Legal Career Scholarship in Honor of Jettie Newkirk, Esq.

Conference of Minority Transportation Officials-Philadelphia Chapter

Accepting Applications

About the Scholarship

Opens: 2/1/2025

Closes: 4/24/2025

Legal Career Scholarship in Honor of Jettie Newkirk, Esq. provides financial assistance to minority high school seniors in the southeastern Pennsylvania region who are planning to attend college in any state and prepare for a career in law or political science.

Win up to

$2,000

Essay Required: Yes
Need-Based: No
Merit-Based: Yes
Website

Requirements

This program is open to minority seniors graduating from high schools in the southeastern Pennsylvania region, which includes Delaware and South Jersey.

Applicants must be planning to enroll fulltime at a college or university in any state and prepare for a career in law or political science.

They must be a member of the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) and have a GPA of 3.0 or higher.

U.S. citizenship is required.