Who Can Apply:
- Easing barriers to higher education, especially for underserved and underrepresented students, is critical to making a legal education accessible. This scholarship seeks to honor the life of Justice Adolpho A. Birch, Jr., the only Tennessean to serve on every level of the state’s judiciary and the first African-American Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court.
- Any BIPOC individual currently in the law school application process may apply for the scholarship.
Submission: Please answer each of the following questions. When responding, please distinguish each response by starting each paragraph with “Question 1… Question 2…” etc.
- When do you plan to begin law school? If you are matriculating this Fall (August 2024), please list the law schools you have applied to and heard back from. If you have already placed a seat deposit at a particular school, please indicate so.
- How do you pursue learning and intellectual growth outside of formal education? Please provide examples of how this pursuit shaped your legal aspirations.
- Describe a moment when you stood up for what was right despite facing opposition and/or knowing you would be negatively affected. How did you navigate the dilemma and what did you takeaway from the experience?
- Imagine you had the resources to create a philanthropic initiative. What cause would you support, and why?
Deadline: July 8, 2024
Amount: $5,000
Learn More: https://bold.org/scholarships/justice-adolpho-a-birch-jr-scholarship/