Admissions: Honors Scholarship Program - Thomas M. Cooley Law School

Cooley’s Honors Scholarship Program for new students rewards entering students whose credentials demonstrate good potential for successful law study. Entering students can earn from 25 to 100 percent of tuition based on their Admission Index or on the LSAT score only. Those who meet the criteria for scholarships have a history of performing exceptionally well, both in the classroom and on the bar examination, as the following charts show.

Index Honors Scholarship

LSAT Honors Scholarship

Once enrolled, a student receiving an honors scholarship of 50 percent or less may increase the level of that scholarship through academic achievement in subsequent terms, based on the class ranking system. The new, higher scholarship award is continued as a minimum award for the duration of the student’s enrollment in good standing at Cooley. For more information read Scholarships for Enrolled Students.

Transfer Student Scholarship Opportunities

Effective for students entering in January 2006 and beyond.

Transfer students are eligible for scholarships similar to new entering students by either qualifying based upon their undergraduate grade point average and LSAT score (Index) OR based upon their LSAT score.

Transfer students can also qualify for an Honors Scholarship based upon their class rank at the school from which their transfer occurs. The scholarship amount will be determined by class rank as described in the ranking chart.

These scholarships are retained at the level of the original award and are not increased or decreased in amount, so long as the student remains in good standing.* Transfer students may also be eligible for the Michigan Resident Honors Scholarship Enhancement Program if they meet the criteria.

Rank	Honors Scholarship
Top 5 percent	55%
Top 6-10 percent	45%
Top 11-15 percent	35%
Top 16-20 percent	25%
Top 21-25 percent	15%

Students may also earn Honors Scholarships from 15 to 55 percent based on their class ranking at Cooley, even if they did not earn an Honors Scholarship upon entering.

All Cooley students who have completed a minimum of 15 credit hours are eligible for an Honors Scholarship based on their academic achievement. Scholarships will be awarded to the top 25 percent of those students in each of the credit hour completed groupings.

Each term, after examinations are completed and grades are determined, a class rank list is generated by the Registrar’s Office of all students completing that term in academic good standing and who were not subject to sanction under the Honor Code or Disciplinary Procedures. Scholarship awards for enrolled students will be applied in the term following the calculation of class rank determining eligibility (normally two terms from the term of achievement).

*The initial Honors Scholarship is continued for the duration of the student's enrollment at the law school only if the student remains in good standing academically, is not subject to sanction under the Honor Code or Disciplinary Procedures, and Cooley Law School continues the Honors Scholarship Program.

Honors Scholarship Program

Scholarships for New Students

Index Honors Scholarship

LSAT Honors Scholarship

Increasing the Honors Scholarship Award

Transfer Student Scholarship Opportunities

Scholarships for Enrolled Students

To apply online, please read Character, Fitness, and Disclosure.