{"id":3905,"date":"2012-07-11T17:26:31","date_gmt":"2012-07-11T20:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=3905"},"modified":"2012-07-11T17:26:31","modified_gmt":"2012-07-11T20:26:31","slug":"applications-for-the-2013-aajleesfield-law-student-scholarship-are-now-being-accepted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=3905","title":{"rendered":"Applications for the 2013 AAJ\/Leesfield Law Student Scholarship Are Now Being Accepted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sponsored by Ira Leesfield and the American Association for Justice (AAJ), this scholarship has been established to award $2,500 to a law student for attendance at AAJ&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justiceannualconvention.org\/\">Annual Convention<\/a>. The 2013 Annual Convention will be held in San\u00a0Francisco,California.<\/p>\n<p>This scholarship is available to first and second year AAJ Law Student Members.\u00a0Applications must include the following:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A resume<br \/>\n\u2022 A statement of financial need<br \/>\n\u2022 A 500-word written request substantiating the applicant&#8217;s commitment to preserving the civil justice system.<br \/>\n\u2022 Up to three (3) recommendations from a faculty adviser, trial advocacy professor, dean, AAJ member, or trial lawyer; and<br \/>\n\u2022 A completed form verifying your student status.<\/p>\n<p>Every applicant must be enrolled in an ABA accredited law school. Incomplete applications will not be considered.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Send applications to:<\/p>\n<p>American Association for Justice<br \/>\nLeesfield Scholarship<br \/>\n<a title=\"link\" href=\"mailto:nyounti.tuan@jutice.org\" target=\"_blank\">Attn: Nyounti Tuan<\/a><br \/>\n777 6th Street, NW;\u00a0Suite 200<br \/>\nWashington, DC 20001<br \/>\n800.424.2725, ext. 8467<\/p>\n<p>Please check the <a title=\"link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.justice.org\/cps\/rde\/justice\/hs.xsl\/1742.htm\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a> periodically for the application and updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sponsored by Ira Leesfield and the American Association for Justice (AAJ), this scholarship has been established to award $2,500 to a law student for attendance at AAJ&#8217;s Annual Convention. The 2013 Annual Convention will be held in San\u00a0Francisco,California. This scholarship is available to first and second year AAJ Law Student Members.\u00a0Applications must include the following: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,23,17,10,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1l-information","category-2l-information","category-general-announcements","category-scholarships-and-fellowships","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3905"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3908,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3905\/revisions\/3908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}