Chancellor Scholarship
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The Chancellor’s Scholar Program is offered to students with a demonstrated history of excellence in scholarship and public service. The Program awards full tuition to a limited number of qualified students committed to public interest issues. The scholarships are available to entering first-year day and evening division students.
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University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Financial Aid Office/Chancellor’s Scholarship Program
2255 E. Evans Ave
Denver, CO 80208
Email: admissions@law.du.edu
Phone: 303.871.6557
Selection Criteria | Application Process | Program Criteria
Selection Criteria
You should consider applying for a Chancellor’s Scholarship if:
- You have a desire to pursue a career in public interest law, which is demonstrated by a highly developed social concern for the welfare of others;
- You have an exemplary academic record, generally scholarship recipients have earned at least a 3.2 GPA and attained a 158 or higher LSAT score;
- You can demonstrate, through your academic or professional history, significant public service activities prior to coming to law school.
Click here to read biographies of our current Chancellor Scholars.
The awards committee will consider academic achievement in addition to life and work experience. Applicants will also be evaluated on their ability to successfully carry a full academic load and to fulfill the requirements of the program.
Application Process
The deadline for Chancellor’s Scholarship applications is March 1.
Students should apply for admission to the Sturm College of Law at the University of Denver first, and then submit a separate application for a Chancellor’s Scholarship to the Financial Aid Office.
Students who believe they qualify for the Chancellor’s Scholarship, and would like to apply for this program, must provide:
- A typewritten essay of not more than two pages describing their background and experience, emphasizing their public interest involvement.
- A resume that lists all previous public interest involvement along with other work experience and activities.
- Two letters of recommendation from persons thoroughly familiar with their previous or present public interest activities.
Click here to complete Part 1 of the application online »
Program Criteria
Students accepted as Chancellor’s Scholars must demonstrate their commitment by maintaining a high degree of involvement in the public interest sector. After their first year of law school, students are expected to complete at least ten hours of public service work every week during the school term. Examples of organizations in the community where Chancellor’s Scholars have volunteered include:
- ACLU
- CASA
- Center for Biological Justice
- Center for the Rights of Parents with Disabilities
- Colorado Public Defender
- El Centro Humanitario para Los Trabajadores
- Human Rights Advocacy Center
- Legal Aid
- Project Safeguard
- Public Safety Review Commission
- The Color of Justice, Inc.
- The Legal Center
- SafeHouse Denver
Chancellor’s Scholars are also expected to participate in public interest activities on campus and to be active in the Chancellor’s Scholars’ student organization. The Chancellor’s Scholars’ student organization is the student-run service and social arm of the scholarship program. Through the organization, the Scholars have a great opportunity to get to know each other, through social events and a formal mentoring program that matches up first year Scholars with second and third years. The Scholars also run themselves much like any other organization on campus, hosting events, bringing in speakers, and organizing service opportunities in the community.