Forty-four percent of the School of Law student body receives financial assistance in the form of scholarships. Scholarships help MU compete for outstanding students and provide opportunities for highly qualified applicants who lack financial resources.
Donors support scholarships for a variety of reasons: to help aspiring students, to honor friends and loved ones, to reciprocate for privileges they enjoyed. The following list of scholarships represent the generosity of countless alumni, friends, faculty, staff and organizations that have donated to the Law School:
| Adele Overall Black Memorial Scholarship |
| George Bauman |
| William H. Becker, Jr. Scholarship |
| Black Law Students Association Scholarship in Memory of Lloyd L. Gaines |
| Blackwell Sanders Diversity Scholarship |
| Walter H. Bley, Jr. Scholarship |
| Philemon Bliss Scholarship |
| Jean Paul and Paul L. Bradshaw Scholarship |
| Edward, William & Betty Brandecker Scholarship |
| Eugene Bushman |
| Russell R. Casteel Scholarships |
| Cecil Scholarship |
| Class of 1940 Endowed Fellowship |
| Class of 1954 Reunion Scholarship |
| Class of 1959 Annual Scholarship |
| Class of '76 Scholarship |
| Class of 1993 Scholarship |
| James E. Conway Scholarship |
| Judge L. F. Cottey Memorial Fellowship |
| Dean Joe E. & Judge Ann K. Covington Scholarship |
| Robert E. & Betty Lou Crist Scholarship |
| Curators Scholarship |
| Dean Davis Fellowship |
| Preston and Cathy Dean Scholarship |
| Delta Theta Phi Scholarship |
| Development Fund Scholarships in Law |
| T.H. & Elvin S. Douglas Family Scholarship |
| Willard L. and Sarah P. Eckhardt Law Student Fellowship Fund |
| Frank and Frances Edwards Scholarship |
| Anne Westlake Elsberry and Howard E. Elsberry Family Scholarship |
| Flora Estell Scholarship |
| Judge Glenn D. Evans Scholarship |
| Ben Ely, Jr. Defense Lawyer Award |
| William J. Esely Memorial Scholarship Fund |
| Lynn M. Jr. and Peggy A. Ewing Scholarship |
| Lynn M. Ewing Sr. Memorial Scholarship |
| Irvin Fane Memorial Scholarship |
| Farrington Scholarship-Judge John S. Farrington, Charles U. Farrington and Richard Farrington |
| FEW/JAW Foundation Scholarship |
| James A. Finch, Jr. Memorial Scholarship |
| Nicholas R. Fiorella Memorial Scholarship |
| David A. Fischer Scholarship |
| Mary Fiser Memorial Scholarship |
| General Scholarships |
| Governor Joseph W. Folk Memorial Scholarship |
| Lloyd L. Gaines Scholarship |
| Rankin M. Gibson LLM Scholarship |
| R. M. Gifford Scholarship |
| David E. Goodman Scholarship |
| Judge Stanley A. Grimm Fellowship |
| Sue Hagan Fund |
| Eric C. Harris Scholarship Endowment |
| Timothy J. Heinsz Scholarship |
| SBA Timothy J. Heinsz Scholarship |
| Vernon L. Heinsz Memorial Fellowship |
| Judge Stephen L. Hill Sr. Memorial Scholarship |
| Hulston Family Scholarship |
| A. Lamkin James Memorial Scholarship Fund |
| Jenner & Block Diversity Scholarship |
| Cynthia Sanford Jordan Scholarship |
| Vernon B. Kassebaum Memorial Law School Scholarship |
| William E. Kemp Memorial Scholarship |
| Kempton and Russell Scholarship |
| Kenner & Kavanaugh Scholarship |
| George M. Klepper, Sr. Memorial Law School Endowment |
| Steven L. Kraft, ’76, Memorial Scholarship |
| Roger P. Krumm Award in Family Law |
| Anita Lande Memorial Scholarship |
| Gene Langdon Memorial Scholarship |
| Law Review Fellows Scholarship |
| Law School Foundation Fellowships |
| Law School Scholarship |
| U. G. Lewellen Scholarship |
| Ray Lewis Scholarship in Law and Medicine |
| Samuel H. Liberman Scholarship |
| John P. Lichtenegger Scholarship |
| David H. Lloyd Scholarship |
| John Sublett Logan Foundation Scholarship |
| Henry T. Lowe Scholarship |
| Henry T. Lowe Scholarship Endowment Fund in Tax Law |
| Judge Harold L. Lowenstein Scholarship Endowment |
| Lue C. Lozier Scholarship |
| Paul C. and Isabelle Wade Lyda Scholarship Fund |
| Thurgood Marshall Scholarship |
| William Mays |
| McCarthy, Leonard, Kaemmerer, Owen, Lamkin and McGovern Scholarship |
| Isaabelle Rickey McDonough Endowed Scholarship in the School of Law |
| Judge James A. Meredith Scholarship |
| Michael A. Middleton Scholarship |
| Esslie R. Morrison Memorial Scholarship |
| MU Grant |
| Earl F. Nelson Scholarship |
| Professor Grant S. Nelson Scholarship |
| Mary Elizabeth Nelson Diversity Scholarship Endowment |
| Irene J. Ohlemeyer Scholarship |
| Woodson Oldham Scholarship |
| John L. Oliver, Jr. Scholarship |
| Out-of-State Waivers |
| Robert B. Paden Memorial Scholarship |
| Allen H. Parke Memorial Scholarship |
| Class of 1936 Scholarship in Memory of James Lewis Parks |
| Steven C. and Diana S. Parrish Scholarship |
| Naomi and Louis J. Pelofsky Family Scholarship |
| Paul M. and Mildred E. Peterson Scholarship |
| Polsinelli Shalton Welte Suelthaus Scholarship |
| Terence C. Porter Memorial Scholarship |
| James A. Potter Investment Fund |
| John K. Pruellage Scholarship |
| Leonard L. Riskin Scholarship |
| David M. Roberts and Ross T. Roberts Scholarship |
| Jane Teel Roberts Estate Endowment |
| Ross T. Roberts Memorial Scholarship |
| Omar E. Robinson Scholarships |
| Dewey A. Routh Memorial Scholarship |
| William H. Sapp Scholarship |
| Terrence T. Schoeninger Fund |
| David Schumaker Labor & Employment Law Scholarship |
| Judge Robert E. Seiler Scholarship |
| Shook, Hardy and Bacon Foundation Scholarship |
| Cedric Siegfried Scholarship |
| Walter W., Venita Bowles and Shirley J. Snelson Scholarship |
| Stemmons Family Scholarship |
| St. Louis Bar Foundation Scholarship |
| Stinson Morrison Hecker Loan and Scholarship |
| Stinson Morrison Hecker Minority Scholarship |
| Morris E. Stokes Scholarship |
| Kenneth Teasdale Scholarship |
| Thomasson, Dickerson, Gilbert & Cook Scholarship |
| Thompson Coburn Scholarship |
| Guy A. Thompson Memorial Scholarship |
| Michael C. Tramble Memorial Scholarship |
| Cecil & Carol Troutwine Scholarship |
| TWA Scholarship Fund |
| Dale A. Whitman Scholarship |
| Bob Williams Scholarship |
| Judge Rick R. Wilson Endowed Scholarship |
| Women’s Law Association Scholarship |
| Jackson A. Wright Scholarship |