Deadline: 1 April 2024
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is excited to announce the Herbert Lehman Education Fund Scholarship awarded to help Black students attend formerly segregated four-year colleges and universities in the South and to increase the number of Black Americans in the legal profession.
The mission of the Herbert Lehman Education Fund is to help transform the promise of racial equality into a social, economic, and political reality by supporting talented undergraduate students with financial need to stay in school and successfully complete their bachelor’s degree.
Funding Information
- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Herbert Lehman Scholarship Program awards are $3,000 per year, over four years, for a total of $12,000 – provided funds are available. Scholars must remain in good academic standing and continue to meet the scholarship criteria in order to maintain eligibility.
Eligibility Criteria
- U.S. Citizenship;
- Must be a graduating high school senior, a first-year student in an accredited four-year college, or a student transferring into an accredited four-year college, students beginning as a junior are not eligible;
- Demonstrated financial need – must have a combined family income of $70,000 or less;
- Record of academic achievement; and
- Demonstrated commitment to public service.
For more information, visit LDF.
