And that’s 1st as in First Marines there you! Hello, and welcome to the Ehline Law Firm Los Angeles Personal Injury Attorneys, APLC. This page discusses our award of financial aid traditional and non-traditional students to further their educations. Our scholarship is available for active duty, EAS, honorably discharged military vets of the USA. Most of you already know we are a veteran-run company.
So I and many of my fellow lawyers who served know how hard it is to serve and still get an education. The military, in particular, the Marine Corps, didn’t promise you a rose garden. In particular, for military vets with families, attending classes and working to put food on the table is a monumental task.
So this contest does apply to the military with certain exceptions. For example, if you are a veteran attending or active duty attending a private or public post-secondary college it does. So this particular contest is not available to non-vets at a private elementary or secondary school, as an example. But our 1,000 dollar essay contest remains available to university, or another academic institution in the U.S. and its territories.
When families are broke or scraping pennies, many are unable to continue with legal education without a little financial help now and then. Because of this, I created the ELFPI military scholarship essay program, which is discussed below.
All applications for the military scholarship must include a copy of your DD-214 with proof of an honorable discharge and a 500 or more word essay about why military vets can make a difference in improving the image of the practice of law.
In the essay, provide examples of how the U.S. military could reduce brain and spinal cord injuries during combat. For example, we have heard how defective earplugs have caused hearing loss. How could better head protection, body armor, or even military fighting vehicles be engineered to prevent improvised explosive device (“IED”) injuries and death related to brain and spine conditions?
Because most veterans cannot hire a brain injury attorney or spinal cord lawyer for back problems, most vets are relegated to VA disability claims. So they cannot generally sue the military, its officers, or others in most cases. But because military personnel can potentially possess rights to sue a negligent civilian manufacturer who made products designed to prevent certain battle-related injuries, we want to see how you would approach this is you were a lawyer.
For example, could a Humvee’s up armor be made better? Could a helmet or its internal padding be made safer? Could body armor, or even unit tactics be changed to prevent an IED injury, for example? Include in your essay whether or not you think the present protection systems in place are inadequate and who you think is liable, and why. We are not looking for a scientific treatise.
What we are looking for is your ability to research statistics, follow instructions, and issue spotting. Winners of this contest will be automatically enrolled in our summer law office internship selection program. Our lawyers want to see how your military training helped you think to save and protect lives, not as a lifetaker, but as a caretaker.
Ehline’s military scholarship program expires in ten (“10”) years from October 1, 2020. So it runs annually until October 1, 2020. Students who do not win in the first, second, or later years are welcome to re-apply each following year until they do win, whichever time shall come first.
RECAP: This particular scholarship is for military veterans. Our founder, personal injury attorney Michael Ehline, is an honorably discharged U.S. Marine (Read More.) But we do not discriminate if you are a veteran of a sister service, and the contest is also open to Coast Guard, even though this armed force is under DHS and not DOD.
The top placing articles, even if they are not the winning articles, will also be considered for publishing on one of our legal blogs, and will include your author’s info, image, description, and bio. So even the losers of the scholarship will still have a chance at recognition and honorable mention on our esteemed legal blogs and sites.
We hope you will continue participating in the scholarship, and we will be offering the same award yearly, and have decided to keep the program going indefinitely.
The three (3) top candidates, if any, that are selected by our board of review to get entered into the main contest are the only individuals required to notice Ehline Law. The notice shall consist of each candidate emailing the official, unaltered transcripts and/or proof by no later than.
Any and all additional queries should be directed to michael@ehlinelaw.com
All information other than transcripts and proof of education may get used in any and all forms of media, including television, hard print, websites, blogs, videos like YouTube, and so on and so forth. So you, at this moment, give us permission to use your essay and application on any and all educational or commercial platforms discussed or mentioned above, whether you won or lost the actual contest.
If you are interested in any of our other awards, or want to learn more about the California State Bar Law Office Study Program in general, feel free to contact a local, Los Angeles personal injury attorney nearby. Direct your queries to our email address above. Please do not contact us during regular business hours by our local telephone number regarding these programs. Usually, we are busy assisting injured victims near you during these times, and these contests are charitable events and offerings. Thank you for supporting a healthy legal system and reviewing our site.
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