GWEN S. CHERRY FELLOWSHIP FOR LEGAL SERVICES OF GREATER MIAMI, INC. [DEADLINE EXTENDED: JUNE 11, 2018]
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GWEN S. CHERRY BLACK WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP [DEADLINE EXTENDED: JUNE 11, 2018]
Gwendolyn Sawyer Cherry was born in Miami, Florida in 1923. For approximately 22 years, she taught in the Dade County (now Miami-Dade) Public Schools. She became a pioneer of the State of Florida’s legal profession. She received her undergraduate degree from Florida Agricultural Mechanical University (“FAMU”). She later returned to FAMU to obtain her Juris Doctorate degree and serve as a professor at its law school. She was admitted to The Florida Bar in 1965. She was the first Black woman to practice law in Dade County, Florida. She was one of the first nine attorneys who initially served at Legal Services of Greater Miami in 1966. In 1970, Ms. Cherry was elected as a state representative, becoming the first Black woman to serve as a legislator for the State of Florida.
The Gwen S. Cherry Black Women Lawyers Association (GSCBWLA), formerly the National Bar Association Women Lawyers Division Dade County Chapter, was formed in 1985. The association’s mission is to address the concerns of women lawyers as they relate to the social, economic, political and moral needs of the community. The Gwen S. Cherry Black Women Lawyers Association is committed to investing in the future of the legal profession.
Winners will be announced at the Gwen S. Cherry Black Women Lawyers Association’s Installation & Awards Ceremony at the Hyatt Regency Coral Gables on Thursday, June 28, 2018.
Award: This year we have scholarships available to current law students that will assist them in buying books for class or for bar review.
Application: Available @
fiulawcareer.fiu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/2018GwenSCherryScholarshipApplication.pdf
CONSOLE | HOLLAWELL LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP [DEADLINE: JULY 15, 2018]
Eligibility: U.S. citizen
Award: $1,000
Requirements: GPA of 3.0 or higher
Submission components: (1) Unofficial transcript; (2) proof of enrollment; (3) 100-200 words introducing yourself; (4) application form (available @ link below); (5) survey (available @ link below); (6) short essay (300-600 words) on one of the following topics:
Complete details: Available @ myinjuryattorney.com/legal-scholarship-2017-2018/
AIPLA: ROBERT C. WATSON AWARD [DEADLINE: JUNE 29, 2018]
AIPLA has sponsored this student competition for many years to encourage interest in intellectual property issues. Judges consider the merit of the article as a contribution to the knowledge respecting intellectual property and the extent to which it displays original and creative thought or information not previously written or published by the author prior to July 1, 2017.
Eligibility: The article must have been written solely by a student or students either in full-time attendance at a law school (day or evening) or prepared in connection with a law school course
Topic: Subjects relating to the protection of intellectual property
Awards: The winner will receive reasonable expense reimbursement to attend the AIPLA Annual Meeting, Oct. 25 – 27, 2018 in Washington DC, to receive their award
Submission guidelines: (1) Papers should be approximately the equivalent of 10 law review pages, including footnotes (30 – 40 pages typed copy); (2) submission must be made in PDF or text format; and (3) submission must include the submitter’s name, current address, current telephone number, and employment information, if applicable.
Complete details: Available @ aipla.org/resources2/programs/Pages/Robert-C.-Watson-Award.aspx