Applications Currently Open!
At our law firm, clients often come to us during some of the most challenging times of their lives. Through our scholarship program, we are proud to provide a financial award to a deserving student passionate about positively impacting families facing legal challenges.
Our Empowering Families Scholarship provides a $1,000 award each semester to an undergraduate student interested in becoming a family law attorney. Family law is unique, as it requires the balance of compassionate legal guidance with the aggressiveness needed to defend your clients through a potentially heartbreaking situation, such as a child custody battle or divorce.
Applications for this exciting scholarship opportunity must be submitted before 11:59 PM on February 11, 2026. Students should email us at scholarship@ftwlawyers.com for any questions or concerns.
Eligibility Criteria
Our team is happy to provide scholarships to students interested in pursuing a career in divorce and family law. Through your pursuit of a law degree, you are prepared to demonstrate that you are committed to Empowering Families by guiding them through the intricacies of the family law system in Texas.
Other requirements to be a candidate for our Spring 2026 Empowering Families Scholarship include:
Requirements Criteria
Applicants must provide the following for their application to be considered:
We ask all applicants to submit a 90-second video essay (Youtube Link must be provided) addressing the following prompt. Please note that the scholarship team is looking for authentic reasons for interest in family law, and not AI-generated answers:
How will you use your legal education to positively impact families facing divorce or other family law challenges?
Evaluation Criteria
When selecting our winner, the following criteria will be considered:
We hope to select and notify our scholarship winner by March 11, 2026.
Winners of the Empowering Families Scholarship
Fall 2025: Taylor Pierce
The Law Office of J. Kevin Clark P.C. would like to congratulate Taylor Pierce for being chosen as our most recent scholarship winner! Taylor is a student at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law.
Contact Information
For questions or concerns, get in touch with us at scholarship@ftwlawyers.com.
Our scholarship team is only available during working hours. Accordingly, if you have any questions, please reach out to us during working hours only. We are excited to review your application!
Scholarship Application
The Empowering Families Scholarship is managed through the OVC Scholarship Network.





