Drake University Law School

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Drake University Law School

2621 Carpenter Ave.
Des Moines, IA 50311
Ph: (515)271-2824
Free: 800-44-DRAKE
E-mail: [email protected]
URL:http://www.law.drake.edu

William Stone Ayres Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship

Purpose: To support the education of law students. Focus: Law. Qualif.: Applicants must be students of Drake University law school. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on academic record and financial need.

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants must file FAFSA and application form.

Remarks: Established by a bequest from Gladys L. Ayres in memory of her husband, a 1894 Law School graduate. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

Beverly Estate Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants must file FAFSA and application form.

Remarks: Awards are made possible by bequests from Francis Cecile Beverly, LW’15, and Adda Brown Beverly, ED’14. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

George and Mary Brammer Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants must file FAFSA and application form.

Remarks: Established by Mary and John Harper as a memorial to Mary’s parents, 1908 and 1907 graduates of the Law School. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

Gregory Brunk Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants must file the FAFSA and application form.

Remarks: The scholarship was made available by the late Gregory Brunk, LW’19. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

Donald C. and Doris K. Byers Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To support the education of law students. Focus: Law. Qualif.: Applicants must be entering first year students. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on merit and financial need. Preferences are given to residents of Newton, Iowa and the surrounding area of Jasper County, Iowa.

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants must submit a completed application form.

Remarks: Sponsored by Donald C. and Doris K. Byers. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

Raymond DiPaglia Endowment Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To support the education of law students. Focus: Law. Qualif.: Applicants must be returning law students in

good standing at the Drake University law school. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on academic record and financial need.

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants must file FAFSA and application form. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

Grace O. Doane Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To support the education of law students. Focus: Law. Qualif.: Applicants must be second year Iowa residents who rank in the top one-half of their class. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on academic record and financial need.

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants must file FAFSA and an application form. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

Joseph M. Dorgan Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To support the education of law students. Focus: Law. Qualif.: Applicants must be African American law students. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on academic record and financial need.

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants must file FAFSA and application form. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

Drake University Law School Law Opportunity Scholarships – Disadvantage (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To support the education of disadvantaged law students. Focus: Law. Qualif.: Applicants must have been admitted to the Law School and must demonstrate financial need as determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Criteria: Preferences are given to students whose enrollment will significantly contribute to the diversity of the Drake Law School student body, or to those who have overcome economic, educational or other significant disadvantages.

Funds Avail.: One-quarter tuition to full-tuition awards. To Apply: Applicants must submit completed application form. Remarks: Disadvantaged student is “one who, despite facing significant obstacles, has prepared himself or herself for a college education”. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

Drake University Law School Law Opportunity Scholarships – Diversity (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To promote the diversity of students in Drake University. Focus: Law. Qualif.: Applicants must have been admitted to the law school and must demonstrate financial need as determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Criteria: Preferences are given to students whose enrollment will significantly contribute to the diversity of the Drake University law school student body, or to those who have overcome economic, educational or other significant disadvantages.

Funds Avail.: One-quarter tuition to full-tuition awards. To Apply: Applicants must submit completed application form. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

Drake University Law School Public Service Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To support the education of law students. Focus: Law. Qualif.: Applicants must exhibit an extraordinary history of public service work and plan to continue that commitment during and after law school. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on merit and need.

Funds Avail.: Full-tuition. To Apply: Applicants must submit completed application form along with essay, a short description of past work experiences/activities, letters of recommendation, relevant academic curriculum and statement of reasons for award. Deadline: March 1. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

Robert E. Early Memorial Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To support the education of law students. Focus: Law. Qualif.: Applicants must be second or third year full time students who are in need of financial assistance. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on academic records and financial need.

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants must file FAFSA and application form.

Remarks: Sponsored by Margaret M. Early in memory of her husband, LW’41. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

Electric Cooperative Pioneer Trust Fund Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To support the education of law students. Focus: Law. Qualif.: Applicant must be second or third year law students interested in agricultural law. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on merit. Preference is given to students planning to practice in Iowa.

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants may contact Office of Admission and Financial Aid for more information. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

Herman E. Elgar Memorial Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To support the education of law students. Focus: Law. Qualif.: Applicants must be third year law students. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on academic record and financial need.

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants must file FAFSA and application form.

Remarks: Established in memory of Mr. Elgar, LW’11, by his wife and children, John, LW’50, and Alanson, LW’51. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

D.J. Fairgrave Education Trust (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To support the education of law students. Focus: Law. Qualif.: Applicants must be students of Drake University law school. Criteria: Recipient are selected based on financial need, character, academic record, personal achievements, future goals and anticipated contributions to the profession.

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants must file FAFSA and application form.

Remarks: Established by Denio John Fairgrave. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

Leland Stanford Forrest Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To support the education of law students. Focus: Law. Qualif.: Applicants must be accepted as first year

students at Drake law school. Criteria: Recipients are selected from among entering students who are graduates of Iowa high schools or colleges.

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants must fill up the General Information Form of Scholarship.

Remarks: Scholarship was established through the bequest of Leland Stanford Forrest, former dean of the law school.

Lex and Scott Hawkins Endowed Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To support the education of law students. Focus: Law. Qualif.: Applicants must be the president of the Law School’s Moot Court Board. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on merit.

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants may contact Office of Admission and Financial Aid for more information.

Remarks: Established by Lex Hawkins, LW’51, and Scott Hawkins, LW’81. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

Edward and Cora Hayes Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To support the education of law students. Focus: Law. Qualif.: Applicants must be accepted as first year students at Drake University law school and not a graduate of Iowa high schools or colleges. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on merit.

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants must fill up the General Information Form of Scholarship.

Remarks: Established by former associate dean Edward Hayes and his wife.

Annamae Heaps Law Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To support the education of law students. Focus: Law. Qualif.: Applicants must be a second year students demonstrating financial need. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on academic record and financial need.

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants must file FAFSA and application form. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

John M. Helmick Law Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To support the education of law students. Focus: Law. Qualif.: Applicants must be students of Iowa backgrounds planning to enter the legal or educational professions in Iowa. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on academic record and financial need.

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants must file FAFSA and application form.

Remarks: Sponsored by Robert H. Helmick, LW’60, in memory of his grandfather, John Miller Helmick. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

James P. Irish Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To support the education of law students. Focus: Law. Qualif.: Applicants must be from Southeast Polk High School or members of the Law Review Board of Editor. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on merit.

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants may contact Office of Admission and Financial Aid for more information.

Remarks: Established by Edwin Skinner and Donald Beat-tie in honor of their associate and law partner, James P. Irish, LW’31. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

Edward H. Jones Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To support the education of law students. Focus: Law. Qualif.: Applicants must be second year law students. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on merit.

Funds Avail.: $2000. To Apply: Applicants must submit a completed scholarship application form.

Remarks: Established in honor of the late Edward H. Jones, former executive director of the Iowa State Bar Association. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

Martin Luther King Law Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To support the education of law students. Focus: Law. Qualif.: Applicants must be female African-American law students who embodies the spirit and values of Martin Luther King and who have demonstrated financial need. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on academic record and financial need.

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants must file FAFSA and application form.

Remarks: Established by Naomi Mercer, LW’68. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

Forest A. King Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants must file FAFSA and application form.

Remarks: Established in memory of Mr. King, LW’25, by his wife, Nonnie. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

Verne Lawyer Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To support the education of law students. Focus: Law. Qualif.: Applicants must be students of Drake University Law School. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on academic record and financial need.

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants must file FAFSA and application form.

Remarks: Established in 1992 in honor of D. Verne Lawyer, a 1949 graduate of the Law School. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

League of Attorneys’ Wives Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To support the education of law students. Focus: Law. Qualif.: Applicants must be second year or third year female law students planning a career in public interest law. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on academic record and financial need.

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants

must file FAFSA and application form. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

Legal Research Service Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To support the education of law students. Focus: Law. Qualif.: Applicants must be the presidents of the Student Legal Research Service. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on merit.

Frederick D. Lewis Jr. Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants must file FAFSA and application form.

Remarks: Established by Patrick D. Kelly, LW'53, in memory of Frederick D. Lewis Jr., a professor at Drake Law School from 1949 to 1959. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

Gordon and Delores Madson Scholarships(Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants must file FAFSA and application form.

Remarks: Established by Gordon Madson, LW'57, and his wife, Delores. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

Jake S. More Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants must file FAFSA and scholarship application form.

Remarks: Established by Jake S. More, LW'28. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

Dwight D. Opperman Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To support the education of law students. Focus: Law. Qualif.: Applicants must be accepted as first year students at Drake Law School; must show evidence of superior academic record and potential; must have a high score in law entrance exam; and demonstrate significant community and extracurricular experiences. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on achievement and potential.

Funds Avail.: Full-tuition plus $10,000. Number Awarded: 5. To Apply: Applicants must complete the application packet.

Jerome S. Petz, S.J., Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants must file FAFSA and application form.

Remarks: Established by the faculty as a memorial in honor of Father Jerome Petz, who taught at the Law School from 1971 to 1979. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

Janet Reynoldson Memorial Scholarships(Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants must file FAFSA and application form.

Remarks: Established by the family of Janet Reynoldson, LW'65. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

Isador M. Robinson Endowment Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To support the education of law students. Focus: Law. Qualif.: Applicants must be second or third year law students of Drake University law school. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on leadership and academic achievement.

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants must file FAFSA and application form. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

Walter and Rita Selvy Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants must file FAFSA and application form.

Remarks: Established by Walter, LW'28, and his late wife, Rita Selvy. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

Charles “Buck” and Dora Taylor Endowed Law Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To support the education of law students. Focus: Law. Qualif.: Applicants must be students with financial need and have demonstrated a history of academic success while participating in sports at the undergraduate school level. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on merit and need.

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants must submit the General Information Form for Scholarships along with the application for admission.

Remarks: Established in honor of 1933 Drake Law School graduate Charles Taylor. Contact: Office of Admission and

Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

Haemer Wheatcraft Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants must file the FAFSAand the scholarship application.

Remarks: Established by friends and associates in honor of Haemer Wheatcraft, LW'33. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

Zarley, McKee, Thomte, Voorhees, Sease Law Scholarships (Undergraduate/Scholarship)

Purpose: To support the education of law students. Focus: Law. Qualif.: Applicants must be students interested in intellectual property law. Criteria: Recipients are selected based on academic record and financial need.

Funds Avail.: No specific amount. To Apply: Applicants must file FAFSA and application form.

Remarks: Established by Donald H. Zarley, LW'54; Bruce W. McKee; Dennis L. Thomte; Michael G. Voorhees, LW'68; Edmund J. Sease, LW'67; and John Beehner. Contact: Office of Admission and Financial Aid at 515-271-2782.

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