Herbert Lehman Education Fund Scholarship

The Herbert Lehman Education Fund is a national, highly competitive scholarship that makes annual awards to qualified, outstanding undergraduate and law school students. The scholarship, established in 1964, is named after the former Governor and United States Senator from New York in recognition of his integrity, courage, and persistence on behalf of numerous civil rights causes. Herbert Lehman Scholarships were initially awarded to help Black students attend formerly segregated four-year colleges and universities in the South and to increase the number of Black Americans in the legal profession. Today, the mission of the Herbert Lehman Education Fund is to help transform the promise of racial equality into a social, economic, and political reality by supporting talented undergraduate students with financial need to stay in school and successfully complete their bachelor's degree. The program offers undergraduate scholarships of $3,000 per year for four years, as well as law school scholarships of $15,000 per year for three years for students committed to pursuing careers in public interest law. Applicants must demonstrate financial need with a family/independent adjusted gross income of $70,000 or less and must be U.S. citizens attending accredited institutions in the United States.