant has not completed their undergraduate degree at the time the application is submitted, the applicant must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.
5 (on a 4. 0 grading scale) as of the most recent completed semester. Before receiving scholarship funds, recipients will be required to demonstrate admission to and plans to enroll at an ABA-accredited law school.
Because of the deadline for submitting applications the applicant will have applied to law schools, but may not yet have been admitted to law school. If the applicant is selected to receive an ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship, the applicant will be required to demonstrate admission to and plans to enroll at an ABA-accredited law school before receiving scholarship funds.
Students who do not enroll or who leave law school after being admitted will be required to return all or a proportional amount of scholarship funds. For more information on requirements, visit our website . Legal Opportunity Scholarship 2026
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Entering first-year law students with a commitment to DEI. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows $15,000 over three years. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
The published deadline was April 15, 2026, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship is funded by American Bar Association. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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