Stanford Law School - Financial Aid and Scholarships

A combination of Tuition fellowships, government loans, and private loans is determined based on demonstrated financial need at the Stanford Law School.

• Aid is need-based and Approximately 75-80% of students receive some form of financial aid, with the average fellowship portion per student estimated at $25,000 to $28,000 annually.
• To apply for financial aid, the applicant must fill out FAFSA and CSS forms.
• Stanford Law School uses an age-based test to determine the dependency percentage from your parent contribution.  
• At this time, Stanford Law School is unable to provide scholarships or stipends to support graduate students except to an extremely limited degree and only for SPILS applicants. All applicants are encouraged to seek scholarships, grants and fellowships from their home countries, law firms or international programs.

Here are some of the scholarships and fellowships offered for graduate students by Stanford Law School.

Yellow Ribbon Program:

Yellow Ribbon Program is a type of financial aid which has majorly been available for military or the veteran community. This aid is specially designated in the memory of those who lost their lives in the 11th September 2001 terror attack. This is also known as chapter 33 which is the most commonly used VA educational benefits program at Stanford. With the help of this program students can achieve funding for tuition, required fees, books and housing. 

Usually the amount provided by Yellow Ribbon Program to Stanford Law College is $25,162.

If you qualify 100% of the chapter 33 benefits, then you will receive additional funding through Yellow Ribbon Program, which means an annual contribution in the chapter 33 base tuition benefit. Under this program, the VA addresses tuition and fees benefits to Stanford, after which the central financial aid office pays it to the student account. Although, the books and housing benefits are sent in a straight line to students monthly. The student might need to apply their housing benefits to the university bill in order to pay for on campus room and board.

Graduate Family Grant Program:

The graduate family grants are specifically appointed to those whose children are dependent upon them, A person with dependent children can apply for this program. This fund is granted while responding to their expenses such as childcare, healthcare and rent. You may receive the amount between $1,000 to 15,000 depending on your family’s financial situations. Family with children less than the age of 10 would be preferred more.

What is the eligibility requirement to fill this program?

• You must be a registered graduate student with a registered student status in any of the graduate program, Postdocs are not allowed to fill this program and if both the parents are graduates in that case only one application per family would be required.

What are the children criteria before filling this form?

• Children must be your legal dependents.
• New international students must submit alternative documents such as Date of Birth and dependent visas in case they have not filed a recent federal tax return.

What are the household income eligibility criteria to fill this form?

• If you make an annual income more than $1,25,000 you wouldn't be eligible for the program.
• You must also provide the necessary income proof, including any received child support, to prove your financial necessity.
• You should also reveal and submit the financial situation of your partner or the parent of your children if you are sharing a common household.

The Flywheel Fund for Career Choice:

Flywheel fund is a part of Stanford’s financial aid programs, It is basically a new 501(c)(3) non profit organization which will provide philanthropic contributions to Stanford law students who needs to take out loans through Income Share Loan (ISL) for their legal studies. The "Flywheel Income Share Loan" will be signed by Flywheel Fellows and handled by Stride Funding.

• Under the flywheel fellowship students would be provided with loans for their law school tuition and fees upto $1,70,000. 

LRAP:

Stanford Law School offers the Miles and Nancy Rubin Loan Repayment Assistance Program and the Anonymous Public Service Loan Repayment Assistance Program for graduates who pursue low-paying public interest employment and have significant student debt.

Loans provided by Stanford under this initiative will be 100% repaid.

FLAS fellowships for graduate students:

Graduate students are given Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) grants, which are funded by the U.S. Department of Education and approved under Title VI of the Higher Education Act for the study of a Latin American LCTL.

Academic year fellowships provide a $20,000 subsistence allowance and $18,000 tuition assistance for eligible graduate students undergoing advanced training in designated foreign languages in combination with Latin American Studies and international aspects of professional studies (law, education). CLAS might provide additional assistance based on financial aid need. The term of a fellowship is for one academic year (autumn, winter, spring).

Who is eligible to apply for FLAS? 

• Professional schools graduate students, with the exception of medical and business institutions.
• Students with the necessary qualifications and proof of need.
• Students who speak Haitian Creole, Quechua, Portuguese, or Nahuatl at intermediate or advanced levels.

Opportunity Funds:

Basically, this type of fund is created to help those students who are facing short term financial challenge or maybe temporary financial challenges. For a student facing financial hardship the opportunity fund of Stanford aims to provide $1000 so that the student can easily come out of their financial summons.

Just a few examples of authorized expenses which can be paid by using these funds:

• Travel related to death or illness
• Essential household expenses due to an emergency situation
• Medical emergencies
• Professional development opportunities such as travel to a clerkship interview or purchasing professional attire
• Parent, guardian, family attendance at major campus events
• Other sudden, unexpected financial needs
• Participation in the life and community of the law school.

Bar exam loans: 

Loans for the bar test are designed to help graduating law students pay for bar-related costs like application and exam fees as well as living expenses while they are studying for the bar.

• As these loans are not government loans, hence the lenders do not certify a significant amount for these loans though the maximum limit of bar loans can be around $16,000.

Joint degree financial support:

Stanford law school also provides joint degree financial support. For example: JD/MBA: Suppose you study law in your first year and pay the amount a first year student needs to pay, and in the second year you study MBA and pay the asked amount, and then in your third and fourth year you get to attend both the programs by filling joint degree fee, that’s how the joint degree financial support works. 

Advanced degree financial support

American Association of University Women

Women who are not citizens or lawful permanent residents of the United States are eligible to apply for full-time study or research fellowships from the American Association of University Women. For the academic year 2014–2015, the Foundation distributed more than 244 fellowships and grants. At approved institutions, graduate and postgraduate study is supported. By the time of application, candidates must have submitted an application to their desired institution of study. Outstanding academic achievement, professional potential, and the potential for the subject of study to benefit the lives of women and girls in the nation of origin are some of the selection criteria. Women who are still living in their native countries at the time of application are given preference.

The Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund - Grants For Women From Developing Countries

The grant's objective is to assist women from developing nations who are dedicated to enhancing the lives of women and children in their own nations in their educational pursuits. Agriculture, architecture and urban planning, civil engineering, education, forestry, journalism, nursing, nutrition, pediatrics, public administration, public health, social sciences, and social work were among the subjects covered by previous award recipients.

• Five grants totaling around $11,000 are given out year by the MMMF; they are non-renewable.

The Institute for the study of world Politics

The Institute for the Study of World Politics (ISWP) supports doctoral students' research into issues that affect global environmental, political and economic integrity and stability. These intricate and interrelated issues whose resolution requires detailed knowledge and analysis, to which scholars contribute importantly include arms control and conflict resolution; international environmental and population pressures; political and economic disorders that lead to conflicts between and within developing countries and between the North and South; and the complex processes of democratization, protection of human rights and alleviation of destructive ethnic rivalries.

Americans Council for International Education

More than 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students and researchers from across the NIS are placed by the American Councils every year in dozens of fields at hundreds of schools and universities around the US. Competition is used to choose the host institutions. 

The sources of funding are:

Fulbright-Hays Fellowships

Fellowship awards range from $3,100 to $5,800 for online programs and $5,000 to $9,000 for overseas programs. 

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