2026 NAPABA Law Foundation Presidential Scholarship
Offered by NAPABA Law Foundation
About this scholarship
The 2026 NAPABA Law Foundation Presidential Scholarship awards two law students $7,500 each for exceptional leadership in service to Asian Pacific American communities. The NAPABA president selects the recipients in consultation with the Foundation from the shared pool of fall-scholarship applicants. Candidates must be enrolled at least part time at an accredited U.S. law school; incoming 1Ls qualify after obtaining a law-school matriculation letter or equivalent confirmation that they are enrolled as law-degree candidates. Asian Pacific American identity is not a requirement. The Foundation welcomes applicants with diverse cultural, ethnic, racial, religious, socioeconomic, disability, national-origin, sexual-orientation, age, and employment backgrounds, while the selection itself emphasizes leadership and future community service. Applicants use one official SurveyMonkey form to seek consideration for the Presidential award and any of the other three 2026 fall scholarships. The file requires a resume or activities sheet, a recent law-school transcript, two recommendations from non-relatives, financial-aid information, and a PDF essay of 500 words or fewer. Incoming first-year students may provide their college transcript and law-school enrollment confirmation instead of a law-school transcript. The essay must connect formative experiences to a demonstrated commitment to serving Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities and describe how the applicant will advance those communities through law. Applications close September 23, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern, and winners are notified in November.
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 outstanding leadership in 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