TMCF scholarship recipients are awarded annually to students meeting the TMCF eligibility criteria. TMCF provides merit-based scholarships to students seeking financial assistance to complete their education. TMCF scholarships have provided support to help fund an education at one of our nation's public Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Since its inception in 1987, Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) has provided scholarships to qualified students attending its member-schools. In 2011, the National Center for Education Statistics, reported that students enrolling or completing Bachelor’s programs has largely become stagnant. Research studies show a leading obstacle to obtaining a college degree is a student's inability to afford college. Scholars will receive up to $2,500 to pay tuition for selected LSAT preparation courses, as well as reimbursement of application fees for as many as seven law schools. The Sidley Scholars Summer Seminar is for Scholars who are starting law school immediately following the Summer Seminar.
The Sidley Prelaw Scholars Program aims to increase diversity in law schools and, eventually, in the legal profession by subsidizing the LSAT preparatory course and law school application expenses of diverse, high-performing college students who have difficulty paying the expenses associated with applying to law school.Ģ018 Sidley Scholars Summer Seminar, a multiple-day introduction to the structure of the American legal system and substantive instruction on the traditional first-year law school courses and instruction in how to succeed in law school, as well as an opportunity to meet Sidley lawyers and other leaders in the legal community. A lack of resources to attend costly LSAT preparation classes and to fund expensive admissions applications is a significant factor in hindering the application to law school by diverse students.
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