Law Student Scholarship
The Ohio Women’s Bar Foundation (OWBF) will be granting a scholarship in the amount of $1,000 to one law student for the current school year. The deadline for submission is March 21st of the current year, and the scholarship will be presented to the winner at Ohio Women’s Bar Association Annual Meeting on May 10th, at the Sheraton on Capitol Square, Columbus, Ohio.
The OWBF and the OWBA work closely together. Formed in 2008, the Ohio Women’s Bar Foundation mission is to research, analyze, compile, publish and distribute educational materials to enable women attorneys and those interested in encouraging women attorneys to become more proficient in their profession with the assistance of their local and national woman's bar associations. The OWBF is a 501 (c)(3).
The OWBA was formed in 1991 to build a community of lawyers who are interested in the issues that uniquely affect women. The OWBA will be celebrating its 20th year. The mission of the OWBA is to promote the leadership, advancement and interests of women attorneys through professional education, networking and the exchange of ideas between our members, local bar associations, business and the community. This includes:
- Fostering communications and networking among women attorneys.
- Promoting and advancing professional opportunities for women attorneys.
- Promoting the appointment and selection of women to various federal, state and local positions of influence.
- Promoting women as leaders.
- Promoting and providing continuing legal education targeting areas of particular interest to women attorneys.
- Monitoring and supporting government legislation, policies, and practices affecting women.
- Serving as a statewide resource representing perspectives of women in the legal profession.
