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Scholarships

A limited number of awards of full and partial tuition and fees are made annually to entering first-year students. The Financial Aid Committee endeavors to use the available funds to attract students who will enhance the School of Law with their academic achievement and potential (relying primarily on undergraduate averages and LSAT scores) and life experiences. Unless otherwise specified in the award letter, these grants are renewed for subsequent years provided the student remains in good standing.

James Elliott Bower Memorial Scholarships

Mrs. Ann Knight Bower has established the James Elliott Bower Memorial Scholarship Fund. Selection of James Elliott Bower Memorial Scholars shall be made on the basis of academic proficiency, extracurricular achievement, and financial need.

Charles and Peggy Galvin Endowment Fund

The Charles and Peggy Galvin Endowment Fund provides support for one full-tuition scholarship. The Charles and Peggy Galvin scholar must rank in the top one-third of his/her law school class.

Haynes and Boone Minority Scholarship and Clerkship

The Haynes and Boone Minority Scholarship Program, funded by the law firm of Haynes and Boone, L.L.P, provides two exceptional minority students an opportunity to work as a Summer Associate in either the Dallas or Houston office of Haynes and Boone as well as a fixed monthly stipend during their first year to help with school expenses. Applicants must complete a separate scholarship application and be accepted for admission to the School of Law.

The Sarah T. Hughes Diversity Law Fellowship

The Sarah T. Hughes Diversity Law Fellowship was established by the Dallas Bar Foundation to enable men and women from minority groups to obtain a legal education at the School of Law and subsequently enter the legal profession. The Dallas Bar Foundation funds several full-tuition scholarships annually. The fellowship is awarded initially to entering students for one year and is renewable for the second and third years of study as long as the student remains in good standing. Applicants must complete a separate scholarship application and be accepted for admission to the School of Law by the regular decision deadline.

Hutchison Scholarship Program

William L. Hutchison has established the Hutchison Scholarship Program with the following objectives:

  1. to foster and encourage excellence in legal study so that students selected by the school for an award from the endowment income may become competent, able, and respected members of the legal profession and/or the business community, and
  2. the development in such students of the highest sense of duty to our community and our nation in accordance with the Constitution of the United States.

To accomplish these objectives, the school shall employ the following criteria in making scholarship awards:

  1. Entering students selected as Hutchison Scholars shall have a superior undergraduate academic record and shall have a high sense of duty and commitment to our community and our nation.
  2. A Hutchison Scholar must be a full-time student of the law school each term and must maintain a cumulative average in the upper 25 percent of his or her SMU law school class.
  3. A Hutchison Scholar shall attend classes regularly, abide by the rules and procedures of the school, and maintain a cooperative, friendly attitude and relationship with school administrators, professors, and other students.

Cary Maguire Ethics Scholarship

Cary Maguire has established the Cary Maguire Ethics Scholarship for first-year law students who have demonstrated concern and interest in ethical behavior in law. The recipient of the Maguire scholarship must write a paper on a topic related to ethical issues in the legal profession during his or her second year.

The Rupert and Lillian Radford Scholarship Fund

The Rupert Radford Estate has established The Rupert and Lillian Radford Scholarship Fund to aid worthy and needy full-time students of SMU Dedman School of Law.

Robert Hickman Smellage, Sr. Memorial Fund

The family of Robert Hickman Smellage Sr. has established the Robert Hickman Smellage Sr. Memorial Fund for worthy students at SMU Dedman School of Law or for students who have graduated from a law school and who are enrolled in a postgraduate law program or course of study at SMU Dedman School of Law.

The Helmut Sohmen Scholarship in International and Comparative Law

This scholarship was established by the Sohmen Foundation and is awarded to up to four graduate students from China who are accepted to the LL.M. Program in International and Comparative Law. The scholarship includes full tuition and a supplemental living stipend. Recipients of this scholarship must have outstanding academic records and demonstrate strong potential for success in the LL.M. program.

Robert Gerald Storey Scholarship in International and Comparative Law

This prestigious scholarship is given each year to an outstanding foreign graduate law student who undertakes an intensive course of study in comparative and international law. Candidates for the scholarship must be admitted to the LL.M. in Comparative and International Law program by April 1. The scholarship amount varies from year to year, but is usually around $10,000. The Hatton W. Sumners Foundation established the Storey Scholarship in 1981 in honor of the memory of Dean Storey, dean of the law school from 1947 to 1959.

Hatton W. Sumners Scholarships

Hatton W. Sumners Scholarships, which cover the cost of full tuition and fees, and books, plus a living stipend, are awarded each year to qualified entering students who are residents of or who attended colleges or universities in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, or Missouri. Applicants must complete a separate scholarship application and be accepted for admission to the School of Law by the regular decision deadline. Scholars are selected by a committee of the Hatton W. Sumners Foundation.

J. Cleo Thompson Scholarships

James Cleo Thompson, Sr., has established the Thompson Scholarship fund for deserving students from the first, second and third year classes.

Endowed Scholarships

In addition, the School of Law awards varying amounts of tuition and fee support from the following endowed scholarships, which are established through gifts or bequests from graduates and other supporters:

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