{"id":79449,"date":"2026-03-11T13:57:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T17:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/?p=79449"},"modified":"2026-03-11T13:57:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T17:57:06","slug":"defending-voices-without-a-voice-scholarship-5000-deadline-april-15-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/defending-voices-without-a-voice-scholarship-5000-deadline-april-15-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Defending Voices Without a Voice Scholarship &#8211; $5,000 &#8211; Deadline: April 15, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kitchel Injury Law is proud to announce the <strong>Defending Voices Without a Voice Scholarship<\/strong>, created to support students who aspire to become immigration lawyers and advocate for immigrant communities in the Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The firm believes strongly in making a meaningful impact in the communities it serves and recognizes the growing need for compassionate legal advocates dedicated to immigration law. Through this scholarship, Kitchel Injury Law hopes to help future attorneys pursue careers that defend and uplift vulnerable populations..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scholarship Awards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>$5,000<\/strong> \u2013 One law student pursuing a law degree with plans to practice immigration law<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>$2,500<\/strong> \u2013 One undergraduate student planning to attend law school and pursue immigration law<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eligibility<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Applicants must:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Be undergraduate students planning to attend law school <strong>or<\/strong> current law students<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Attend an <strong>accredited U.S. college, university, or law school<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Demonstrate an intention to pursue <strong>immigration law<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have a connection to the <strong>Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia, or DMV region<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Essay Requirement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Applicants must submit an <strong>original essay (1,000 words or fewer)<\/strong> addressing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Why they want to become an immigration lawyer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What motivates them to study immigration law and advocate for immigrant communities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Essays must be submitted as a <strong>PDF<\/strong> along with the scholarship application form, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitchellaw.com\/scholarship\/\">https:\/\/www.kitchellaw.com\/scholarship\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Deadline<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 15, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kitchel Injury Law is proud to announce the Defending Voices Without a Voice Scholarship, created to support students who aspire to become immigration lawyers and advocate for immigrant communities in [&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-79449","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\/79449","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=79449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79450,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79449\/revisions\/79450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}