2026 NAPABA Law Foundation Scholarship
Offered by NAPABA Law Foundation
About this scholarship
The 2026 NAPABA Law Foundation Scholarship provides at least one $5,000 award to a law student selected for academic achievement, financial need, leadership potential, and commitment to serving the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander community. Applicants must be enrolled at least part time in an accredited U.S. law school. Incoming first-year students may apply once they can provide a matriculation letter or other school statement confirming enrollment as a law-degree candidate. Applicants do not have to be Asian Pacific American; the Foundation explicitly encourages people from varied cultural, racial, ethnic, religious, socioeconomic, disability, national-origin, sexual-orientation, age, and work-experience backgrounds. The same official SurveyMonkey form covers this scholarship, the NLF Presidential Scholarships, the Low Family Scholarship, and the LimNexus Scholarship, and applicants select the awards they want to be considered for. Required materials include a resume or activities sheet, the most recent law-school transcript, two recommendations from non-relatives, and a PDF essay of no more than 500 words. Incoming 1Ls may substitute a college transcript plus proof of law-school enrollment. The essay carries the greatest weight and must explain the experiences that shaped the applicant’s commitment to Asian Pacific American communities and how the applicant intends to serve those communities through a legal career. The complete application is due September 23, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern; awardees 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 a matriculation letter or equivalent enrollment confirmation
- Demonstrate academic achievement, financial need, leadership potential, and commitment to serving the AANHPI 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