{"id":79254,"date":"2026-02-16T12:27:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T17:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/?p=79254"},"modified":"2026-02-16T12:27:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T17:27:57","slug":"robert-a-butterworth-public-service-scholarship-1000-deadline-may-1-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/robert-a-butterworth-public-service-scholarship-1000-deadline-may-1-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert A. Butterworth Public Service Scholarship &#8211; $1,000 &#8211; Deadline: May 1, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The scholarship consists of a $1,000 stipend that may be used for law school tuition, course materials or other law school-related expenses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scholarship recipient will participate in Section activities, including interacting with executive council members, attending Section meetings, and submitting an article for publication in the &#8220;Voice.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scholarship is open to rising third year law students.&nbsp;Applicants must demonstrate an interest in public service and have a minimum 3.0 grade-point-average at the time he or she submits the application. The overall academic achievement of each applicant will be a considered in awarding the scholarship. Applicants must also describe a need for the scholarship, though tax records and other financial documents are not required. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be considered for the scholarship, applicants must complete the scholarship application form with the following attachments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Official law school transcript,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Resume,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>500-word personal essay that describes your commitment to and motivation for pursuing a career in public service. \u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At least one letter of recommendation from an individual familiar with the candidate\u2019s public service background and aspirations, and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Legal writing sample.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Applications are due May 1st and can be completed at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flgovlawyer.org\/awards\">Awards &amp; Scholarship | GLS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The scholarship consists of a $1,000 stipend that may be used for law school tuition, course materials or other law school-related expenses. The scholarship recipient will participate in Section activities, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":169,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[745,631],"class_list":["post-79254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-students","tag-financial-aid","tag-financial-planning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79255,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79254\/revisions\/79255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}