{"id":38154,"date":"2025-10-06T09:42:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/?p=38154"},"modified":"2025-10-06T09:42:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:42:02","slug":"scholarship-opportunities-aba-forum-on-communications-law-annual-conference-and-media-advocacy-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/scholarship-opportunities-aba-forum-on-communications-law-annual-conference-and-media-advocacy-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholarship Opportunities: ABA Forum on Communications Law Annual Conference and Media Advocacy Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Now in its 31st year, the American Bar Association\u2019s Forum on Communications Law is pleased to invite law students to apply for financial support to attend its\u00a0<a id=\"OWA45d31d89-9d1b-9627-51e1-da21ac947ea0\" title=\"https:\/\/book.passkey.com\/event\/50984534\/owner\/10492044\/home\" href=\"https:\/\/book.passkey.com\/event\/50984534\/owner\/10492044\/home\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">Annual Conference and Media Advocacy Workshop on February 5-7, 2026, at The Wigwam resort in Phoenix, Arizona<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><b><u>ABA Forum on Communications Law Conference Scholarships<\/u><\/b><\/div>\n<div>The Forum awards full scholarships to two law students that include conference registration, travel and lodging. The two winning applicants will have a demonstrated interest in media law and\/or First Amendment law, as reflected in their transcript and resume. Other relevant considerations include strength of academic record, experience in the media field, and a demonstrated commitment to advancing the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the legal profession and the justice system.<\/div>\n<div><b><u>ABA Forum on Communications Law Media Advocacy Workshop Scholarships<\/u><\/b><\/div>\n<div>Prior to the conference, the Forum presents the Media Advocacy Workshop, which provides law students and early career attorneys an opportunity to practice their oral advocacy skills, engage in a pre-publication review exercise and participate in professional development activities tailored to them.<\/div>\n<div>The Forum will award the selected students scholarships between $1,000-$1,500 to help defray travel and lodging costs in addition to offering complimentary registration for the Media Advocacy Workshop (valued at $245 for law students) and the Annual Conference (valued at $445 for students).<\/div>\n<div><u>Deadlines and More Information<\/u><\/div>\n<div>More information and applications are available online:<\/div>\n<div>\u00b7\u00a0<a id=\"OWA06a9be7f-36e9-0e01-60cd-cadeda2ef313\" title=\"https:\/\/www.americanbar.org\/groups\/communications_law\/initiatives_awards\/scholarship\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.americanbar.org\/groups\/communications_law\/initiatives_awards\/scholarship\/\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">Full Conference Scholarship Application<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Application deadline November 25, 2025<\/div>\n<div>\u00b7\u00a0<a id=\"OWAea71bbbc-e56d-42e2-9563-2cc768d2f4db\" title=\"https:\/\/www.americanbar.org\/groups\/communications_law\/events_cle\/media-advocacy-workshop-scholarship\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.americanbar.org\/groups\/communications_law\/events_cle\/media-advocacy-workshop-scholarship\/\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\">Media Advocacy Workshop Scholarship Application<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Priority consideration deadline October 15, 2025<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now in its 31st year, the American Bar Association\u2019s Forum on Communications Law is pleased to invite law students to apply&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":524,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scholarships","category-announcements"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/524"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38154"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38156,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38154\/revisions\/38156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}