Yakima Women of Color Legal Education Scholarship

LAW SCHOOL APPLICANTS

The WWL Yakima Women of Color Legal Education Fund was established to foster diversity and inclusion in the legal profession and provide grants to women of color from the Yakima community to pursue a legal education.


Applicants must identify as a woman of color, reside or have previously resided in Yakima County, and either be currently enrolled in an ABA accredited law school, or be enrolled in an ABA accredited law school within eight (8) months of the date of application. All information in this application will remain confidential.


All applications are due by April 30, 2023.

NOTE: This form does NOT allow you to save your work. We recommend that you draft your responses in a copy of THIS TEMPLATE and then copy them into this form for submission.

Please enter your legal name.

If you prefer to be called by something other than your legal name, please list it below.

Please list your complete mailing address.

What is your phone number?

Phone

What is your email address?

What gender do you identify as?

Please select all that apply.

Please list which Indian Tribe you are part of.

Please describe.

Do you have any dependents?*

LAW SCHOOL

Please list the name of the institution.

What year in law school will you be in for the 2023-2024 school year?*

WASHINGTON APR 6 LAW CLERK PROGRAM

Are you currently a participant in the Washington APR 6 Law Clerk Program?*

BAR EXAM

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In what state do you intend to take the bar exam?*
Are you the first person in your family to attend law school?*

If so, please indicate which mentorship services you would be interested in receiving (check all that apply).

ESSAY QUESTIONS

Please use a separate document to answer the following questions. Each question is limited to 300 words.


Essay Question #1: Please share with the committee about your ties to the Yakima Valley.


Essay Question #2: Please share your career goals, including whether you intend to practice law in the Yakima Valley in the future.


Essay Question #3: Please share any relevant financial circumstances and the need for funding (please be specific) and your intended use of the grant money (please be specific).

Please attach your essays here.

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CERTIFICATION OF APPLICATION

By checking the box below, I, the undersigned applicant, understand that if I am awarded a grant from the WWL Yakima Women of Color Legal Education Fund, I must intend to attend an ABA-accredited law school during the 2023-2024 academic year or participate in the Washington APR 6 Law Clerk Program during the same time period. I understand that I must comply with all stated policies and conditions of the grant (including providing a W9) and the funds awarded are to be used only for purposes related to attending law school or participating in the Washington APR 6 Law Clerk Program.


I also understand that all materials submitted to the WWL Yakima Women of Color Legal Education Fund will become property of the WWL Yakima Women of Color Legal Education Fund, and that the WWL Yakima Women of Color Legal Education Fund reserves the right to issue public announcements regarding grant winners.

By typing my name below, I certify that all statements and information contained herein and in all application materials submitted by me are true, correct, and accurate to the best of my knowledge. I certify that I wrote the essay attached hereto and it is my original work.

Thank You

Thank you for applying to the WWL Yakima Women of Color Legal Education Fund. All applications will be reviewed and announced by June 1, 2023.

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