Merit Scholarships

Merit Scholarships are awarded to admitted JD students based on a student’s admissions file and do not require a separate application. The decision to award a merit scholarship may be made at the time of admission or at any time after a student has been admitted. Students who submit the required financial aid application materials may receive both a Merit Scholarship and a need-based scholarship, if they qualify.

Dean’s Scholar program

The Dean’s Scholar Program honors a small number of admitted students who have demonstrated extraordinary academic achievements with a full tuition scholarship award and designation as a Dean’s Scholar. An additional application is not required.

Early Decision Distinguished Scholars

Students accepted through BU Law’s Distinguished Scholar Binding Early Decision program will receive this full tuition scholarship. An additional application is not required. An applicant for the early decision program who is not admitted as part of the early decision program, but is admitted later in the admissions cycle, will be considered for the same scholarship aid as other admitted students.

BU-Bound Binding Decision Program

Applicants admitted through the BU-Bound Binding Decision Program will not be considered for merit scholarships. Applicants for whom financial aid is necessary for enrolling should not apply through the BU-Bound Binding Decision Program but rather through the regular decision program. BU-Bound applicants may qualify for a need based scholarship, but those decisions will not be made until after the deposit deadline for the BU-Bound program.