Students may submit an application for funding of the following law-related professional development activities only:
- Students interviewing for federal judicial clerkships or state-supreme court judicial clerkships, when the interview is more than 150 miles from campus.
- Students delivering papers or presentations at academic or professional conferences.
- Students on the planning committee for academic or professional conferences.
In most cases, awards will be limited to $500 or one-half of the total reimbursable trip costs as permitted by University policy. Funding may be prospective or in connection with a trip or project that already occurred within this fiscal year. Please submit your request in advance whenever practicable.
Eligibility:
A student must be registered at the law school during the semester the funds were or are to be used. Summer registration is not required if the student was registered for the prior spring semester and has not yet graduated. At the time of application and at the time when funds are used, the student must be in good academic standing and not on probation, and must not be subject to any Honor Code or Student Professional Code of Conduct discipline or investigation.
Further details and submission requirements will be forthcoming.
