Shook and Stone Scholarship

From the outside looking in, the legal industry can seem one-note. Today’s aspiring lawyers have the right to take a closer look at the history of legal representation to discover a broader range of professional representation than they might first expect.

Shook & Stone, along with our personal injury lawyers in Las Vegas, encourages students to explore the importance of representation in the legal field. That’s why the firm is proud to debut its “An Ideal Lawyer’s Portrait: Representation Matters” Scholarship. This scholarship promises $2,500 to an ambitious student who can:

• Establish a standard for who lawyers should be, how they should act, and what ideals they should uphold.
• Investigate the history of the legal profession and identify uniquely representative attorneys who meet those standards.

Students have until the January due date to complete a 1,000-word essay describing their ideal lawyer’s portrait.

How to Apply for the “an Ideal Lawyer’s Portrait: Representation Matters” Scholarship

If you want to apply for the “An Ideal Lawyer’s Portrait: Representation Matters” Scholarship, you need to meet the following criteria:

• You must be enrolled in or accepted at an accredited United States trade school, college, university, or graduate school.
• You must have a 3.0 minimum GPA.
• You must submit a transcript from your current school. If you are a first-year college student, a graduate student, or if you have recently transferred schools, you may submit an unofficial transcript from your current school, as well as the most recent official transcript from your prior school. If you are a High school student, you must also submit proof of acceptance to a college or university.
• You must agree to the scholarship’s terms and conditions.
• You must submit all essential scholarship materials by the January deadline, including an original essay of no more than 1,000 words.

Please upload your essay as a PDF file and submit it along with the application form on this page. Unfortunately, Shook & Stone cannot accept applications submitted without all materials or by students who do not meet the aforementioned criteria. Likewise, the firm will not consider applications submitted after the January deadline.

Scholarship Essay Topic

When creating an essay for the “An Ideal Lawyer’s Portrait: Representation Matters” Scholarship, please:

• Describe the profile of an ideal lawyer.
• Include an example of a lawyer you know or admire who matches the portrait you’ve depicted.

Your essay should be no more than 1,000 words. When submitting your essay for consideration, please include a catchy and original title, a bibliography as appropriate, in-line citations, and a header with the following details:

• Your full name
• Your student ID number
• The name of the “An Ideal Lawyer’s Portrait: Representation Matters” Scholarship
• The name of the academic institution you’re enrolled in or accepted at
• The mailing address of that institution’s financial aid office
• The email address and telephone number of the institution’s financial aid office

The scholarship selection committee also requests that students save their essays using the following naming convention: “[Scholarship Name and Year] – [Student Name].”

A Note on AI

Shook & Stone requests that students create entirely original scholarship essays. Please do not use AI to generate a scholarship essay for the “An Ideal Lawyer’s Portrait: Representation Matters” Scholarship. The inappropriate use of AI will result in a student’s application being removed from the applicant pool.