The Austin Bar Foundation is now accepting applications for the LGBTQ+ Scholarship program!
The program is a joint effort of the foundation and the LGBTQ+ Law Section of the Austin Bar Association.
This is the scholarship program’s ninth year, and we have four $5,000 scholarships to award. Applicants must be enrolled at a Texas law school and can include 2024 graduates.
Applicants must also have demonstrated some commitment or contribution to the LGBTQ+ community or LGBTQ+ legal issues. This criterion will be broadly construed to include activities consistent with the Austin Bar’s LGBTQ+ Law Section’s purposes of promoting education on issues relating the LGBTQ+ law, raising the profile and acceptance of LGBTQ+ individuals within the legal community, and promoting LGBTQ+ equality. The selection committee will also consider each applicant’s academic record and education debt burden/financial need.
You must complete the online application found here.
After that, please complete this form and submit it, along with a current copy of your transcript (official or unofficial), resume, a short statement of financial need, and, most importantly, a (1-2 page) statement of commitment or contribution to the LGBTQ+ community or LGBTQ+ legal issues to:
LGBTQ+ Scholarship
Attn: DeLaine Ward,
712 W. 16th Street
Austin, TX 78701
or by email to delaine@austinbar.org.
Applications close July 31.
We look forward to reading your submissions!