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52 THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOLLaw School Scholarship FundJohn W. Lee (J.D. ’37) MemorialScholarship FundJacob and Charlotte Lehrman FoundationClinical ScholarshipS.N. Ferris (LL.M. ’53) and BerniceLuboshez Memorial FundManatt–Phelps Law ScholarshipLeah B. McCartney (J.D. ’54) LawScholarshipRobert Netherland Miller Law ScholarshipThe Momsen, Leonardos Law EndowmentThe Honorable Gerald J. Mossinghoff(J.D. ’61) Fellowship for GraduateResearch in Intellectual Property LawColonel Charles M. and Elizabeth S.Munnecke (LL.M. ’57) Law SchoolScholarshipNational Congress of American Indians/Charles A. Hobbs (J.D. ’57) LawScholarship for Indian StudentsMarian O. Norby Law ScholarshipBernard Nordlinger (J.D. ’33) LawScholarshipEarle H. and Catherine O’Donnell (J.D.’05) Endowment Law ScholarshipTheodore and James Pedas (J.D. ’57)Family Law ScholarshipArthur C. Perry (LL.M. ’26) EndowedLaw ScholarshipMarguerite Langdale Pizer (J.D. ’42) LawScholarshipElaine P. and Robert J. Rosenthal LawFundSamantha Scholarship in Animal LawJohn T. and Virginia H. Sapienza LawScholarshipGeorge H. and Mae L. Scatterday LawScholarshipHarold L. and Frances E. Schilz LawScholarshipWalter L. Schwartz (J.D. ’68) LawScholarshipHomer B. Sewell (J.D. ’86) Memorial LawScholarshipJ. B. and Maurice C. Shapiro PublicInterest Law FundJ. B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Public ServiceFellowshipJ. B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Public ServiceInternshipsRandolph C. Shaw (LL.M. ’23) GraduateFellowships in Administrative LawGeorge W. and Aurabelle M. ShelhorseMemorial Law ScholarshipSamuel Sherwood (LL.B. ’41) EndowedLaw ScholarshipDonald C. Snyder (LL.B. ’41) LawScholarshipSorkin Family Law ScholarshipPhilip C. Stahl (J.D. ’74) Law ScholarshipJames Douglas Welch Memorial LawScholarshipFrank S. Whitcomb (LL.B. 1903) LawScholarshipGlen A. Wilkinson (J.D. ’38) LawScholarshipJ. McDonald Williams and Judith K.Williams Law ScholarshipAlice C. and James O. Wright Merit LawScholarshipPublic Interest Support FundsJacob and Charlotte Lehrman Foundation Scholarship—A third-year student in the clinicalprogram is selected annually to serve as a student director, performing administrativeduties in connection with the Civil Litigation and other Clinics. The student directorassigns and supervises student caseloads, controls client intake, and acts as a liaison betweenlaw students and staff attorneys. The recipient of the scholarship receives a grantfor partial tuition.Law School Summer Subsidies—Each year, the Law School awards subsidies to studentswho engage in full-time public interest work during the summer. These awardsencourage students to pursue careers in public service endeavors, enable students to gain
FINANCIAL AID 53practical experience in the field of public service, and provide public service and governmentorganizations with help they otherwise might not be able to afford. The sources ofthe funds include the Law School itself as well as privately created endowments in thenames of Patton Boggs, J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro, Murray Snyder, SonnenscheinNath & Rosenthal, and Reuben A. Zubrow. These subsidies cover a wide variety of publicinterest work, such as representation of otherwise under-represented populations,advocacy for organizations that pursue environmental issues, and legal work on issues ofconcern to particular ethnic communities. Award recipients have served populations locally,nationally, and internationally. In addition to these subsidies, the Equal JusticeFoundation, a law student organization, holds an annual fund-raising auction to supportsummer grants.J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Public Service Fellowships—Shapiro Public Service Fellowsare selected on the basis of academic merit and commitment to public service, as demonstratedduring their first two years of law school. As a secondary consideration, theamount of each award reflects the student’s financial need. These awards make it possiblefor third-year students to pursue part-time public interest employment that offers nocompensation. Each recipient is required to work approximately 20 hours per week duringhis or her third year of law school, serving a nonprofit public service organization inthe Washington metropolitan area.Loan Repayment Assistance Program—The Law School provides assistance in repaymentof legal education debt through its Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP).Law School graduates with educational debt who choose public interest or governmentemployment may receive “forgivable” loans of up to $8,000 per year. LRAP awards willdepend on the nature of the employment, the applicant’s commitment to public interestwork, the applicant’s salary, the applicant’s and employer’s financial need, and theamount of the applicant’s educational debt. The number and size of awards vary fromyear to year, depending on the number of applications and the availability of funds.Loan FundsThrough the generosity of friends of the University, a number of loan funds are available.Those that support longer-term loans include the Samuel M. and Mary T. BurgessRevolving Loan Fund, Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Minority Law StudentLoan Fund, and Susan and Anne Kondrup Memorial Fund. The Law School LoanFund, which provides short-term emergency loans, is a consolidation of the following:Lyle T. Alverson Loan Fund; Robert Ash Loan Fund; George R. Beneman Loan Fund;Robert M. and Mary McConnel Cooper Loan Fund; Robert McKinney Cooper MemorialLoan Fund; Mitchell S. Cutler Memorial Loan Fund; J. Forrester Davison LoanFund; District of Columbia Bar Association Loan Fund; J.W. Ehrlich Foundation LoanFund; Newell W. Ellison Loan Fund; Louise F. Freeman Memorial Student Loan Fund;Harold L. and Violet George Foundation Loan Fund; George Washington Law AssociationLoan Fund; Morris Golub Loan Fund; Frederick O. Graves Law Student LoanFund; John B. Jr. and Carol H. Holden Loan Fund; Jephson Educational Trust LoanFund; Law Association Loan Fund for law classes of 1912, 1918, 1921, 1924, 1929,1931, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1950, 1951, 1952,1953, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965; Oscar Lawler Memorial LoanFund; Horace L. Lohnes Memorial Assistance Fund; Jessie B. Martin Loan Fund; RobertN. Miller Loan Fund; Joan Murphy Loan Fund; Nu Chapter, Kappa Beta Pi Legal
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