Subcommittee on Lawyers with Disabilities
Non-ABA Scholarships Available to Law Students with Disabilities
- Alexander Graham Bell Association
3417 Volta Place NW
Washington, DC 20007-2788
(202) 337-5220
http://www.agbell.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?p=GNofer
Disability: loss of hearing
Amount: $5,000 (2007-08 award)
- American Council of the Blind
1155 15th Street, NW, Suite 1004
Washington, DC 20005
(800) 424-8666 or (202) 467-5081
http://www.acb.org/scholarship-info2006.html
Disability: blindness
Amount: varies
- American Foundation for the Blind, Inc.
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300
New York, NY 10001
(202) 502-7600
http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?Documentid=2962
Disability: legally blind
Amount: varies with scholarship
- Council of Citizens with Low Vision International (CCLVI)
Fred Scheigert Scholarship
1155 15th Street, NW, Suite 1004
Washington, DC 20005
(800) 733-2258
http://www.cclvi.org/scholarstemp.htm
Disability: 20/70 vision at most in better eye
Amount: $1,000-$3,000
Other details: application open January 1- March 1; grades and extracurricular activities considered
- Gore Family Memorial Foundation
Scholarship Coordinator
4747 North Ocean Drive, #208
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308
(954) 781-8634
Disability: severe physical impairment if living outside of Broward County, FL
Amount: varies with scholarship
Other details: for tuition only; full time student (12 or more credits/semester); 3.0 GPA minimum; application must be submitted between April 1 and June 15
- Hemophilia Health Services Memorial Scholarship Program
6820 Charlotte Pike
Nashville, TN 37209-5100
(800) 800-6606, ext.515
http://www.hemophiliahealth.com/consumers/products_services/scholarship.htm
Disability: hemophilia, von Willebrand disease
Amount: varies with scholarship; starts at $1,500
- Lilly Awards Secretariat
c/o Lilly Schizophrenia Reintegration Scholarship
PMB 327
310 Busse Highway
Park Ridge, IL 60068-3251
(800) 809-8202
http://www.reintegration.com/resources/scholarships/apply.asp
Disability: bipolar, schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder, schizoaffective disorder
Amount: varies with scholarship
- National Federation of the Blind Scholarship Program
Attn: Mrs. Peggy Elliott
805 5th Ave.
Grinnell, IA 50112
(641) 236-3366
http://www.nfb.org/nfb/scholarship_program.asp
Disability: legally blind
Amount: varies with scholarship
- National Hemophilia Foundation
116 West 32nd Street, 11th floor
New York, NY 10001
(800) 424-2634
http://www.hemophilia.org/NHFWeb/MainPgs/MainNHF.aspx?menuid=53&contentid=36
Disability: hemophilia, von Willebrand disease
Amount: varies with scholarship
- Additional Scholarship Resources
To have additional information posted here or for more information contact William Phelan at 202-662-1576 or phelanw@staff.abanet.org.

