The Haitian Lawyers Association is Now Accepting Applications for its 2013 Scholarship

The Haitian Lawyers Association is pleased to announce that it is now accepting scholarship applications for the year 2013. Every year, at least one student from the University of Miami School of Law (UM Law) is chosen to be the recipient of this prestigious award. This scholarship is only for UM Law students.

Each selected student will be awarded at least $1,000.00. The selected student(s) will also be invited to attend the Association’s annual gala to be held on 2/9/13 at the JW Marriott located at 1109 Brickell Avenue, Miami, FL 33131.

Criteria:

  • Student must be of Haitian descent and in good academic standing; and
  • Student must submit an ifficial transcript and a one page (two page maximum) personal statement that describes the student’s involvement in the community, finnancial need for the scholarship and the reason(s) he or she is qualified for the scholarship.

The aforementioned documents must be postmarked/submitted no later than January 25, 2013 via email.