SCHOLARSHIP Application Deadline: |
AABA recognizes the importance of fostering the growth of law students to improve the future development of the Asian Pacific American bar. AABA will award scholarships to deserving law students who are committed to advocating and improving their communities.
All current law students are eligible to apply. Selection criteria include community service or public interest work for the Asian Pacific American (APA) community or other underrepresented communities; demonstrated leadership in the APA community; demonstrated financial need; and commitment to the Bay Area. If you have any questions, please contact aaba.bayarea@gmail.com.
The AABA Law Foundation is a nonprofit public benefit corporation dedicated to serving the community and law students through its Foundation Scholarship awards. The Foundation can only continue its work through the generosity of donors. To donate online, visit http://www.aaba-bay.com/aaba-foundation/donate/.
All applicants will be considered for one of the following scholarships. Last year, the AABA Law Foundation awarded four scholarships in the amount of $5,000. The amount of each scholarship this year will depend on the financial needs of the applicant pool, but we expect that they will be a minimum of $5,000 each.
It is the policy of the AABA Law Foundation not to discriminate on the basis of age, gender, disability, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, veteran status, or sexual orientation. Officers and directors of AABA, the AABA Law Foundation, members of the Scholarship selection committee, and their immediate families are ineligible for the Scholarships.
AABA offers several grants to help fund qualified summer law clerks to work on legal projects of benefit to the Asian American community. Applicants must be sponsored by a non-profit legal organization that has agreed to supervise the applicant for the summer of 2021. The grants will be funded by the AABA Law Foundation through the Community Service Committee of AABA.
The grants awarded in 2021 will include:
Each year, the Foundation awards the Asian Pacific American Judges’
Scholarship through contributions from Asian Pacific American judges.
The Honorable Delbert C. Gee, Superior Court of California, County of
Alameda, has been instrumental in organizing the contributions. The
Foundation would like to thank and honor this year’s contributing
judges.
The Raymond L. Ocampo Jr. Family Scholarship, was established in
memory of Mr. Ocampo’s parents and in honor of immigrants like them, for
the enormous sacrifices they made and the untold hardships they endured
in search of a better life for their families.
Joe Morozumi was one of the first and finest Asian American trial lawyers in the Bay Area. Interned with his family during World War II, Joe Morozumi was fiercely committed to the fight for reparations, and he was also one of the earliest Asian American attorneys to represent political activists pro bono. Joe was an inspirational role model—he was a fearless, tireless, zealous advocate for justice for the poor and the powerless. Through the generosity of Michael G.W. Lee, Joan Haratani, and Dale Minami, the Foundation awards the Joe Morozumi Scholarship to honor his spirit, passion for justice, and his advocacy for the poor and the underrepresented.
Through the generosity of AABA members and participants in AABA events and programs throughout the year, AABA raises money for the AABA Law Foundation—and awards the AABA Law Foundation Scholarship to a deserving law student.
AABA recognizes the importance of fostering the growth of law students to improve the future development of the Asian Pacific American bar. AABA will award scholarships to deserving law students who are committed to advocating and improving their communities.
The AABA Law Foundation is a nonprofit public benefit corporation dedicated to serving the community and law students through its Foundation Scholarship awards: the Raymond L. Ocampo Jr. Family Scholarship; the Joe Morozumi Scholarship; the AABA Law Foundation Scholarship; and the Asian Pacific American Judges Scholarship, developed to recognize and honor the past and present API judges of the Bay Area.
This scholarship opportunity is for a third year law student who plans to sit for the July 2020 California Bar Exam and is committed to community service or public interest work for the Asian Pacific American (APA) community or other underrepresented communities; demonstrates leadership in the APA community; demonstrates financial need; and shows commitment to the Northern California Bay Area. By helping to bear the costs associated with taking the California Bar Exam, the ChangeLawyers Scholarship addresses a critical financial need for many aspiring diverse public interest lawyers.
Through the generosity of the Salle Yoo and Jeff Gray Charitable Foundation, the
AABA Law Foundation awards a $5,000 Public Interest Grant/Scholarship
for a summer position with a non-profit legal service organization or
public/government agency and a $5,000 Judicial Externship Grant to law
student who has a summer judicial externship. The Public Interest Grant
recipient must have a summer position with a non-profit legal service
organization or public/government agency and will work on a project(s)
that provides legal assistance to the Asian American community. For the
Judicial Externship Grant, the recipient must have a judicial
externship for the summer.