Applications sought for William L. Graddy Memorial Scholarship.The Southwest Florida Southwest Florida is a region of Florida located along its gulf coast, south of the Tampa Bay area, west of Lake Okeechobee and mostly north of the Everglades. It consists of five coastal counties from Manatee County south to Collier County, although it sometimes is considered to Community Foundation is now accepting applications for the William L. Graddy Memorial $1,000 Law School Scholarship. The award is named in honor of prominent Lee County, Florida Lee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. The county makes up the entirety of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers%2C Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is the most populous county in Southwest Florida. According to the U.S. attorney William Graddy, who died in 1997. It is awarded through a fund established at the Southwest Florida Community Foundation in Ft. Myers. Candidates for the scholarship should be or have been residents of Charlotte, Collier, Glades Glades may refer to:
Applicants must have completed their first year course load at an accredited law school A law school that has been approved by the state and the Association of American Law Schools (AALS), the American Bar Association (ABA), or both. In certain states—for example, California—it is acceptable for a law school to be accredited by the with a GPA GPA abbr. grade point average Noun 1. GPA - a measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university; calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted of 2.8 or higher and should be in the top 25 percent of their class. Candidates should include a transcript A generic term for any kind of copy, particularly an official or certified representation of the record of what took place in a court during a trial or other legal proceeding. A transcript of record and letters from either the law school dean or a professor who has taught the student verifying the academic performance. Awards will be made on the basis of need. A personal statement of need and a financial statement must accompany the application. Recipient of the annual grant of $1,000 will be determined by a selection committee composed of an attorney from Henderson-Franklin Law Firm of Ft. Myers, a member of Mr. Graddy's family and three others. Letters of application, together with the documents noted above, should be sent to: Graddy Law School Scholarship, c/o Southwest Florida Community Foundation, 12734 Kenwood Lane, Suite 723, Ft. Myers 33907 by July 13. Awards will be made in September. |
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