P.J.C. Lindfors Legal Studies Fund

For Finnish and American Law Students

Thank you for your interest in our scholarship program.

To better accommodate students’ schedules, we now have two opportunities to apply for the Lindfors Legal Scholarships.
Application deadlines are
October 1, 2022 and February 1, 2023

Pertti Lindfors, a Finnish-American attorney in San Francisco, established the Pertti Lindfors Legal Studies Fund and P.J.C. Lindfors Legal Scholarship  to encourage cross-cultural study and understanding by law students in Finland and the United States.
Juhani Lautjärvi holds an LL.M. degree from the University of Helsinki and a Master of Science in economics from the Aalto University School of Business. He is pursuing a post-graduate LL.M. degree at Columbia Law School in New York City.

Eligible candidates:

  • Finnish citizens who have completed at least one year of studies at a law faculty in Finland and have either
    a). applied to and are awaiting acceptance to
    b). have been accepted to, or
    c). are currently enrolled in a law school within the United States that is approved by the American Bar Association

or

  • American students who have completed at least one year of studies at a law school in the U.S. and have either
    a). applied to and are awaiting acceptance to
    b). have been accepted to, or
    c). are currently enrolled in the law faculty of a Finnish university

Scholarship awards range from $1,000-$3,000.

Recipients will be notified in spring and money will be awarded after proof of enrollment for the academic year has been received by FFN. 

NOTE: Deadlines for applications:  OCTOBER 1, 2022 & FEBRUARY 1, 2023 

Click here to complete the application online.

You may save your application and return to it at any time. You may attach required documents to the form.

APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN

OCTOBER 1, 2022

OR FEBRUARY 1, 2023

You may read about recent Lindfors scholarship recipients in the FFN Spring Newsletters; click here for those PDFs.