The goal of the ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund is to encourage and enable students who would not otherwise have the financial ability to attend law school. The ABA is asking law schools around the country to participate in a matching program for the Scholarship Fund. By agreeing to participate, a law school commits to provide either matching funds or a tuition waiver equivalent to the amount provided by the Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund for any recipient attending their law school. A law school that agrees to participate in the program will provide funds only if an ABA scholarship recipient attends that school. By participating in the program, the law school agrees to continue to provide either matching funds or a tuition waiver for each year the recipient attends that school and receives the ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship. If, in the opinion of the Scholarship Committee, the recipient fails to make satisfactory progress towards graduation, he or she will no longer receive the ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship and the law school will be relieved of its obligation to match those funds. Of course, if the recipient chooses to transfer to another ABA-accredited law school, the law school initially providing matching funds or a tuition waiver would no longer provide that support.

Students interested in the ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarships must submit an application providing information relating to their education, personal and family background, community service and need for financial assistance. Before receiving scholarship funds, recipients are required to demonstrate admission to and plans to enroll in an ABA-accredited law school.

Recipients are selected based on their qualifications for the scholarship and not on the law school they plan to attend. Therefore, law students applying to or attending any and all ABA-accredited law schools may benefit from these scholarships.

The following law schools have agreed to participate in the Law School Matching Program:

American University, Washington College of Law
University of Akron School of Law
University of Arizona-James E. Rogers College of Law
Baylor University School of Law
Boston University School of Law
Brooklyn Law School
University of Chicago School of Law
University of Cincinnati College of Law
Creighton University School of Law
Drake University Law School
Duke University School of Law
Duquesne University School of Law
Florida State University College of Law
Fordham University School of Law
George Washington University Law School
Gonzaga University School of Law
Hofstra University Law School
University of Idaho Law School
Lewis & Clark College-Northwestern School of Law
Louisiana State University-Paul M. Herbert Law Center
Loyola University New Orleans School of Law
Marquette University Law School
Mercer University-Walter F. George School of Law
University of Miami School of Law
Michigan State University-Detroit College of Law
University of Missouri-Columbia
University of Nebraska College of Law
University of Nevada Las Vegas-Williams S. Boyd School of Law
University of New Mexico School of Law
University of North Carolina School of Law
Northern Kentucky University College of Law
Northwestern University School of Law
University of Notre Dame School of Law
Nova Southeastern University-Shepard Broad Law Center
Ohio State University College of Law
University of Oklahoma Law Center
Oklahoma City University School of Law
University of Oregon School of Law
Pace University School of Law
University of the Pacific - McGeorge School of Law
Pennsylvania State University-Dickinson School of Law
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Roger Williams University-Ralph R. Papitto School of Law
Rutgers University School of Law-Camden
St. John's University School of Law
St. Thomas University School of Law
Seton Hall University School of Law
Southern Illinois University School of Law
Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law
` Southwestern University School of Law
Stetson University College of Law
University of Tennessee College of Law
University of Texas School of Law
Thomas M. Cooley Law School
University of Toledo College of Law
Tulane University School of Law
University of Tulsa College of Law
University of Virginia College of Law
Wake Forest University School of Law
Washburn University School of Law
Washington & Lee University School of Law
Washington University School of Law-St. Louis
Western New England College-School of Law
Willamette University College of Law
William Mitchell College of Law
University of Wisconsin Law School
Yale Law School
Yeshiva University-Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

The law schools on this list have made a commitment to participate in the Law School Matching Program either by sending a letter outlining their commitment to participate or by making an oral commitment that will be followed with written confirmation. For questions regarding the Law School Matching Program, please contact Krista D. Kauper, Director of Development, Fund for Justice and Education, at (312) 988-5404.