Money… more specifically, free money.  Are you struggling with the cost of Law School and looking for some extra ways to pay for school this fall or to reduce the amount of Financial aid that you currently borrow, you can look into some of the newly available outside scholarships that we have posted:

 Richard D. Hailey AAJ Law Student Scholarship
Award: Up to six $1,000 scholarships
Deadline: May 1, 2012
Eligibility: Current African American, Hispanic, Asian American, Native American and Bi-Racial AAJ Law student members

 Warren E. Burger Prize Writing Competition
Award: $5,000
Deadline: June 1, 2012
Eligibility: Current students

In addition to these, we have 100′s of outside scholarships listed on our website for you to search through check it out at: http://www.law.stetson.edu/admissions/financial/scholarships-outside-opportunities.php

My suggestion would be to copy and paste this whole page into a WORD document to easier search for ones that are applicable to you and delete out the ones that aren’t. 

*Reminder: if you haven’t already filled out your 2012-2013 FAFSA, do so as soon as you have completed your 2011 taxes to receive Financial aid for the fall 2012 semester!

Hello!!!  I wanted to keep you all up to date with the most recent changes to important dates for the summer semester here at Stetson College of Law. 

Bidding for summer classes will start around 10 a.m. on MARCH 16th.  The deadline to enter and adjust your bids will be MARCH 28th by 6:00 p.m. 

After you have made your class selections and they are final, you can send the Summer Request Form for financial aid to our office. 

It’s that time again!  We are getting closer to the summer and we wanted to let you know that the Summer Financial aid Request Form has been emailed out to the student body.  If you didn’t receive it, please contact the Office of Student Financial Planning at finaid@law.stetson.edu to request one or if you have any questions about it. 

• Forms are due April 27th, 2012.  You can drop it off, email or fax it back to us once you are 99.9% sure of the classes that you will be taking.  
• Please don’t drop it off if your schedule is tentative, wait for it to finalize. 
• Be sure to talk to the Registrar’s Office about residency credits and possibly graduating early by taking summers. 

In addition to a variety of classes and lengths, this summer there are study abroad trips to China, Argentina, Spain and more!  You can receive Financial funding up to the cost of attendance for these trips as well!

We all could use some tips regarding our finances.  It’s one area of our lives that we can benefit from continual learning.  One great resource is mymoney.gov which is a government supported website aimed to educate Americans about all aspects of their finances in order to help them make more informed decisions towards a more financially secure future.  Here is a list of our favorite articles on their website to get you started!

1.  5 Tips for Improving Your Credit Score

2.  Money Smart- A Financial Education Program

3.  Top 11 Tips from 2011

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Financial Aid and loans can be scary but there is information out there and professionals to help along the way with advice, tips, how to’s, budgeting and future financial planning in order to make Financial Aid easy to understand rather than a black hole.  We hope you find this blog useful and we welcome your feedback!  As always, if you have any questions regarding your Financial Aid at Stetson Law, please don’t hesitate to contact us at finaid@law.stetson.edu.