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Scholarships The Board of Directors is pleased to announce the
availability of the following scholarships to Benchmark's 21th Annual
National College of Advocacy.
Alex Contreras Scholarship
This scholarship was established in 1992 in memory
of Alex Contreras (1914-1978). To qualify you must be a paralegal/advocate or
legal assistant/secretary who is Latino/Latina or is providing services to
the Latino community.
Benchmark Alumni Scholarship
This scholarship was established in 1993 by
Benchmark's Alumni to extend Benchmark's teaching-learning community and to
further the dream of quality legal services for the client community. It is open to all staff providing legal
services to poor or other underrepresented people.
Grace and Porter Lines Scholarship
This scholarship was established in memory of Grace
Johnson Lines (1906-1984) and W. Porter Lines (1907 - 1999). It is open to all staff providing legal
services to poor or other underrepresented people. Preference will be given to paralegals/advocates, legal
assistants/secretaries and African Americans.
Helen
Barrett Perry Scholarship
"Can Shirley Come Out To
Play, Mom?" Scholarship
This scholarship was established in memory of Helen
Barrett Perry (1915-1997). Preference
will be given to advocates in community organizations who are advocating for
poor or other underrepresented people.
Norma Bayes Scholarship
This scholarship was established in 2005 to
honor Norma Bayes who retired in December 2004 after over thirty years of
service to the poor as an advocate in Washington State. It is open to
paralegals and legal assistants providing services to poor or other
underrepresented people, including underrepresented groups in environmental or
health issues. Preference will be given to advocates working in Washington
State.
GUIDELINES
All applicants must:
• commit to completing all Training
assignments
• commit to participating fully in the
entire training including arriving on time and staying through the closing
ceremony.
APPLY BY –
September 5, 2008
To Apply
Please follow these steps to insure
that you submit all of the information that we need.
1.Registration: Complete and
submit online.
2.Scholarship Application:
Complete and submit online.
3.Resume: Email to
Marie@BenchmarkInstitute.org
4.Cover letter: Optional. Email with your resume
5.Apply by Friday, September 5, 2008. We will not be able to consider
applications submitted after that date.
We will only accept applications submitted electronically as described above
-- no faxes or other hard copies.
You need not submit any payment now. If you are awarded a scholarship, the
balance of your fee will be due by September 19, 2008.
SELECTION
The Scholarship Committee gives preference to
applicants from thinly financed organizations (with budgets of $1M or less) or
where travel costs are a major expense. A limited number of the better qualified applicants
may be contacted for a telephone interview.
All applicants
will be notified of the Scholarship Committee's decisions.
Contact
Marie@BenchmarkInstitute.org
415-695-9296
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