The Pennsylvania Bar Foundation, the charitable affiliate of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, is currently seeking applicants for two law student scholarship programs. The deadline for applications for the James W. Stoudt Scholarship Fund and for the Joseph T. McDonald Memorial Scholarship are both December 1, 2016.

The James W. Stoudt Memorial Law School Scholarship Fund currently provides three, $3,000 scholarships, two of which are specifically designated to support minority law students, to candidates attending any one of the nine accredited law schools presently serving Pennsylvania. The scholarships are provided on an annual basis and the recipients are selected by a committee comprised of Foundation Directors and Foundation members using eligibility criteria developed and approved by the Board. In addition, the minority scholarships are specifically earmarked for students from historically under-represented racial/ethnic backgrounds.

The Joseph T. McDonald Memorial Scholarship Program, established in 2013, provides a $3,000 scholarship to a fulltime, 3L Pennsylvania resident involved in the Penn State Dickinson Law trial advocacy program. The scholarship is awarded annually, on a competitive basis.

The deadline for applying for both programs is December 1, 2016 and scholarships from both programs will be awarded by December 30, 2016. More information on each of the programs is at the links below.

• James W. Stoudt Memorial Law School Scholarship Fund 
• Joseph T. McDonald Memorial Scholarship Program