The New York Bar Foundation: Scholarship & Fellowship Opportunities

[Student Affairs]

The Honorable Joel K. Asarch Elder Law and Special Needs Section Scholarship
Value: $3,500 Deadline: November 10, 2025
The scholarship is open to second year (2L) or third year (3L) law students enrolled in a law school in the State of New York and is actively participating in an Elder Law Clinic at the school or performs other substantial efforts which demonstrate interest in the legal rights of the elderly or expresses an interest in helping the disabled.
Application link: https://www.tnybf.org/2026-hon-asarch-elder-law-scholarship-application-2/

Elder Law and Special Needs Section T. David Stapleton Memorial Scholarship
Value: $3,500 Deadline: November 10, 2025
The scholarship is open to second year (2L) or third year (3L) law students enrolled in a law school in the State of New York who demonstrates an interest in the Elder Law and Special Needs practice area and intends to practice in the field in Upstate New York following law school.
Application link: https://www.tnybf.org/2026-elder-law-t-david-stapleton-memorial-scholarship-application/

Diversity Summer Fellowship in Health Law
Value: $6,000 Deadline: December 5, 2025
The fellowship is open to law students with a diverse background enrolled in a law school in the State of New York. The fellowship will provide the student an opportunity to experience health law practice and to work with a healthcare attorney or facility in the State of New York during the summer.
Application link: https://www.tnybf.org/2026-diversity-summer-fellowship-in-health-law-application/

Real Property Law Section Memorial Scholarship
Value: $7,500 Deadline: December 29, 2025
The scholarship is open to second or third-year law students who best exemplify the core values important to those whose memory we honor - academic excellence, a demonstrated interest in public service, high integrity and, if possible, an interest in real property law.
Application link: https://www.tnybf.org/2026-real-property-memorial-scholarship-application/