Scholarship Opportunities

  • Ackerman-Gemmette Scholarship
    Demonstrated interest in advancing the rights of bisexual, gay, lesbian and transgender individuals in the U.S.

    Addison & Ruth Dewey Scholarship
    Capital University graduate with financial need

    Albert B. Gregg Memorial Scholarship
    Interest in public interest law
    Priority given to students who serve as unpaid interns in the field of public interest law

    Beverly C. Bishop Memorial Scholarship
    3rd year law student
    Exemplifies Ms. Bishop's love of life and desire for learning

    Brian A. Freeman Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Constitutional Law
    Merit scholarship for a student who has excelled in Constitutional Law l and ll

    C. Russell & Mary Jane Thompson Memorial Scholarship
    Evening student 
    Preference given to students with financial need

    Capital University Law School Minority Endowed Scholarship Fund
    Provides financial assistance to students of color with demonstrated financial need

    Class of 1973 Scholarship
    In support of future law students

    Class of 2003/Dean Steven C. Bahls Scholarship - Book Award
    Upper-class students to assist with law book expenses
    Demonstrated financial need

    Class of 2005 Students Giving Back to Students Merit Scholarship FundMerit scholarships to graduating year part-time and full-time law students
    Based on academic performance and active extracurricular participation at Capital University Law School
    Demonstrated financial need

    Class of 2006 Students Giving Back to Students Merit Scholarship FundGraduating year part-time and full-time law students
    Based on overall active extracurricular participation at Capital University Law School
    Demonstrated financial need

    Class of 2007 Students Giving Back to Students Merit Scholarship Fund
    Actively engaged in extracurricular activities or as an active member of a student organization
    Received less than 10% of their law school tuition in scholarship awards

    Class of 2009 Students Giving Back to Students Merit Scholarship Fund
    Student entering final year of study who has shown academic improvement

    Class of 2010 Students Giving Back to Students Merit Scholarship Fund
    Student entering final year of study who has received less than 5% of tuition in scholarship

    David D. White Scholarship 
    African-American students with commitment to community service 

    David D. and Francis A. White Scholarship
    African-American student who has achieved the highest grade point average at the end of their second year of law school

    David Shkolnik Memorial Scholarships
    Evening law students with demonstrated academic excellence and financial need

    Floyd D. Weatherspoon Endowed Scholarship for Employment Discrimination & Labor Law
    Demonstrated interest in practicing as a plaintiff attorney in the areas of employment discrimination and labor law.

    Floyd D. Weatherspoon Endowed Scholarship for Equal Justice
    Interest in practicing public interest law that directly assists African Americans, particularly African-American males.

    Ernest & Elizabeth Clarke Scholarship
    Awarded based on merit and financial need

    Gretchen O. Brown Memorial Scholarship
    Second-year evening female student

    Hugh Huntington Scholarship
    Evening law student with demonstrated financial need

    John M. Caren Memorial Scholarship
    Based on merit and financial need

    Joseph A. Brunetto Award for excellence in the Study of Law
    Academic merit in the study of law at the Capital University Law School
    Preference shall be given to a student who graduated from Bexley High School, who received an undergraduate degree from Capital University, and/or who is from Bexley, Ohio. 

    Law Review Executive Board Scholarship 

    Law Alumni Association Scholarship
    Based on merit and financial need

    Metcalf Merit Scholars Fund
    Upper-class students who have selected advanced course work in the area of probate law

    Miami University Alumni Scholarship
    Awarded to alumni of Miami University who attends Capital University Law School

    Noah J. Kern  Memorial Scholarship
    Demonstrated financial need and aptitude for the law

    R. Scott Spriggs Merit Scholars Fund
    Cumulative law school GPA of 3.0 or higher
    Graduated from a high school located in: Boyd, Carter or Greeup counties in Kentucky; Adams, Gallia, Jackson or Lawrence counties in Ohio; or Cabell, Lincoln or Wayne Counties in West Virginia
    Preference to students with demonstrated financial need

    Ronald I. Friedman Memorial Scholarship
    Demonstrated financial need
    Exemplifies Professor Friedman's interests in promoting Hispanic-American culture, his vision of a diverse legal community within the law school and his commitment to ethics and professionalism in the law

    Rudov & Stein PC Scholarship
    Rising third-year full-time student, whose GPA is in the third quartile of their class, who has achieved the greatest increase in their law school GPA at the end of their second year as compared to the end of their first year
    Preference given to a student from Ohio or Pennsylvania 

    Samuel H. Shamansky, LPA Merit Scholars Fund
    Cumulative law school GPA of 3.0 or higher and demonstrated financial need

    The Farnham E. Mosley Scholarship
    Upper-class, evening student
    Based on academic merit

    Thelma Johnson Berry Memorial Scholarship
    African-American law student, based on financial need and merit

    Weiler Scholars Fund
    Based on academic merit during the first year and demonstrated financial need

    Winston C. Allen Scholarship
    Evening student, based on financial need and merit