Center for Tax Law and Employee Benefits

MONETARY SCHOLARSHIPS AND HONORS
AVAILABLE TO CURRENT STUDENTS

Dale W. Phillips Scholarship

Each academic year, the Center Director awards a total of $10,000 in scholarship awards from the Dale W. Phillips Scholarship Fund. The student recipient(s) is (are) chosen based on high academic achievement as a graduate Tax Law or Employee Benefits student, and for continued contributions in enhancing the reputation of the law school and of the Center for Tax Law and Employee Benefits. The award is granted in the spring semester, and public recognition is made at a major Center event being hosted that spring.

Mr. Phillips is an alum of the Tax Law program, and currently serves on its Advisory Board.

Students interested in the scholarship should submit their cover letter, resume, a writing sample, and an essay highlighting their contributions to the law school or Center to Prof. Kennedy by February 15. There is no formal application.

Sweetnam Scholarship

Each summer, a graduate Employee Benefits student, or a graduate Tax law student pursuing a concentration in Employee Benefits, is selected by the Center Director to extern in the Office of Benefits Tax Counsel at the US Department of Treasury Office of Tax Policy. That student will receive $5000 in scholarship awards from the William F. Sweetnam, Jr. Scholarship Fund to cover some of the travel, lodging and living expenses as the student travels to Washington DC for the summer. Public recognition is made at a major Center event being hosted that spring, usually the annual John Marshall Law Review Employee Benefits Symposium.

Mr. Sweetnam was the Benefits Tax Counsel and created this externship, and decided to personally fund the travel expenses after he left that position. Mr. Sweetnam currently serves on the Employee Benefits program Advisory Board.

Students interested in the externship and associated scholarship should submit their cover letter, resume, a writing sample, and an essay highlighting their contributions to the law school or Center to Prof. Kennedy by February 15. There is no formal application.

Honorarium at Chicago Bar Association Federal Taxation Committee

Each May, the Chicago Bar Association Federal Tax Committee honors the students at all Chicago-area law schools that have the highest GPAs in their respective income tax graduate programs. The Director of the Center will determine the student with the highest GPA, and if there is a tie, will select the student who, in her opinion, has made the most substantial contribution to the Center or the school. No application is required.

Honorarium at Chicago Bar Association Employee Benefits Committee

Each May, the Chicago Bar Association Employee Benefits Committee honors the student at the John Marshall Law School that has the highest GPA in the graduate Employee Benefits program. The Director of the Center will determine the student with the highest GPA, and if there is a tie, will select the student who, in her opinion, has made the most substantial contribution to the Center or the school. No application is required.

AAA-CPA Foundation Scholarship

The American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountant Foundation is offering a scholarship to all law students who are in their third year and have a CPA certificate. The Foundation will be awarding 14 scholarships in 2008 in amounts ranging from $1000.00 to $250.00. The application must be post-marked by April 16, 2008. To download an application and learn more about this scholarship, click here.