Overview
Scholarship type
Unknown
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
$2,500
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
They invite undergraduate and graduate students who’ve experienced a traumatic car accident to apply for their A Second Chance Scholarship. This scholarship promises an award to a student who can create a video sharing the story of their accident and examples of how that accident shaped their future working prospects.
Benefits
Students will receive the scholarship award in the amount of $2,500.
Eligibility
All applicants to this scholarship must meet the eligibility requirements as laid out on the scholarship application page, including:
- Applicant must be enrolled at a college, university, or graduate school
- Applicant must be at least 18 years old at the age of enrollment
- Applicant must have residency in the United States
- Applicant must be in good academic standing
- Applicant must submit some personal information, including name, contact information, and academic information.
- Applicant must author an original essay/video on the scholarship essay topic provided.
Anyone who meets the following conditions is NOT eligible to apply:
- Employees or children of employees of Phillips Law Firm
- Past recipients of the A Second Chance Scholarship
- Applicants who are unable/unwilling to be interviewed by a representative of Phillips Law Firm if they were to be awarded a scholarship.
- Applicants who submit the same essay/video for multiple scholarships or for multiple years in a row
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United States
Nationality
American
Study experience required
Unknown
Age
Over 18
Application
Application deadline
31 Jul 2026
Their scholarship selection committee wants students who've overcome traumatic car accidents to create videos up to three minutes in length discussing:
How a car accident influenced their everyday lives
How a car accident changed an applicant’s plans for the future
They ask students to please record their videos in well-lit areas while holding their recording device of choice as still as possible. They also encourage applicants to minimize external noises to preserve their audio quality.
Students have until July 31, to submit their complete applications to Phillips Law Firm’s scholarship selection committee. Applicants can use the scholarship application form available on the firm’s website to complete their applications.
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