Diverse Outside Scholarship Opportunity

The Napier-Looby Bar Association (NLBA) has opened applications for The Senator Avon N. Williams, Jr. and Hon. Robert Lillard Law School Scholarship. This scholarship was established by the Napier-Looby Bar Foundation (NLBF). The NLBF, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, was founded by the membership of the Napier-Looby Bar Association (NLBA) in 2001 to raise funds for scholarships and charitable donations to benefit worthy organizations and persons of need in the African-American and minority communities in Middle Tennessee.  The Foundation named these scholarships after the late Senator Avon N. Williams, Jr., a distinguished legislator, attorney and member of the NLBA and the late Hon. Robert Lillard, a distinguished advocate, jurist and member of the NLBA.

The amount of the scholarship is not less than $1,000. The application is due on or before January 31, 2020. Applicants should be endorsed by a member in good standing of the NLBA. Recipients will be announced on or before February 7, 2020 and honored at the NLBF’s Barrister’s Banquet and Awards Program on February 20, 2020.  Recipients will be expected to attend the banquet. Completed applications should be submitted to Aleece McKnight at attymcknight@gmail.com. A copy of the application can be received by emailing the law admissions office at lawadmissions@memphis.edu or Dean McClellan at smcclell@memphis.edu. The application is also being sent to the BLSA and HLSA presidents as well.