Scholarship

Both SLSA and Legal Professionals, Inc. offer scholarships to persons desiring a career in the legal field. There are three different levels for the scholarships awarded. Plan A is for college students who will have completed at least one year of college by June of the school year and who are enrolled in the fall semester immediately following the school year in a college or business school course of study in the legal field. Plan B is restricted to graduating high school seniors who are residents of California, who have completed secretarial and/or business courses in high school, and will be enrolled in the fall semester immediately following the school year in a college or business school course of study in the legal field. Plan C is called the Re-Entry Level, and is geared toward those individuals who are residents of California and do not qualify under either Plan A or Plan B, but who wish to pursue their education in the legal field. SLSA offers its scholarships, each for $1,000, in the memory of Justice Frances Newell Carr. Each of SLSA’s scholarship winners are then entered into the contest for LSI’s $1,500 scholarships, which are presented in the memory of Eula Mae Jett.

Scholarship Requirements

* For purposes of this scholarship, a career in the “legal field” shall be interpreted and defined as:
(1) Legal Secretary, including Receptionist, (2) Legal Assistant, including Paralegal, (3) Court Reporter, and (4) Law Office Administration.

PLAN A – COLLEGE STUDENTS – One award of $1,000

Applicants shall be restricted to students who desire a career in the legal field who will have completed at least one year of college by June of the school year, and who will be enrolled in the fall semester immediately following the school year in a college or business school in a course of study in the legal field, leading to a degree or certificate of completion upon graduation. Scholarships are not intended for students planning to enter law school.

PLAN B – HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS – One award of $1,000

Applicants shall be restricted to graduating high school seniors who successfully completed secretarial/business courses in high school and will be enrolled in the fall semester immediately following the school year in a college or business school offering a course of study in the legal field, leading to a degree or certificate of completion upon graduation.

PLAN C – RE-ENTRY – One award of $1,000

Applicants who do not qualify under Plan A or B, but who wish to pursue their education in the legal field. This category will include the following: (a) an individual who desires to re-enter the work force, but requires training, a “refresher” course; (b) an individual currently working, but who desires to enter the legal field and wants to receive the training needed to do so, and who (i) cannot afford such training or specialized education, and/or (ii) cannot afford to quit working to pursue that goal.

SLSA scholarship award winners who meet all of the requirements of the Legal Professionals, Inc. program are entered into its Eula Mae Jett Scholarship Contest.

All applications and required documents must be typewritten and submitted in triplicate no later than January 30.

For further information, please contact SLSA’s President at: president@slsa.org.