ARC Success Scholarship
To provide scholarship support for students admitted through the Access Admission Program.
Boerner Lustbader Access Admission Scholarship
Amount: varying amounts, awarded following both winter and spring graduations
Eligibility: Graduating Access Admission Program students
Dean James Bond Endowed Scholarship
Named after James Bond who was the longest-serving dean of the Seattle University School of Law.
Dean’s Medal Award
Awarded to the student in the graduating class who has the greatest potential to achieve the legal profession’s most noble aspirations for justice and ethics through their career.
Dreamer Scholarship
Awarded to full-time or part-time Seattle U Law students with financial need in good academic standing. Students must be enrolled in either the International Human Rights Clinic, the Immigration Law Clinic, or have declared an intention to work in human rights or immigration law practice areas, with preference given to DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) students when DACA status is known.
Faculty Scholar
Each year, the faculty honors a student who demonstrates the skill, dedication, scholastic achievement, and leadership, both inside and outside of the classroom, that best exemplify the ideals for which the institution, its faculty, its students and the law profession incessantly strive.
Fred H. and Mary S. Dore Foundation Scholarships
Awarded to finalists in the two moot court competitions. Students who earn a B+ or better on their appellate brief in their Legal Writing II class are eligible to compete.
Fredric C. Tausend Scholarship for Academic Excellence
Established by the firm Pfau, Cochran, Vertisis, Amala PLLC to provide a scholarship in honor of Dean Fredric C. Tausend.
Full Circle Scholarship
Established by alumna, Amanda DuBois ’86, founder of Civil Survival, intended for a student whose life has been directly impacted by the criminal justice system.
James F. Henriot Endowed Scholarship
Established to honor James F. Henriot an alum and South Sound resident. His law focus was on civil litigation, labor, employment and business law.
Institutional Yellow Ribbon Program
Seattle University currently participates in the Yellow Ribbon Program. This is a program that allows students who are eligible for 100% Chapter 33 (Post 9/11 GI Bill®) benefits and not on active duty to gain additional funding for their tuition and fees.
John J. Costello, Leo B. Costello, and The Society of the Friends of St. Patrick Law Endowed Scholarship
Purpose of providing a rising 2L or 3L based on academic merit and financial need.
John A. Livingstone II Memorial Endowed Scholarship
To honor John A. Livingstone II class of 1999 by his parents as a tribute to his legal education and irrepressible spirit.
Justice Mary I. Yu Endowed Scholarship
To honor Justice Mary I. Yu, a Washington State Supreme Court Justice and Distinguished Jurist in Residence at Seattle U Law, and the diversity and representation she brings to the justice system. Established to aid underrepresented students at Seattle University School of Law, especially women of color.
Kellye Testy Scholarship
Established in recognition of Seattle University School of Law's first female dean, this award recognizes the unique potential represented by women in the law, and fosters leadership abilities and excellence.
King County Bar Scholars
Started in 1970 when the King County Bar raised $10,000 for minority law student scholarships, this program has grown today to scholarship awards of over $150,000 annually, divided between the University of Washington and Seattle University Schools of Law.
The Latina/o Law Student Association Scholarship Fund
Established in 2015 to provide financial support for an LLSA member who has demonstrated the leadership qualities embodied in LLSA’s Mission.
Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson Diversity Scholarship
Established by Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson to support students who are underrepresented in the legal profession.
The Louis J. Muscek Endowed Scholarship Fund
Established through a bequest from Tacoma attorney Louis J. Muscek.
Mary Ellen Krug Award
Established to honor the memory of Mary Ellen Krug who was a Seattle attorney and distinguished labor law practitioner to benefit law students who have an interest in labor and employment law.
Mary H. Wechsler AAML of Washington Scholarship for Social Justice in Family Law
Established by the chapter with Mary Wechsler ’79 to be awarded to a student that participates and promotes the ideals of the AAML mission as well as someone who intends to practice family law and who aspires to work toward social justice, access to justice, and judicial reform during their career.
Marilyn J. Berger Gender and Justice Writing Award
Recognizes excellence in written work on a “gender and the law” topic for 2L or 3L students.
Moot Court Scholarship
Awarded to the winner and runner-up of the Moot Court Competition.
Scholars for Justice Award
Seattle University School of Law's Scholars for Justice award is part of our continuing mission to educate leaders for a just and humane world and encourages these students to focus on public interest commitments while in law school and after graduation.
Honorable Lloyd Shorett Endowed Scholarship Fund
Established to honor the late Judge Lloyd Shorett who was a Prosecuting Attorney for King County for nine years before running for the Superior Court Department 8 in which he served on the bench for 24 years.
Tony Yerry Memorial Scholarship
Established to honor Anthony "Tony" Yerry '14 who was a successful lawyer as a corporate attorney at K & L Gates. While at SU he was the co-president of the SU Trial Lawyers Association and a Research and Technical Editor of Law Review during his 3L year, graduating summa cum laude.
WSBA IP Scholarship
Established by the Washington State Bar Association Intellectual Property section for students interested in the practice of intellectual property law (whether litigation or transactional work) in the areas of patent, copyright, trademark or trade secret protection, arts and entertainment, advertising law and/or the intellectual property aspects of business.
WSBA Litigation Scholarship
Established by the Washington State Bar Association Litigation section for students who are interested in the practice of litigation.
