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Providing Resources To Aspiring Female Black Attorneys
Photograph of of Talia Scott who is diversifying the legal field by providing money, mentors, and resources to high potential Black women applying to law school

Winner

Talia Scott

Providing Resources To Aspiring Female Black Attorneys
Photograph of of Talia Scott who is diversifying the legal field by providing money, mentors, and resources to high potential Black women applying to law school

Website

legallyblkfund.org

Year

2023

Organization

Legally Blk Fund

Sector

Education

Borough

Manhattan

Neighborhood

East Harlem

Providing Resources To Aspiring Female Black Attorneys

Hailing from Harlem, Talia credits her background as a driving force behind her education and aspirations. The child of a once-undocumented immigrant, she grew up with an intimate understanding of how the law impacts the lives of women, minorities, a…
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“Legally BLK fund will become successful because [Talia] is the one stewarding it.⁠”
Danielle Logan, Esq.
Legal Counsel, Spotify
Only 2%
of all lawyers in the U.S. are Black women

Update from winner

Legally BLK Fund call for submissions
@legallyblkfundJuly 6, 2024
Legally BLK Fund call for applications
Thanks to everyone who’s applied to the 2024 LBF scholarship so far! 🫶🏽💕

UPDATE: The application deadline has been extended to July 12 at 11:59pm EST.

*This scholarship is for Black women intended to apply to law school for entry in Fall 2025,2026 or 2027. If you are an incoming law student, you are unfortunately not eligible

Publication

Essence

Law School Student Launches ‘Legally BLK Fund’ To Help Offset Costs For Aspiring Black Women Attorneys

By Jasmine Browley
May 14, 2022

Publication

The New York Times

How a Law School Student at N.Y.U. Spends Her Sundays

By Alix Strauss
Talia Scott claims she hasn’t been cloned. But how else to explain everything she’s doing? She is a dual-degree graduate student at New York University, where she attends both its business and law schools…
Image of Talia with a $30k donation to LBF
25%
of all American lawyers live in New York & California

Source: ABA Survey finds 1.3M lawyers in the U.S. by American Br Association, June 20th 2022

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