Pace Law School Announces 
the Environmental Consortium Merit Scholarship 

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Pace University School of Law is pleased to partner with the Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges and Universities to announce a new scholarship for incoming first year students. Pace University, through the Pace Academy
for the Environment, was instrumental in organizing the Environmental Consortium that now includes 42 institutions of higher education in the Hudson Valley region. The mission of the Consortium is to help shape the future of the regional and global environment through collaboration, education, and research. Pace University School of Law supports the mission of the Consortium and will offer an "Environmental Consortium Merit Scholarship" award to a fall 2006 entering student who has earned their bachelors degree from one of the participating universities or colleges and has demonstrated an interest in environmental issues affecting the Hudson Valley.

Scholarship benefits consist of a merit scholarship ranging from $3,000 to $24,000 towards law school tuition, depending upon the student’s qualifications, renewable each year based on continued academic excellence. The scholarship recipient will be expected to complete at least one research project related to environmental issues involving the Hudson Valley while at Pace Law School.

Selection is based on the student’s application and academic record. Interested students should include in their personal statement a discussion of how they have been involved in Hudson Valley environmental issues during their undergraduate work or why they have a particular interest in Hudson Valley environmental issues.

For more information on the scholarship contact Lee Paddock, Director of Environmental Law Programs, at lpaddock@law.pace.edu or Cathy Alexander, Director of Admissions, at calexander@law.pace.edu.  For more information on the Environmental Consortium and a list of consortium colleges and universities see www.environmentalconsortium.org.  

Founded in 1976, Pace Law School is a New York Law School with a suburban campus in White Plains, NY, 20 miles north of New York City. Part of Pace University, the school offers the JD program for full-time and part-time day and evening students. Its postgraduate program includes the LLM and SJD degrees in Environmental Law and an LLM in Comparative Legal Studies. Pace has one of the nation's top-rated Environmental Law programs and its Clinical Education program also is nationally ranked, offering clinics in domestic violence prosecution, environmental law, securities arbitration, criminal justice and disability rights. www.law.pace.edu 

Pace is a comprehensive, independent university with campuses in New York City, Pleasantville and White Plains, NY, and a Hudson Valley Center at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor, NY. More than 14,000 students are enrolled in undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs in the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, Lubin School of Business, School of Computer Science and Information Systems, School of Education, Lienhard School of Nursing and Pace Law School. www.pace.edu