AALAM/Dow Fund Scholarship
Since 1997, AALAM has awarded an annual AALAM Scholarship Award to an Asian American law student who demonstrates leadership potential, maturity and responsibility, a commitment to making a contribution to the Asian American community and other indicia of excellence, whether personal, professional or academic. Priority consideration will be given to law students who have secured a public interest position for the summer.
Past recipients of the Scholarship include Glenn Magpantay, then a student at New England School of Law and currently Executive Director of the National Queer Asian Pacific Island Alliance, Michelle Wu, then a student at Harvard Law School and currently a member of the Boston City Council, and most recently Eugene Love Kim, a student at Northeastern University School of Law, who spent his summer working with the public defender's office in Southern California.
Starting in 2015, AALAM, in conjunction with the Harry H. Dow Memorial Legal Assistance Fund (Dow Fund), announced that it was doubling its annual scholarship amount to $5,000 and renaming the award as the AALAM/Dow Fund Scholarship. The scholarship application is typically due in late March or early April, and the award recipient is announced at the AALAM annual banquet. The awardee is then invited to speak at the Annual Dow Dinner in December. If you are interested in receiving information regarding the AALAM/Dow Fund Scholarship, you need to sign up as a law student member. If you are not currently a member, please sign up for membership here.
AALAM is now accepting applications to the AALAM/Dow Fund Scholarship. Please visit the applications page for more information.
The Asian-American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts (AALAM) in conjunction with the Harry H. Dow Memorial Legal Assistance Fund (Dow Fund) is pleased to announce that for the 20th anniversary of the annual AALAM/Dow Fund Scholarship a total amount of $5,000 will be awarded to one law student for the 2019-2020 academic year.
Important Dates:
If you have any questions, please email Steven Kim or Tony Lu, co-chairs of the 2019 AALAM/Dow Fund Scholarship Committee, whose members include (in addition to the co-chairs), Vincent Lai, Dan Park, Michelle Rhee, and Vatsady Sivongxay.Application Period: March 1, 2019 - April 15, 2019
Application Due Date: April 15, 2019
Committee and Board Review: April 15, 2019 - April 30, 2019
AALAM Banquet: May 7, 2019 (attendance required)
Dow Dinner: December 6, 2019 (attendance required)
Recent Recipients of the AALAM Scholarship 2018: Eugene Love Kim of Northeastern University School of Law 2017: Chantal Choi of Suffolk University Law School 2016: Lydia X.Z. Brown of Northeastern University School of Law 2015: Cherie Ching of Suffolk University Law School 2014: Ying Wang of New England School of Law 2013: Julina Guo of Harvard Law School 2012: Hannah Tso Joseph of Boston College Law School 2011: H. Will Mak of Boston College Law School 2010: Michelle Wu of Harvard Law School 2009: Eric Lee of Boston University Law School 2008: Ming Zhu of Harvard Law School 2007: Lucy Cheung of New England School of Law 2006: Candice Chiu of Harvard Law School 2005: Karlo Ng of Northeastern University School of Law 2004: Heather Chang of Northeastern University School of Law 2003: Allyson Mangalonzo of Boston College Law School 2002: Steven Choi of Harvard Law School 2001: Tackey Chan of New England School of Law 1999-2000: Tamarah Belczyk of Boston University School of Law 1998-1999: Josephine Escalante of Northeastern University School of Law 1997-1998: Glenn Magpantay of New England School of Law |