University of Richmond School of Law
28 Westhampton Way
University of Richmond, VA 23173
Scholarship Sponsors:
- Troutman Sanders LLP
Scholarship Application Deadline: 06.01.12 [Extended]
Law Preview Scholarship Criteria
To be eligible to become a Troutman Sanders Law Preview Scholarship recipient, applicants must be: (i) a member of a racial/ethnic group which has been historically underrepresented in the legal profession or a member of the LGBT community; and (ii) enrolled to begin classes at the University of Richmond School of Law in the fall of 2012.
If you meet the application criteria, complete an online application before May 10, 2012. The selection committee will evaluate all applications and notify scholarship recipients on a rolling basis starting June 1, 2012.
Students who are about to enter law school should understand the importance of first-year grades. A student's 1L grades often determine things like participation in law review and whether the most selective legal employers will offer interviews for Summer Associate positions. Troutman Sanders is committed to building a pipeline of diverse legal talent that not only benefits our firm, but also the legal profession as a whole. We believe that our investment in the Law Preview Scholars Program supports a critical section of that pipeline -- when students transition to law school -- and Troutman Sanders is proud to partner with Law Preview and provide students with a solid foundation upon which they can build their legal careers.
Law Preview provided big-picture frameworks for all of my substantive first-year courses, which helped me with outlining. It provided a schedule for managing my workload [and] helpful exam-taking strategies, which eliminated the need to figure out my own good strategy before beginning the actual exam preparation. Finally, it provided some assurance that I could ignore the million distractions law school offers during the first semester and focus on my schoolwork.
