Scholarships, Fellowships & Internships
The following organizations offer law school scholarships and fellowships to students from diverse backgrounds. Please see the links below and if you require additional information please get in touch with the organization directly.
This list is not exhaustive.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Akin Gump/Robert Strauss Diversity &
Inclusion Scholarship Program
The application period for the 2024 program is open. Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis. Please visit the site for more information.
Arent Fox LLP
Diversity Scholarship
Please visit the site for more information.
Brennan Center for Justice
Internships for Law Students
Application closed on March 31, 2024. Please visit the site for more information.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
2024 Diversity & Inclusion Law Department
Summer Internship Program
Application closed on January 8, 2024.
Please visit the site for more information.
Cooley LLP
Diversity Fellowship
Application closed on January 8, 2024.
Please visit the site for more information.
Crowell & Moring LLP
2024 1L Diversity Fellowship
Application closed on January 19, 2024.
Please visit the site for more information.
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
1L Diversity Scholarship
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis beginning December 1. Please visit the site for more information.
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett
& Dunner, LLP
Finnegan Diversity Scholarship
Please visit the site for more information.
Foundation for Advancement of Diversity in IP Law
Sidney B. Williams, Jr. Scholar Program
Applications must be submitted by March 31 (11:59 p.m. EDT) of the year in which the applicant seeks to start law school studies.. Please visit the site for more information.
Google
2025 Google Legal Summer Institute
Application closes on June 21, 2024.
Please visit the site for more information.
Just The Beginning – A Pipeline Organization
Summer Judicial Internship Diversity Project
Application closed on January 14, 2024.
Please visit the site for more information.
King & Spalding LLP
1L Summer Associate Program
Please visit the site for more information.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
1L Diversity Scholars Program
Please visit the site for more information.
2L Diversity Fellowship Program
Applications will open on June 1, 2024. Please visit the site for more information.
Latham & Watkins LLP
1L & 2L Diversity Scholars Program
2024 1L applications closed on February 1, 2024.
Applications for the 2025 2L Diversity Scholars Program closed on July 12, 2024.
Please visit the site for more information.
Mecklenburg County Bar
Charlotte Legal Diversity Clerkship Program
The CLDC 2024 application, for law students graduating in Spring 2026, is closed. Application dates for law students graduating in Spring 2027 will be released Fall 2024. Please visit the site for more information.
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
Morgan Lewis 1L Diversity Fellowship
The application for the 1L Diversity Fellowship for Summer 2024 is closed. Please visit the site for more information.
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Diversity and Inclusion Fellowship
Applications will be accepted beginning Dec. 1 each year and materials must be received by January 31 to be considered. Please visit the site for more information.
Thompson Coburn LLP
Thomas F. Eagleton Scholarship
Applications are accepted May 1st – July 1st; annually. Please visit the site for more information.
Thompson Hine LLP
1L & 2L Diversity Fellowship Program
Please visit the site for more information.
Winston & Strawn LLP
Diversity Scholarship Program
Applications are now closed. Please visit the site for more information.
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Womble Summer Associate Program
To be considered for Womble Scholars, email Ayesha Sharif to express interest with your resume and law school transcript. Please visit the site for more information.