Since 1991, the Foundation has awarded more than $2 million through its scholarship programs. Investing in the next generation of public interest lawyers, the flagship Public Interest Scholarship (formerly known as the Law School Scholarship for Public Interest) has benefited almost 500 outstanding law students. The Scholarship helps pay the costs of obtaining a law school education, including tuition, fees, books, and related education expenses. Awards of $7,500, $5,000, and $2,500 recognize law students who demonstrate superior academic achievement, a sustained and extensive commitment to public service, often while overcoming serious personal hardships and obstacles, an intent to pursue a career in public interest law, and financial need.

The $7,500 awards may be made in the name of a Public Interest Scholarship Fund donor. All Public Interest Scholarships are awarded in person at a reception held in conjunction with the State Bar of California's Annual meeting, scheduled to be held in 2008 on Thursday, September 25, in Monterey.

Public Interest Scholarship Awards

• 2007 Awards

• 2006 Awards

• 2005 Awards

• Public Interest Scholarship Honor Roll (1992-present)

• 2008 Criteria, Instructions, and Conditions
  
• 2008 Application Checklist
  
• 2008 Complete Application Packet (PDF)

The Complete Application Packet includes the Criteria, Instructions, and Conditions, Application, Certification and Authorization Form, Certification of Financial Need, and Checklist.

Application Deadline

The 2008 Application Deadline is 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 19, 2008.

Please note that in order to provide enough time to select its nominees, a law school typically requires that Candidates submit their Applications to the law school by a date earlier than the Foundation's Application Deadline.

For additional information, please contact Joilene Grove, Program Director, at (415) 856-0780 ext. 302 or jgrove@calbarfoundation.org.

2007 Recipients of the Law School Scholarship at the State Bar Annual Meeting Scholarship Luncheon, along with 2006-2007 State Bar President Sheldon H. Sloan, 2007-2008 State Bar President Jeffrey L. Bleich, and Foundation President Scott Wylie, September 27, 2007, Anaheim, California. Photo courtesy of Howard K. Watkins.

2006 Recipients of the Law School Scholarship at the State Bar Annual Meeting Scholarship Luncheon, along with State Bar Vice President Demetrius Shelton, Foundation President Pauline Weaver, State Bar Board of Governors Member Marguerite Downing, Luncheon Speaker Martin Luther King III, and State Bar President James Heiting, October 5, 2006, Monterey, California. Photo courtesy of Howard K. Watkins.

Public Interest Scholarship Fund

The Foundation recognizes top scholars with named scholarships in honor of donors who make generous, multi-year commitments to the Public Interest Scholarship Fund. We sincerely thank the following donors for their support:

Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP (2007-2009)
Dreier Stein Kahan Browne Woods George LLP (2007-2009)
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. (2007-2009)
Milstein, Adelman & Kreger, LLP (2007-2009)
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP (2007-2009)
Seyfarth Shaw LLP (2007-2009)