The Alumni Scholarship Fund is crucial in bridging the gap for so many deserving students to ensure their quest for a legal education. Scholarship support reflects the commitment to help the next generation of Cardozo alumni remain dedicated to Cardozo’s diversity and ensure that Cardozo remains a bold and forward-thinking institution that fosters a welcoming and supportive community.

The David Martinidez Scholarship provides scholarship funding for applicants who have demonstrated a commitment to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion or have themselves overcome obstacles, financial and otherwise, in advancing their career objectives. The scholarship is named for a former dean of admissions who championed diversity at Cardozo Law.

The Dean’s Discretionary Fund is used at the Dean’s discretion to help take advantage of opportunities and face challenges that may arise during the academic year. Unrestricted gifts to this fund provide flexibility to support immediate needs benefiting students, faculty, and the entire Cardozo community.

Public Service Summer Stipends support a growing number of Cardozo students who pursue a wide range of otherwise unpaid public service internships with nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and judges’ chambers each summer. For the past 21 years, thanks to the support of Cardozo’s alumni and friends, the law school has been able to provide every eligible student with stipend funding.

This fund is a need-based scholarship awarded to a student who has overcome hardship and has distinguished themself by making a contribution to the work of the Diverse Student Associations at Cardozo.

Cardozo is home to many different centers in a variety of fields that organize issue forums, scholarly conferences, speaking events, and other initiatives. Centers provide vital connections between Cardozo students, faculty, alumni, and others who help students gain legal insight and make valuable contacts. 

See the full list of Cardozo’s Centers: Cardozo Law Institute in Holocaust and Human Rights (CLIHHR), Center for Jewish Law and Contemporary Civilization, Center for Rights and Justice, Center for Visual Advocacy, The FAME Center, The Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy, The Heyman Center for Corporate Governance, Jacob Burns Center for Ethics in the Practice of Law, Jacob Burns Institute for Advanced Legal Studies, Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution, and the Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice

Cardozo is a leader in experiential education and offers unique training programs that include clinics, field clinics, and simulation courses. Clinic students work with experienced faculty to represent clients while building practical litigation, transactional, and negotiation skills. We offer eleven clinical programs and more than fifteen field programs which benefit more than 2,500 clients annually. Supporting Cardozo’s clinical education program ensures that the next generation of Cardozo lawyers will help those in need in our community. 

See the full list of in-house Clinics: Bet Tzedek Civil Litigation Clinic, Benjamin B. Ferencz Human Rights and Atrocity Prevention Clinic, Civil Rights Clinic, Criminal Defense Clinic, Divorce Mediation Clinic, Entrepreneurship and Community Business Clinic, Filmmakers Legal Clinic (formerly Indie Film Clinic), Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic, Mediation Clinic, Perlmutter Freedom Clinic, and the Securities Arbitration Clinic

Awarded as the Paris Baldacci Scholarship, named after the late Professor Paris Baldacci, the Fund for LGBTQ+ Rights is awarded to a Cardozo third-year J.D. or LL.M. student who has done exemplary work during their time at Cardozo related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, two-spirit, non-binary, or intersex rights in a clinic, a credited externship, or through non-credited work, such as student organizing and activism, or through pro bono experience.

Cardozo Women is dedicated to acknowledging alumnae accomplishments, creating a network of natural allies and celebrating the remarkable strides made by Cardozo women. The group has endowed a scholarship fund to support exceptional women students.

The Gates Scholarship recognizes outstanding potential in those who are first-generation college or graduate students or who have experienced particular barriers or challenges in their path to a career in the law. Professor Gates, a member of the Cardozo faculty from 1992 until his death in 2006, was the first member of his family to attend college and law school. He served as advisor to important initiatives and organizations, including the Diversity Coalition and the Black, Asian, and Latino Law Students Association. 

The Israeli Supreme Court Project (ISCP) provides lawyers, judges, political scientists, and historians with invaluable resources on issues shaping democracy in Israel. Over the last ten years, the ISCP translated over 400 opinions of the Court into English from the original Hebrew. They are studied by scholars, laypeople, and U.S. Supreme Court Justices, and are used as part of the curriculum in courses at American undergraduate universities. They bear important ideas and theories on democracies and legal doctrine globally. In addition to translations, the ISCP provides a forum for scholarly panels at Cardozo, with members of courts from around the world, including Israel, the United States, Europe, and other parts of the world.

The Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation Student Emergency Endowment Fund is a resource for law students with short-term financial emergencies. Through the Petrie Fund, Cardozo provides emergency grants to students with significant financial need who have short-term financial emergencies.