Defending Voices Without a Voice Scholarship

The Defending Voices Without a Voice Scholarship promises $2,500 to one undergraduate student and $5,000 to one law student intent on becoming an immigration lawyer. Undergraduate and law students intent on pursuing a plan to become immigration attorneys have until April 15, 2026, to complete scholarship essays going into detail about their ambitions and motivations.

Eligibility Requirements

If you’re interested in applying for the Defending Voices Without a Voice Scholarship, make sure you meet the qualifying criteria. This scholarship is open to law-school-focused undergraduates and law students pursuing a law degree who intend to practice immigration law in the Washington, DC, and Northern Virginia areas.

Students must attend an accredited college, university, and/or law school in the United States and agree to the scholarship’s terms and conditions to qualify for the Defending Voices Without a Voice Scholarship. Students who apply without meeting these criteria or who fail to submit all necessary application materials will not be considered for the scholarship.

Scholarship Essay Topic

When applying for the Defending Voices Without a Voice Scholarship, please draft an essay of no more than 1,000 words answering the following questions:

• Why do you want to become an immigration lawyer?
• What drives you to study immigration law?

Each essay should be original to its applicant and include a catchy, original title as well as a bibliography and citations, as appropriate. Students should also include:

• The student’s full name
• The name of the institution a student attends/intends to attend
• The mailing address, email address, and phone number of that institution’s financial aid office
• Their connection to the DMV area

Please ensure all materials submitted to the scholarship selection committee are original. The inappropriate use of AI to generate a scholarship essay for the Defending Voices Without a Voice Scholarship will see a student’s application removed from consideration.