Scholarships
This scholarship is granted for the first year of law school and is automatically renewed for the remaining six quarters as long as the student does not breach academic probation.
Baylor Law School is pleased to offer the prestigious Leon Jaworski Scholarship for Outstanding Undergraduate Advocates to incoming law students who have outstanding records in advocacy programs such as debate or mock trial. This full-tuition scholarship is renewable for the second and third years of law school if the recipient continuously maintains a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 and participates in Baylor Law’s award-winning interscholastic advocacy program.
A 1926 graduate of Baylor Law School, Leon Jaworski perhaps will be most remembered for his roles as Special Prosecutor during the Watergate crisis and as a founding partner of the international law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski LLP. The path chosen by Leon Jaworski took him to a place in American jurisprudence where his legal accomplishments will not be forgotten and will be remembered by Baylor Law.
The recipient will be chosen by January 22, 2027, regardless of the entering quarter. The deadline is January 8, 2027. This scholarship requires a separate application, which will be available here by August 2026.
These full-tuition scholarships are limited to graduates of Texas A&M University and Abilene Christian University, and they are renewable for students who do not breach academic probation.
- Texas A&M University graduates should contact Karen Severn, Pre-law Advisor, at ksevern@tamu.edu.
- Abilene Christian University graduates should contact Professor Chris Riley, Pre-law Advisor, at chris.riley@acu.edu.
If a student has a cumulative GPA of 3.60 or above after receiving all grades from the first three quarters of law school, the student is eligible for up to an $8,000/quarter scholarship (assuming that the student is not already receiving that amount) and will receive that amount in each subsequent quarter, up to his/her ninth quarter of law school, provided that the student continues to earn a cumulative 3.60 GPA.
If the student is in a consecutive fourth quarter and earns a cumulative 3.60 GPA after receiving all grades from the first three quarters of law school, the student will receive up to $16,000 in his or her fifth quarter only and up to $8,000 in every eligible quarter after that.
Baylor Law awards this scholarship as long as the law student does not already have a scholarship larger than $8,000/quarter and the law student abides by the Donor Appreciation Protocol.
We occasionally share knowledge of private scholarships and writing competitions that we know about. We also encourage you to check out the AccessLex Law School Scholarship Databank, a free, comprehensive, and continuously updated database of over 800 scholarships specifically relevant to law students and law school applicants. This tool allows users to search by eligibility criteria, demographic background, geographic preference, practice area interest, and more.
