LSU LAW MERIT BASED SCHOLARSHIP
All first year applicants to LSU Law are automatically considered for a merit-based tuition scholarship. If a student is awarded a merit scholarship, they will be notified of the amount of the scholarship in their acceptance letter. LSU Law merit based scholarships may include both public and private funds.
Starting in Fall 2025, scholarships awarded to incoming students will be renewed for their second and third years, provided that they maintain good academic standing throughout their studies. For purposes of scholarship renewal, a student’s cumulative GPA is determined at the end of the spring semester of each academic year.
Please note that the new scholarship retention policy is not retroactive for students who began their studies prior to Fall 2025.
Recipients who began their studies prior to Fall 2025 are required to maintain a cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.75 or higher to retain the full scholarship amount for the following academic year. For purposes of scholarship renewal, a student’s cumulative GPA is determined at the end of the spring semester of each academic year. Thus all scholarships awarded to entering first year students will be maintained in full for a minimum of two semesters if the student remains enrolled.
For those who began prior to Fall 2025, any student failing to meet the 2.75 cumulative GPA requirement at the end of the second year will have the award renewed at one-half for the third year of law school. If a student whose scholarship has been decreased at the end of the first year of law school achieves a cumulative GPA of 2.75 or higher at the end of the second year of law school, the scholarship will revert to its original, full amount for the third year of law school. It is LSU Law’s policy to reduce, not revoke, conditional scholarships for failure to meet retention requirements. No student who remains enrolled in good standing will have his or her initial scholarship eliminated after the first year of law school.
Scholarships are revoked when a student is academically disqualified. This revocation is not retroactive. The scholarship is revoked to prevent an automatic entitlement to the scholarship award in the event that the student applies and is readmitted in the future. Formerly academically disqualified students who are readmitted must be reevaluated for scholarships with the current incoming class.
