Received by deadline: Feb. 4, 2022
Click here to review scholarship requirements.
Email application with supporting material to [email protected]
or mail to:
Kelley Shannon
Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas
3001 N. Lamar Blvd., Suite 302
Austin, Texas 78705
Applicant’s name: ___________________________________________________________
Email, phone: ______________________________________________________________
Mailing address: ____________________________________________________________
Law school attending in Fall2022/Spring 2023:____________________________________
Anticipated law school graduation date:_________________________________________
Undergraduate college or university:____________________________________________
Current jobs, hours per week (if applicable):______________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Please attach the following:
- A brief resume highlighting educational achievements, work experience, internships, awards and relevant extracurricular activities.
- An essay (500 words maximum) explaining your reasons for pursuing a law degree and how you are preparing for a law career. Explain your interest in First Amendment law and how your career goals align with those of the FOI Foundation of Texas. Include why you are applying for the Joel White Scholarship. (Financial need will be considered but is not the determining factor.)
__IMPORTANT: Check this box to finish the application. I understand that if I no longer meet the eligibility requirements or if information I provide proves untrue, I may forfeit any scholarship I receive. Scholarship money goes to the school in semester increments. In order to receive the second-semester award, I will send by Oct. 15, 2022, to the FOIFT via the email above, a current transcript.