Merit Scholars Program

Brooklyn Law School established the Merit Scholars Program to provide scholarship assistance to entering students from whom we have reason to expect a high level of academic success. Prince, Carswell, Richardson, Lisle, Dean’s Merit, and Academic Achievement Scholarships are awarded under this program. Merit scholarships are annually awarded for one academic year. Half of a scholarship is applied as credit to a student's fall semester tuition charges, and the other half is applied to the spring semester tuition charges. A portion of each individual merit scholarship comes from the funds of Brooklyn Law School’s endowed scholarships. No application is required for these scholarships. For entering students, merit scholarships are based on your LSAT score, undergraduate GPA and baccalaureate degree-granting college. Renewal of these scholarships is based on your actual academic performance in law school.

For Students Who Commenced Enrollment in Fall 2006
For Students Who Commenced Enrollment in Fall 2007
For Students Who Commenced Enrollment in Fall 2008

Merit Scholarship Program Guidelines for Students Commencing Enrollment in Fall 2006

Important: The following Merit Scholarship Program guidelines are in effect for all J.D. candidates commencing enrollment in the Law School in fall 2006. Current students who commenced enrollment prior to fall 2006 are governed by an entirely different set of merit scholarship awards standards that are outlined in the students section of the Web site.

Tuition Assistance
Scholarship Renewal
    Full-time Students
    Part-time Students
    All Students
Reward for Extraordinary Achievement
Dean’s Recognition Scholarship Program
    Full-time Students
    Part-time Students
    All Students

Tuition Assistance
Specific information about the amount of each scholarship is listed below:

Scholarship Category	Full-time Amount	Part-time Amount
Prince	$17,600	$13,200
Carswell	$15,100	$11,325
Richardson	$11,500	$8,625
Lisle	$8,500	$6,375

Scholarship Renewal

Full-time Students
For full-time students, original merit scholarships are renewable for each subsequent year of enrollment, provided that the students maintain a cumulative academic rank within the upper 33% of their graduating class (all full-time and part-time students with a common anticipated graduation date) at the end of each spring semester.

Part-time Students
For purposes of determining which first-year part-time students will be eligible to retain their scholarships for the second year, these students will be merged with all first-year full-time students at the end of the spring semester of the first year to establish an academic rank order of the entire class. All part-time students who rank within the upper 33% of the entire first-year class will retain their original scholarships.

To determine scholarship retention for the third and fourth years of enrollment, upperclass part-time students will be merged with all full-time and part-time students who have a common anticipated graduation date at the end of each spring semester. All part-time students who rank within the upper 33% of the entire graduating class will retain their scholarships.

All Students
This minimum rank requirement is exact; rounding a rank that is different in any amount from the required upper 33% cut-off is not permissible for scholarship renewal. Be advised that grades earned in the summer session between the last completed spring semester and the upcoming fall semester are not considered in determining academic rank eligibility for scholarship renewal. Furthermore, changes in rank that occur in the summer as a result of student attrition between the end of a spring semester and the start of the next fall semester are not considered for scholarship renewal.

Any student who loses a merit scholarship at the end of the first year for failure to maintain an upper 33% ranking is eligible to receive at least a portion of the original scholarship for the third year of enrollment, provided that the student’s cumulative academic rank reaches the upper 33% by the conclusion of the second year. In such cases for full-time students, the scholarship for the third year will amount to $5,000. In such cases for part-time students, the scholarship for the third year will amount to $3,750. The scholarship for part-time students will be renewed for their fourth year of enrollment, provided that the minimum required academic rank continues to be maintained.

Reward for Extraordinary Achievement
Although students only need to maintain a cumulative rank that places them within the upper 33% of their class at the end of each spring semester to renew their original scholarships, Brooklyn Law School rewards merit scholars who perform substantially better than the upper 33%.

Specifically, students who entered the Law School with either a Carswell, Richardson or Lisle Scholarship and who rank in the top 2% of their class at the end of the spring semester of their first year will be upgraded to receive a Prince Scholarship for their second year. Students who entered with either a Richardson or Lisle Scholarship and who rank in the top 5% of their class at the end of the spring semester of their first year will be upgraded to receive a Carswell Scholarship for their second year. Students who entered with a Lisle Scholarship and who rank in the top 10% of their class at the end of the spring semester of their first year will be upgraded to receive a Richardson Scholarship for their second year. No other upgrades are permissible. No rounding of a rank is permissible. (Note: Refer to merit scholarship information based on year of law school entry for applicable award amounts.)

In the event that a student who is awarded an upgraded scholarship completes the second year with a cumulative rank that falls below the minimum required for the renewal of that upgraded amount or any other upgraded amount, the student’s scholarship for the next year will be renewed at the original amount received in the first year of enrollment, as long as a cumulative rank of at least the upper 33% has been maintained.

Dean’s Recognition Scholarship Program

Full-time Students
Full-time students who enter Brooklyn Law School without a merit scholarship will be awarded a Dean’s Recognition Scholarship for their second year, provided that they finish the spring semester of the first year with a cumulative academic rank that places them within the upper 10% of their graduating class (all full-time and part-time students with a common anticipated graduation date).

Full-time students receive a scholarship in the amount of $11,000. Half of the award is applied as credit to the student’s fall semester tuition charges and the balance of the award to spring semester tuition charges.

The scholarship is renewable for the third year of enrollment, provided that the student continues to rank in the upper 10% of his or her graduating class at the end of the spring semester of the second year.

Part-time Students
Part-time students who enter Brooklyn Law School without a merit scholarship will be awarded a Dean’s Recognition Scholarship for their second year, provided that they finish the spring semester of the first year with a cumulative academic rank that places them within the upper 10% of their first-year entering class (all full-time and part-time students with a common entry date).

Part-time students receive a scholarship in the amount of $8,250. Half of the award is applied as credit to the student’s fall semester tuition charges and the balance of the award to spring semester tuition charges.

The scholarship is renewable for the third and fourth years of enrollment, provided that the student ranks in the upper 10% of his or her graduating class (all full-time and part-time students with a common anticipated graduation date) at the end of the spring semester of the second and third years.

All Students
This minimum rank requirement is exact; rounding a rank that is different in any amount from the required cut-off is not permissible for scholarship award and renewal. Be advised that grades earned in the summer session between the last completed spring semester and the upcoming fall semester are not considered in determining academic rank eligibility for scholarship award and renewal. Furthermore, changes in rank that occur in the summer as a result of student attrition between the end of a spring semester and the start of the next fall semester are not considered for scholarship award and renewal.

Merit Scholarship Program Guidelines for Students Commencing Enrollment in Fall 2007

A total of 494 students enrolled in Brooklyn Law School’s 2007 entering class. Two hundred and sixteen of them, or 43.7% of the first-year class, received one of our four major merit scholarships (Prince, Carswell, Richardson, Lisle). Their scholarships will be renewable in full for each subsequent year of enrollment, provided that the students remain in the upper 40% of their anticipated graduating class at the end of each spring semester.

In awarding merit scholarships to qualified admittees, the Law School relies on an award-to-enroll prediction model to determine how many merit scholarship offers will be needed to yield a first-year class of which approximately 40% are merit scholarship recipients. While we update the model each year to account for the previous year’s statistical performance, this remains imprecise science. The model gets us close to the 40% target, but there are inevitable deviations from year to year. In 2005, for instance, 24% of scholarship recipients went on to enroll, while the yields in 2006 and 2007 were 22% and 26%, respectively. Enrollment yields are very sensitive to annual changes that may occur in award requirements and scholarship amounts. Then, too, unpredictable factors such as law school rankings, shifts in perceived institutional reputation, and, not least, the scholarship packages offered by competitor schools also have a strong influence on the yields. Notwithstanding these variables, we usually come within several percentage points of enrolling a total percentage of first-year merit scholars that equals the class rank percentile required for full renewal of the scholarships for the second year.

Ideally, we would have liked to enroll approximately 198 merit scholars in 2007 — about 40% of the class, which would have matched the top 40% class rank renewal requirement for their scholarships. The overage we experienced was attributed to two major changes in our scholarship program. First, the dollar amounts awarded, as a percentage of tuition charged, were substantially larger than the amounts awarded in any previous year. Second, the renewal requirements for those awards are far more generous than any previous standards. Both changes were greeted as very good news by the recipients, and a higher than expected number of them accepted the awards. Although that number exceeded our target, the Law School did, of course, honor its scholarship offers to each of the additional 18 students.

Unquestionably, the Law School’s ability to attract and enroll a growing number of high-caliber students is a desirable goal and a barometer of its improving reputation. However, it must be stressed that any year’s over-enrollment of first-year merit scholars is simply the result of the effect that program changes have on our yield, as well as unpredictable factors that are impossible to control.

Important: The following Merit Scholarship Program guidelines are in effect for all J.D. candidates commencing enrollment in the Law School in fall 2007. Current students who commenced enrollment prior to fall 2007 are governed by an entirely different set of merit scholarship awards standards that are outlined in the students section of the Web site.

Tuition Assistance
Scholarship Renewal
Reward for Extraordinary Achievement
Dean’s Recognition Scholarship Program
Centennial Grant Program
Dean's Merit Scholarship Program
Academic Achievement Scholarship Program

Tuition Assistance
Specific information about the amount of each scholarship is listed below:

Scholarship Category	Full-time Amount	Part-time Amount
Prince	$20,500	$15,375
Carswell	$17,500	$13,125
Richardson	$11,500	$8,625
Lisle	$8,500	$6,375

Scholarship Renewal

At the end of the spring 2008 semester, the Law School's Scholarship Committee will determine which first-year merit scholarship students are eligible to retain all or part of their scholarships for the 2008-2009 academic year. Renewal decisions will be based on class rank, which is determined by cumulative first-year grade point average. While it is too early to provide final scholarship renewal statistics, we can offer tentative outcomes that are based on GPAs earned for the fall 2007 semester. Undoubtedly, there will be some changes in these figures when spring semester grades are taken into account, but the current statistics will give you an approximate idea of what GPAs will be required for scholarship renewal and what percentage of students will be eligible for second-year renewal. When considering these results, keep in mind that each class is different, but that there are normally only small year-to-year differences in the GPA cut-offs that determine the class rank standards set forth below.

Portion of Scholarship Renewed	Class Rank Required	Approximate GPA Cut-Off	Number of First-Year Merit Scholars on Track for Scholarship Renewal (or Loss)	Percentage of All First-Year Merit Scholars
100%	Upper 40%	3.239	99	45.8%
80%	Upper 50%	3.118	26	12.0%
55%	Upper 65%	2.953	34	15.7%
0%	Below Upper 65%	Below 2.952	57	26.4%

Full-time Students
For full-time students, original merit scholarships are renewable for each subsequent year of enrollment, provided that the students maintain a cumulative academic rank within the upper 40% of their graduating class (all full-time and part-time students with a common anticipated graduation date) at the end of each spring semester.

Students who complete their first year of study with a rank below the required 40% level, but still rank within the upper 50% of their graduating class, will retain 80% of their initial scholarships for their second year. Students who complete their first year with a rank below the 50% level, but within the upper 65% of their graduating class, will retain 55% of their initial scholarship for their second year.

At the end of their second year of law school, the same standards will again be applied to determine the amount of scholarships for the third year. Student who fell below the upper 40% of their graduating class at the end of their first year, but improve in their second year to finish the year with a cumulative rank in the upper 40%, will have their scholarships restored to 100% of the amount they received in their first year. If they fall below the 40% level, but still rank within the upper 50%, they will retain 80% of their initial scholarships for their third year. Students who complete their second year below the 50% level, but still rank within the upper 65% will retain 55% of their initial scholarships for their third year.

Part-time Students
For purposes of determining which first-year part-time students will be eligible to retain their scholarships for the second year, these students will be merged with all first-year full-time students at the end of the spring semester of the first year to establish an academic rank order of the entire class. All part-time students who rank within the upper 40% of the entire first-year class will retain their original scholarships.

To determine scholarship retention for the third and fourth year of enrollment, upperclass part-time students will be merged with all full-time and part-time students who have a common anticipated graduation date at the end of each spring semester. All part-time students who rank within the upper 40% of the entire graduating class will retain their original scholarships. Part-time students who fell below the upper 40% at the end of their first year, but improve in their second year to finish the year with a cumulative rank in the upper 40%, will have their scholarships restored to 100% of the amount they received in their first year. If they fall below the 40% level, but still rank within the upper 50%, they will retain 80% of their initial scholarships for their third year. Students who complete their second year below the 50% level, but still rank within the upper 65% will retain 55% of their initial scholarships for their third year. At the end of their third year of law school, the same standards will again be applied to determine the amount of scholarships for the fourth year.

All Students
This minimum rank requirement is exact; rounding a rank that is different in any amount from the required cut-off is not permissible for scholarship renewal. Be advised that grades earned in the summer session between the last completed spring semester and the upcoming fall semester are not considered in determining academic rank eligibility for scholarship renewal. Furthermore, changes in rank that occur in the summer as a result of student attrition between the end of a spring semester and the start of the next fall semester are not considered for scholarship renewal.

Reward for Extraordinary Achievement
Although students only need to maintain a cumulative rank that places them within the upper 40% of their class at the end of each spring semester to renew their original scholarships, Brooklyn Law School rewards merit scholars who perform substantially better than the upper 40%.

Specifically, students who entered the Law School with either a Carswell, Richardson or Lisle Scholarship and who rank in the top 2% of their class at the end of the spring semester of their first year will be upgraded to receive a Prince Scholarship for their second year. Students who entered with either a Richardson or Lisle Scholarship and who rank in the top 5% of their class at the end of the spring semester of their first year will be upgraded to receive a Carswell Scholarship for their second year. Students who entered with a Lisle Scholarship and who rank in the top 10% of their class at the end of the spring semester of their first year will be upgraded to receive a Richardson Scholarship for their second year. No other upgrades are permissible. No rounding of a rank is permissible. (Note: Refer to merit scholarship information based on year of law school entry for applicable award amounts.)

In the event that a student who is awarded an upgraded scholarship completes the second year with a cumulative rank that falls below the minimum required for the renewal of that upgraded amount or any other upgraded amount, the student’s scholarship for the next year will be renewed at the original amount received in the first year of enrollment, as long as a cumulative rank of at least the upper 40% has been maintained.

Dean’s Recognition Scholarship Program

Full-time Students
Full-time students who enter Brooklyn Law School without a merit scholarship will be awarded a Dean’s Recognition Scholarship for their second year, provided that they finish the spring semester of the first year with a cumulative academic rank that places them within the upper 10% of their graduating class (all full-time and part-time students with a common anticipated graduation date).

Full-time students receive a scholarship in the amount of $11,000. Half of the award is applied as credit to the student’s fall semester tuition charges and the balance of the award to spring semester tuition charges.

The scholarship is renewable for the third year of enrollment, provided that the student continues to rank in the upper 10% of his or her graduating class at the end of the spring semester of the second year.

Part-time Students
Part-time students who enter Brooklyn Law School without a merit scholarship will be awarded a Dean’s Recognition Scholarship for their second year, provided that they finish the spring semester of the first year with a cumulative academic rank that places them within the upper 10% of their first-year entering class (all full-time and part-time students with a common entry date).

Part-time students receive a scholarship in the amount of $8,250. Half of the award is applied as credit to the student’s fall semester tuition charges and the balance of the award to spring semester tuition charges.

The scholarship is renewable for the third and fourth years of enrollment, provided that the student ranks in the upper 10% of his or her graduating class (all full-time and part-time students with a common anticipated graduation date) at the end of the spring semester of the second and third years.

All Students
This minimum rank requirement is exact; rounding a rank that is different in any amount from the required cut-off is not permissible for scholarship award and renewal. Be advised that grades earned in the summer session between the last completed spring semester and the upcoming fall semester are not considered in determining academic rank eligibility for scholarship award and renewal. Furthermore, changes in rank that occur in the summer as a result of student attrition between the end of a spring semester and the start of the next fall semester are not considered for scholarship award and renewal.

Centennial Grant Program
Brooklyn Law School celebrated its Centennial Anniversary in 2001. To mark this special occasion, and to underscore our continuing commitment to enroll and retain the best and the brightest students, the Law School established a Centennial Grant Program.

Centennial Grants have been awarded to a select group of meritorious students in amounts ranging from $13,000 to $1,500. Half of the award has been applied as a credit to the student’s fall semester tuition charges and the balance of the award to spring semester tuition charges. For students who received Centennial Grants at the time they entered the Law School, the grants are renewable for each subsequent year of enrollment, provided they maintain a cumulative rank within the upper 40% of their graduating class at the end of each spring semester. Students who complete their first year of study with a rank below the required 40% level, but still rank within the upper 50% of their graduating class, will retain 80% of their initial grants for their second year. Students who complete their first year with a rank below the 50% level, but within the upper 65% of their graduating class, will retain 55% of their initial grants for their second year. At the end of their second and third years of law school, the same standards will again be applied to determine the amount of grants for the third and fourth years.

Dean's Merit Scholarship Program
Dean’s Merit Scholarships have been awarded to a select group of meritorious students in amounts ranging from $13,000 to $2,250. Half of the award has been applied as a credit to the student’s fall semester tuition charges and the balance of the award to spring semester tuition charges. For students who received Dean’s Merit Scholarships at the time they entered the Law School, the scholarships are renewable for each subsequent year of enrollment, provided they maintain a cumulative rank within the upper 40% of their graduating class at the end of each spring semester. Students who complete their first year of study with a rank below the required 40% level, but still rank within the upper 50% of their graduating class, will retain 80% of their initial scholarships for their second year. Students who complete their first year with a rank below the 50% level, but within the upper 65% of their graduating class, will retain 55% of their initial scholarships for their second year. At the end of their second and third years of law school, the same standards will again be applied to determine the amount of scholarships for the third and fourth years.

Academic Achievement Scholarship Program
Academic Achievement Scholarships have been awarded to a select group of meritorious students in amounts ranging from $13,000 to $1,500. Half of the award has been applied as a credit to the student’s fall semester tuition charges and the balance of the award to spring semester tuition charges. For students who received Academic Achievement Scholarships at the time they entered the Law School, the scholarships are renewable for each subsequent year of enrollment, provided they maintain a cumulative rank within the upper 40% of their graduating class at the end of each spring semester. Students who complete their first year of study with a rank below the required 40% level, but still rank within the upper 50% of their graduating class, will retain 80% of their initial scholarships for their second year. Students who complete their first year with a rank below the 50% level, but within the upper 65% of their graduating class, will retain 55% of their initial scholarships for their second year. At the end of their second and third years of law school, the same standards will again be applied to determine the amount of scholarships for the third and fourth years.

Merit Scholarship Program Guidelines for Students Commencing Enrollment in Fall 2008

A total of 494 students enrolled in Brooklyn Law School’s 2007 entering class. Two hundred and sixteen of them, or 43.7% of the first-year class, received one of our four major merit scholarships (Prince, Carswell, Richardson, Lisle). Their scholarships will be renewable in full for each subsequent year of enrollment, provided that the students remain in the upper 40% of their anticipated graduating class at the end of each spring semester.

In awarding merit scholarships to qualified admittees, the Law School relies on an award-to-enroll prediction model to determine how many merit scholarship offers will be needed to yield a first-year class of which approximately 40% are merit scholarship recipients. While we update the model each year to account for the previous year’s statistical performance, this remains imprecise science. The model gets us close to the 40% target, but there are inevitable deviations from year to year. In 2005, for instance, 24% of scholarship recipients went on to enroll, while the yields in 2006 and 2007 were 22% and 26%, respectively. Enrollment yields are very sensitive to annual changes that may occur in award requirements and scholarship amounts. Then, too, unpredictable factors such as law school rankings, shifts in perceived institutional reputation, and, not least, the scholarship packages offered by competitor schools also have a strong influence on the yields. Notwithstanding these variables, we usually come within several percentage points of enrolling a total percentage of first-year merit scholars that equals the class rank percentile required for full renewal of the scholarships for the second year.

Ideally, we would have liked to enroll approximately 198 merit scholars in 2007 — about 40% of the class, which would have matched the top 40% class rank renewal requirement for their scholarships. The overage we experienced was attributed to two major changes in our scholarship program. First, the dollar amounts awarded, as a percentage of tuition charged, were substantially larger than the amounts awarded in any previous year. Second, the renewal requirements for those awards are far more generous than any previous standards. Both changes were greeted as very good news by the recipients, and a higher than expected number of them accepted the awards. Although that number exceeded our target, the Law School did, of course, honor its scholarship offers to each of the additional 18 students.

Unquestionably, the Law School’s ability to attract and enroll a growing number of high-caliber students is a desirable goal and a barometer of its improving reputation. However, it must be stressed that any year’s over-enrollment of first-year merit scholars is simply the result of the effect that program changes have on our yield, as well as unpredictable factors that are impossible to control.

Important: The following Merit Scholarship Program guidelines are in effect for all J.D. candidates commencing enrollment in the Law School in fall 2007. Current students who commenced enrollment prior to fall 2007 are governed by an entirely different set of merit scholarship awards standards that are outlined in the students section of the Web site.

Tuition Assistance
Scholarship Renewal
Reward for Extraordinary Achievement
Dean’s Recognition Scholarship Program
Centennial Grant Program
Dean's Merit Scholarship Program
Academic Achievement Scholarship Program

Tuition Assistance
Specific information about the amount of each scholarship is listed below:

Scholarship Category	Full-time Amount	Part-time Amount
Prince	$21,500	$16,125
Carswell	$18,400	$13,800
Richardson	$12,100	$9,075
Lisle	$8,900	$6,675

Scholarship Renewal

At the end of the spring 2008 semester, the Law School's Scholarship Committee determined which first-year merit scholarship students were eligible to retain all or part of their scholarships for the 2008-2009 academic year. Renewal decisions were based on class rank, which was determined by cumulative first-year grade point average. The current statistics will give you an approximate idea of what GPAs will be required for scholarship renewal and what percentage of students will be eligible for second-year renewal. When considering these results, keep in mind that each class is different, but that there are normally only small year-to-year differences in the GPA cut-offs that determine the class rank standards set forth below.

Portion of Scholarship Renewed	Class Rank Required	Approximate GPA Cut-Off	Number of First-Year Merit Scholars on Track for Scholarship Renewal (or Loss)	Percentage of All First-Year Merit Scholars
100%	Upper 40%	3.234	102	47.2%
80%	Upper 50%	3.110	29	13.4%
55%	Upper 65%	2.965	33	15.3%
0%	Below Upper 65%	Below 2.965	52	24.1%
Cumulative Renewal Rate = 79.5% (164/216)

Full-time Students
For full-time students, original merit scholarships are renewable for each subsequent year of enrollment, provided that the students maintain a cumulative academic rank within the upper 40% of their graduating class (all full-time and part-time students with a common anticipated graduation date) at the end of each spring semester.

Students who complete their first year of study with a rank below the required 40% level, but still rank within the upper 50% of their graduating class, will retain 80% of their initial scholarships for their second year. Students who complete their first year with a rank below the 50% level, but within the upper 65% of their graduating class, will retain 55% of their initial scholarship for their second year.

At the end of their second year of law school, the same standards will again be applied to determine the amount of scholarships for the third year. Student who fell below the upper 40% of their graduating class at the end of their first year, but improve in their second year to finish the year with a cumulative rank in the upper 40%, will have their scholarships restored to 100% of the amount they received in their first year. If they fall below the 40% level, but still rank within the upper 50%, they will retain 80% of their initial scholarships for their third year. Students who complete their second year below the 50% level, but still rank within the upper 65% will retain 55% of their initial scholarships for their third year.

Part-time Students
For purposes of determining which first-year part-time students will be eligible to retain their scholarships for the second year, these students will be merged with all first-year full-time students at the end of the spring semester of the first year to establish an academic rank order of the entire class. All part-time students who rank within the upper 40% of the entire first-year class will retain their original scholarships.

To determine scholarship retention for the third and fourth year of enrollment, upperclass part-time students will be merged with all full-time and part-time students who have a common anticipated graduation date at the end of each spring semester. All part-time students who rank within the upper 40% of the entire graduating class will retain their original scholarships. Part-time students who fell below the upper 40% at the end of their first year, but improve in their second year to finish the year with a cumulative rank in the upper 40%, will have their scholarships restored to 100% of the amount they received in their first year. If they fall below the 40% level, but still rank within the upper 50%, they will retain 80% of their initial scholarships for their third year. Students who complete their second year below the 50% level, but still rank within the upper 65% will retain 55% of their initial scholarships for their third year. At the end of their third year of law school, the same standards will again be applied to determine the amount of scholarships for the fourth year.

All Students
This minimum rank requirement is exact; rounding a rank that is different in any amount from the required cut-off is not permissible for scholarship renewal. Be advised that grades earned in the summer session between the last completed spring semester and the upcoming fall semester are not considered in determining academic rank eligibility for scholarship renewal. Furthermore, changes in rank that occur in the summer as a result of student attrition between the end of a spring semester and the start of the next fall semester are not considered for scholarship renewal.

Reward for Extraordinary Achievement
Although students only need to maintain a cumulative rank that places them within the upper 40% of their class at the end of each spring semester to renew their original scholarships, Brooklyn Law School rewards merit scholars who perform substantially better than the upper 40%.

Specifically, students who entered the Law School with either a Carswell, Richardson or Lisle Scholarship and who rank in the top 2% of their class at the end of the spring semester of their first year will be upgraded to receive a Prince Scholarship for their second year. Students who entered with either a Richardson or Lisle Scholarship and who rank in the top 5% of their class at the end of the spring semester of their first year will be upgraded to receive a Carswell Scholarship for their second year. Students who entered with a Lisle Scholarship and who rank in the top 10% of their class at the end of the spring semester of their first year will be upgraded to receive a Richardson Scholarship for their second year. No other upgrades are permissible. No rounding of a rank is permissible. (Note: Refer to merit scholarship information based on year of law school entry for applicable award amounts.)

In the event that a student who is awarded an upgraded scholarship completes the second year with a cumulative rank that falls below the minimum required for the renewal of that upgraded amount or any other upgraded amount, the student’s scholarship for the next year will be renewed at the original amount received in the first year of enrollment, as long as a cumulative rank of at least the upper 40% has been maintained.

Dean’s Recognition Scholarship Program

Full-time Students
Full-time students who enter Brooklyn Law School without a merit scholarship will be awarded a Dean’s Recognition Scholarship for their second year, provided that they finish the spring semester of the first year with a cumulative academic rank that places them within the upper 10% of their graduating class (all full-time and part-time students with a common anticipated graduation date).

Full-time students receive a scholarship in the amount of $11,000. Half of the award is applied as credit to the student’s fall semester tuition charges and the balance of the award to spring semester tuition charges.

The scholarship is renewable for the third year of enrollment, provided that the student continues to rank in the upper 10% of his or her graduating class at the end of the spring semester of the second year.

Part-time Students
Part-time students who enter Brooklyn Law School without a merit scholarship will be awarded a Dean’s Recognition Scholarship for their second year, provided that they finish the spring semester of the first year with a cumulative academic rank that places them within the upper 10% of their first-year entering class (all full-time and part-time students with a common entry date).

Part-time students receive a scholarship in the amount of $8,250. Half of the award is applied as credit to the student’s fall semester tuition charges and the balance of the award to spring semester tuition charges.

The scholarship is renewable for the third and fourth years of enrollment, provided that the student ranks in the upper 10% of his or her graduating class (all full-time and part-time students with a common anticipated graduation date) at the end of the spring semester of the second and third years.

All Students
This minimum rank requirement is exact; rounding a rank that is different in any amount from the required cut-off is not permissible for scholarship award and renewal. Be advised that grades earned in the summer session between the last completed spring semester and the upcoming fall semester are not considered in determining academic rank eligibility for scholarship award and renewal. Furthermore, changes in rank that occur in the summer as a result of student attrition between the end of a spring semester and the start of the next fall semester are not considered for scholarship award and renewal.

Centennial Grant Program
Brooklyn Law School celebrated its Centennial Anniversary in 2001. To mark this special occasion, and to underscore our continuing commitment to enroll and retain the best and the brightest students, the Law School established a Centennial Grant Program.

Centennial Grants have been awarded to a select group of meritorious students in amounts ranging from $5,500 to $2,250. Half of the award has been applied as a credit to the student’s fall semester tuition charges and the balance of the award to spring semester tuition charges. For students who received Centennial Grants at the time they entered the Law School, the grants are renewable for each subsequent year of enrollment, provided they maintain a cumulative rank within the upper 40% of their graduating class at the end of each spring semester. Students who complete their first year of study with a rank below the required 40% level, but still rank within the upper 50% of their graduating class, will retain 80% of their initial grants for their second year. Students who complete their first year with a rank below the 50% level, but within the upper 65% of their graduating class, will retain 55% of their initial grants for their second year. At the end of their second and third years of law school, the same standards will again be applied to determine the amount of grants for the third and fourth years.

Dean's Merit Scholarship Program
Dean’s Merit Scholarships have been awarded to a select group of meritorious students in amounts ranging from $5,000 to $2,250. Half of the award has been applied as a credit to the student’s fall semester tuition charges and the balance of the award to spring semester tuition charges. For students who received Dean’s Merit Scholarships at the time they entered the Law School, the scholarships are renewable for each subsequent year of enrollment, provided they maintain a cumulative rank within the upper 40% of their graduating class at the end of each spring semester. Students who complete their first year of study with a rank below the required 40% level, but still rank within the upper 50% of their graduating class, will retain 80% of their initial scholarships for their second year. Students who complete their first year with a rank below the 50% level, but within the upper 65% of their graduating class, will retain 55% of their initial scholarships for their second year. At the end of their second and third years of law school, the same standards will again be applied to determine the amount of scholarships for the third and fourth years.

Academic Achievement Scholarship Program
Academic Achievement Scholarships have been awarded to a select group of meritorious students in amounts ranging from $4,000 to $1,875. Half of the award has been applied as a credit to the student’s fall semester tuition charges and the balance of the award to spring semester tuition charges. For students who received Academic Achievement Scholarships at the time they entered the Law School, the scholarships are renewable for each subsequent year of enrollment, provided they maintain a cumulative rank within the upper 40% of their graduating class at the end of each spring semester. Students who complete their first year of study with a rank below the required 40% level, but still rank within the upper 50% of their graduating class, will retain 80% of their initial scholarships for their second year. Students who complete their first year with a rank below the 50% level, but within the upper 65% of their graduating class, will retain 55% of their initial scholarships for their second year. At the end of their second and third years of law school, the same standards will again be applied to determine the amount of scholarships for the third and fourth years.