2026 NAPABA Law Foundation Low Family Scholarship
Offered by NAPABA Law Foundation
About this scholarship
The 2026 Low Family Scholarship provides one $2,500 award through the NAPABA Law Foundation to a law student with a history of leadership and/or community service benefiting Asian Pacific American communities. Applicants must be enrolled at least part time at an accredited law school in the United States. Students beginning their first year in fall 2026 are eligible once their law school confirms that they are enrolled as law-degree candidates. The program does not require applicants to be Asian Pacific American; it encourages applications from people representing varied cultural, racial, ethnic, religious, socioeconomic, disability, national-origin, sexual-orientation, age, and employment experiences. Candidates apply through the Foundation’s single 2026 fall-scholarship form, where they may select the Low Family award alongside the NLF, Presidential, and LimNexus scholarships. A complete submission includes a resume or activities sheet, two recommendations from non-relatives, the most recent transcript, and a PDF essay limited to 500 words. An incoming 1L may upload a college transcript plus a school statement confirming at least part-time law-degree enrollment. The essay should identify experiences that shaped and demonstrate the applicant’s commitment to Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities and explain how the applicant expects to serve those communities in a future legal career. The official application is due by September 23, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern. Recommendation letters should arrive by the deadline when possible, and the FAQ allows separately sent letters up to two weeks afterward for full consideration.
Eligibility
- Be enrolled at least part time as a law-degree candidate at an accredited U.S. law school
- Incoming first-year students must provide proof of law-school enrollment
- Demonstrate a history of leadership and/or community service to the Asian Pacific American community
- Upload a resume or activities sheet
- Upload the most recent law-school transcript or the permitted incoming-1L substitute documents
- Provide two letters of recommendation from people who are not related to you
- Upload a PDF essay of no more than 500 words addressing the official AANHPI community-service prompt
- Submit the complete official application by September 23, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern