Scholarships

Mercer awards over two million dollars in scholarship grants every year to students whose academic record, LSAT scores, and personal achievements demonstrate the potential for outstanding performance in the study of law. In addition, partial merit scholarships are awarded to those students who have excelled academically at the end of their first academic year. Scholarships are normally renewed for students in good standing.

Carl C. Jones III Scholarship
Charles Wesley Walker Scholarship
Class of 1974 Scholarship
Class of 1980 Scholarship
Dan Bradley Fellowship
Doyle Watson Scholarship
Drew Paulk Scholarship
E.J. Grassmann Scholarship
E. W. Roberts Scholarship
Floyd Buford, Sr. Scholarship
Frank B. Lanneau III Scholarship
Frank Jones Scholarship
Furman Smith Scholarship
G. Kirk Haas Scholarship
Georgia Civil Justice Foundation Trial Advocacy Scholarship
H. T. O'Neal Scholarship
Ivan Rutledge Scholarship
James C. Rehberg Scholarship
Jesse Mercer Scholarship
Judge Tilman and Mary Self Scholarship
Julius Gholson Scholarship
Julius R. Lunsford Scholarship
Law Faculty Scholarship
Law Review Scholarship
Leaving a Legacy Scholarship
Margaret and Carlton Mobley Scholarship
Mary Bell Scholarship
Mercer Lawyer Scholarship
Oliver K. Mixon Scholarship
Otis Redding Scholarship
Rosser Malone Scholarship
S. Gus Jones Scholarship
Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute Scholarship
Verna Wilkes Scholarship
Virgil Powers Scholarship
Walter A. Scott Scholarship
Walter F. George Scholarship
Willa Van Valkenburgh Scholarship
Willis Allen Scholarship
Winburn E. Stewart Scholarship

The George W. Woodruff Scholarship is a merit based scholarship awarded to four members of each entering class. This scholarship covers tuition and a $5,000 annual stipend for books and living expenses. To be considered eligible for this scholarship, the applicant must submit a Woodruff Scholarship Application by February 1 and have a complete admission's application by February 1. This scholarship is automatically renewed as long as the student remains in good academic standing.
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Walter F. George Foundation Public Service Scholarships are awarded to students with strong undergraduate credentials who have demonstrated a commitment to their communities and an interest in pursuing a career in public service. This scholarship covers full tuition for three years of law school and the student may also receive a $6,000 summer community service scholarship for one or two summers spent in public service internships.

Jesse Mercer Scholarships are awarded each year to three outstanding Mercer undergraduates. Jesse Mercer Scholars are awarded full tuition and an annual book stipend of $1,000.

Dean's Scholars are full-tuition scholarships awarded to one student from each of the following schools: Agnes Scott College, Florida A&M University, Albany State University, Furman University, Hampton University,  Millsaps College, Morehouse College, Spelman College,  The Citadel,  University of the South, and Wesleyan College. To qualify for a Dean's Scholar Scholarship, an applicant must have a minimum LSAT score of 158 and an undergraduate grade point average of 3.5 or above. All eligible students from each institution are considered and it is recommended that your admissions application be complete no later than February 1. Dean's Scholar Scholarships are automatically renewed as long as the student remains in good academic standing.

The Public Interest Fellowship Program is designed to encourage students to pursue a career in public service. Each summer several first and second year students are selected as fellows in the program. As fellows, these students are placed for one summer with a law related public interest organization, awarded a stipend for their summer placement, and offered a one-time loan forgiveness grant conditional on the fellow making a two-year commitment to a public interest employer after graduation.

Council on Legal Education Opportunity Scholarships Mercer is an active participant and sponsor of both the National CLEO and Georgia Law School Consortium Fellowship programs. CLEO is a nonprofit project of the American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education, dedicated to diversifying the legal profession by expanding legal education opportunities for members of underrepresented groups. The Georgia Law School Consortium Fellowship Program was created by the Supreme Court of Georgia and the law schools in Georgia. The goal of the Fellowship Program is to increase the number of low-income or educationally disadvantaged students in Georgia's law schools. Participants who are nominated and successfully complete the program may receive partial scholarships.

The Thomas E. Ryals Scholarship also deserves special mention. While it is not administered by the Mercer Financial Aid Office, this scholarship provides funds to second and third year Georgia residents attending Mercer University Law School or the University of Virginia. For further information, please contact Professor Joe Claxton.