The AALL Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce the availability of three scholarships to assist individuals in achieving their goal of becoming a law librarian. Applications for each scholarship are available at http://www.aallnet.org/services/scholarships.asp. These scholarships are designed to assist individuals studying to become law librarians with their educational expenses. Application deadline is April 1st, 2006. A brief description of each category available is listed below.

Library Degree for Law School Graduates - Awarded to a law school graduate working towards a degree in an accredited library school with the intention of having a career as a law librarian.

Library School Graduates Attending Law School - Awarded to a library school graduate working toward a degree in an accredited law school with the intention of having a career as a law librarian.

Library Degree for Non-Law School Graduates - Awarded to a college graduate with meaningful law library experience who is a degree candidate in an accredited library school with the intention of having a career as a law librarian.

Library School Graduates Seeking a Non-Law Degree - Awarded to library school graduates who are degree candidates in an area, other than law, which will be beneficial to the development of a professional career in law librarianship and who intend to have a career as a law librarian.

Law Librarians in Continuing Education Courses - Awarded to law librarians with a degree from an accredited library or law school who are registrants in continuing education courses related to law librarianship.

AALL & Thomson West - George A. Strait Minority Scholarship Endowment

The George A. Strait Minority Scholarship is awarded to college graduates with law library experience who are members of a minority group as defined by current U.S. government guidelines and are degree candidates in accredited library or law schools and who intend to have a career in law librarianship.

James F. Connolly LexisNexis(tm) Academic & Library Solutions Scholarship

The James F. Connolly LexisNexis(tm) Academic & Library Solutions Scholarship is awarded to library school graduates with law library experience who are presently attending an accredited law school with the intention of having a career as a law librarian.

For further information, please go to the website above or contact me at jenny.kanji@lexisnexis.com.

Jenny Kanji, Chair

AALL Scholarship Committee