TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on May 14, 2024

According to new data from the American Bar Association (ABA), white law students are more likely to land full scholarships and less likely to receive scholarships covering less than half their tuition compared with non-white classmates. Reuters reports that white students were awarded 70% of the full-tuition scholarships given by law schools this year while comprising about 61% of the national pool of full-time law students. By contrast, students of color make up nearly 32% of full-time law students but received fewer than 23% of full-tuition scholarships. They were awarded nearly 34% of scholarships worth less than half tuition. Hispanic law students, which represent nearly 13% of the national student pool, received 9% of full-tuition scholarships, while Black students, which comprise more than 7% of all law students, and got just 5.5% of full scholarships.