Nova Southeastern Univ. Shepard Broad Law Center
3305 College Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314
Scholarship Sponsors:
- National Diversity Scholarship Fund (NDSF)
Scholarship Application Deadline: 5.1.12
National Diversity Scholarship Fund Criteria
To be eligible for a NDSF Scholarship, applicants must be: (i) a member of a historically underrepresented group in the legal profession; (ii) a member of the LGBT community; or (iii) first in their immediate family (excluding siblings) to attend college. Applicants must also be enrolled to begin classes at a NDSF-sponsored law school in the fall of 2012
If chosen, NDSF-sponsored students agree to reply to periodic surveys that confidentially track their academic progress, matriculation/graduation status, bar exam results and employment opportunities.
Applications will be accepted until May 1, 2012 and applicants will be notified by email a rolling basis starting May 20, 2012.
At Walmart, we believe our legal workforce should reflect broader American society in all its diversity. That's why we decided to invest in pipeline programs like the Law Preview National Diversity Scholarship Fund. The NDSF is a unique opportunity to improve the academic performance of law students from diverse backgrounds during a critical step in their development -- the all-important first year of law school. It is our hope that the diverse students we sponsor today will excel academically and, as a result, enjoy rich and successful legal careers tomorrow. We are proud to participate in this pipeline diversity program, and we encourage our fellow corporate colleagues to consider joining us as we help to diversify the American legal profession.
I feel that Law Preview set me apart from the rest of the class because I knew what to expect before I even started school. Many of the cases we read and briefed for class I had already an understanding of because we had gone over them in Law Preview. It also helped me with time management and balancing all the work that is expected during first year. I felt more comfortable starting law school because I knew what I was about to encounter. I am in the top 1% of first year class and I strongly believe it was due in part to the skills I learned through Law Preview. I would highly recommend law preview to anyone entering law school. [Ranked #3 out of 317 after first semester]
