2023 MINORITY LAW STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP SPONSORED BY J.L. TURNER LEGAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION

UNITED STATES CITIZEN OR PERMANENT LEGAL RESIDENT
• CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN AN ABA-ACCREDITED LAW SCHOOL IN THE
UNITED STATES AS A PART-TIME OR FULL-TIME STUDENT
• GOOD ACADEMIC STANDING AT THE LAW SCHOOL (PROOF OF
ACADEMIC STANDING IS REQUIRED)
• A MINIMUM GPA OF 3.0 FOR A MERIT SCHOLARSHIP OR 2.5 FOR A

For more than two decades the J. L. Turner Legal Association Foundation has awarded scholarships
to minority law students attending law school or who are from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
Sponsorships from the Annual Scholarship and Awards Gala are used to fund the scholarships.
There are two distinct types of JLTLA Foundation Minority Law Student Scholarships:
MERIT-BASED and FINANCIAL NEED.
Merit-Based Minority Scholarships: There are four (4) JLTLA merit-based scholarships that may
be awarded in a given year. These are primarily academic scholarship awards. The merit scholarships
are as follows:
• The Barbara Jordan Scholarship – awarded to the most outstanding female minority law
student applicant.
• The Fred Finch Scholarship – awarded to the most outstanding male minority law student
applicant.
• The Marie Trahan/Susman Godfrey Scholarship – awarded to an outstanding AfricanAmerican male or female law student born or raised in the State of Texas.
• The Judge’s Scholarship (Phyllis Lister Brown Memorial Scholarship) – awarded to a
male or female minority law student who has excelled academically in law school.
MERIT-BASED APPLICANTS MUST PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING:
o OFFICIAL SEALED LAW SCHOOL TRANSCRIPT WITH GRADES CONFIRMING
ENROLLMENT
o UNOFFICIAL UNDERGRADUATE TRANSCRIPT
o PROOF OF ACADEMIC STANDING
o LEGAL WRITING SAMPLE (5 pages or less)
o LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION: Maximum of one page, including signature, email, address,
and phone number of references. Letters from relatives or fellow law students will NOT be accepted.
o CURRENT RESUME THAT INCLUDES HONORS, ACTIVITIES, AND PUBLICATIONS
o BRIEF ESSAY: Discussing how your educational and professional goals align with the mission of
the J.L. Turner Legal Association and/or J.L. Turner Legal Association Foundation, and how you
will support the J.L. Turner Legal Association after graduating law school. (One page, doublespaced, 500 words maximum)
2023 JLTLA Foundation Minority Law Student Scholarship Application – Page 3
Financial Need Minority Scholarships: Although JLTLA Foundation encourages academic
excellence, the need-based scholarships focus on financial need and are not primarily academic
scholarships. In selecting financial-need scholarship winners, we will consider an applicant’s need,
disadvantaged circumstances, community involvement, and other factors, in addition to merely,
academic standing.
• L.A. Bedford Memorial Scholarship – awarded to a deserving and diverse law student with
financial need, displaying leadership qualities in the pursuit of justice for all, exhibiting a
commitment to excellence, and engaged in community service.
• Karen McCloud Memorial Scholarship – awarded to a deserving and diverse law school
student displaying financial need, a commitment to inclusion and excellence within the legal
profession, a dedication to service in the community, and a relentless focus on justice for all.
• Teegan Hill Memorial Scholarship – awarded to a female minority law student from the
Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, with demonstrated financial need who (1) has a record of
community service and/or bar service; (2) has expressed an interest in litigation through
participation in moot court or mock trial; and (3) plans to practice law in Dallas/Fort Worth
upon graduation from law school.
• Capt. Richard Stewart, JAG Corp. U.S. Navy (Ret.) Legal Education Scholarship–
awarded to a minority law student with demonstrated financial need who: (1) currently serves
or was honorably discharged from a branch of the U.S. military, as evidenced by a valid
DD214; (2) is a child of a U.S. military veteran, as evidenced by a valid DD214; or (3) is a
current member of, or has been accepted and plans to enter, the U.S. JAG Corp.
• Chief Justice Carolyn Wright Scholarship – awarded to an African-American female law
student displaying financial need, and a record of community service.
• General Financial Need Awards – awarded to minority law students with demonstrated
financial need and connection to DFW metroplex.
FINANCIAL NEED SCHOLARSHIP
• SECOND OR THIRD YEAR MINORITY LAW STUDENT FROM THE DFW
METROPLEX OR ATTENDING LAW SCHOOL IN THE DFW METROPLEX
• SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND, VIRTUAL OR INPERSON, THE J.L. TURNER LEGAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION GALA
(SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2023) TO ACCEPT THE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD