Intellectual Property Scholarships

ABA / BNA Awards of Excellence

The American Bar Association's Section of Intellectual Property Law and The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., based on the selection of up to three second or third-year students with high grade point averages or similar criteria in a basic intellectual property law course by participating law schools, will award certificates for the annual ABA/BNA Award of Excellence in the Study of Intellectual Property.

Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation -- Donald W. Banner Corporate Intern Scholarship

The IPO Education Foundation will award $10,000 scholarships "to two outstanding law students who have completed an internship in a corporate intellectual property law department and intend to pursue a career in intellectual property law." Application deadline is October 12, 2007.

Intellectual Property and Information Law (IPIL) -- Sponsored Scholarship Grants (SSG) Program

The IPIL Sponsored Scholarship Grans (SSG) Program at the University of Houston Law Center is designed to facilitate newly-authored scholarship on Intellectual Property and Information Law (IPIL) by Federal Appellate Court clerks.

The IPIL SSG program for Judicial Clerks provides grants for IPIL-related scholarship from scholars serving or soon serving the Federal Appellate Courts as judicial clerks. This new program is made possible through the generous support of the Institute's contributors and supporters to enable the creation and dissemination of quality scholarship in its field.

Grant amounts may change from year to year, and, typically, there will also be an opportunity to present the article at an IPIL event or program, either at the Law Center in Houston, or at some other location or venue, with the trip funded by the IPIL Institute.

Complete details are available at http://www.law.uh.edu/ipil/ssgpclerk.html, including current grant amounts and application timing.

Jan Jancin Competition

The American Intellectual Property Foundation's Jan Jancin Competition includes three different awards as follows: (1) the Jan Jancin Award to an outstanding student studying intellectual property, (2) the Virginia State Bar Intellectual Property Law Section Award, which recognizes intellectual excellence and high academic achievement in the area of intellectual property (UNC Law students who are Virginia residents can apply) and (3) the AIPLA Past Presidents Award which is also awarded to an outstanding student studying intellectual property. The Dean of the law school or an appropriate faculty member nominates the student who will compete for the Jan Jancin Competition awards.

The Sidney B. Williams, Jr. Scholarship

The American Intellectual Property Foundation awards The Sidney B. Williams, Jr. Intellectual Property Law $10,000 Scholarships for Minority Scholars and arranges intellectual property internships and mentorships to assist under-represented minority law school students practice intellectual property.