George Washington University Law School
2000 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052
Scholarship Sponsors:
- Baker & McKenzie LLP
- Winston & Strawn LLP
Scholarship Application Deadline: 5.10.12
Law Preview Scholarship Criteria
To be eligible to become a Baker & McKenzie Law Preview Scholarship recipient, applicants must be enrolled to begin classes at George Washington University Law School in the fall of 2012. In keeping with our sponsors' commitment to improving diversity in the legal profession, preference will be given to applicants who are members of a racial/ethnic group which has been historically underrepresented in the legal profession or members of the LGBT community.
Applications will be accepted until May 10, 2012. The sponsoring organizations' selection panels will evaluate all completed applications, and scholarship recipients will be notified on a rolling basis by June 1, 2012.
If you plan to attend George Washington University Law School and meet the scholarship criteria, complete the online application before the scholarship deadline.
You have been accepted to a top law school and that is an accomplishment for which you can be extremely proud. Undoubtedly, you know that academic success during the first year of law school is critical. In addition to determining honors like Law Review membership, the most selective legal employers often rely almost exclusively on students' 1L grades when deciding who to interview for Summer Associate positions. Consequently, students' first-year grades can directly impact the job opportunities available to them upon graduation. Baker & McKenzie is a long-standing leader in promoting greater diversity in the legal profession. When we began exploring ways to help students to better position themselves for a very competitive legal market, we learned about Law Preview and how it has helped students excel during the all-important 1L year. We are happy to sponsor students admitted to George Washington University Law School to attend Law Preview and provide a solid foundation upon which those students can begin their legal studies. I myself took a similar law school prep course before starting law school and found the experience to be invaluable. If you have been admitted to GWU and meet the scholarship criteria, I strongly encourage you to submit an application.