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 Chantal Choi, a student at Suffolk University Law School, who spent her scholarship year working at the Asian Taskforce Against Domestic Violence.

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.