Apply by February 15, 2027, for a chance to receive $2,500!
The legal team at Shibley Law wants to help first-generation college students pursue their degrees despite any financial barriers standing in their way. Beginning this year, qualifying students can apply for Breaking Barriers: The Shibley Law First-Generation Scholarship.
This scholarship promises $2,500 to a student whose resilience, determination, and courage have driven them to pursue a four-year college degree, despite neither of their parents having completed one. Our personal injury lawyers believe that this scholarship will help the next generation of leaders, advocates, and changemakers find their footing.
To apply for Breaking Barriers: The Shibley Law First-Generation Scholarship, students must submit a 500- to 1,000-word essay to Shibley Law for consideration. The essay should go into detail about how being a first-generation college student has shaped their perspective on education and their future career goals.
Applicants may reflect on how factors such as finances, family responsibilities, academic expectations, or navigating college without guidance from previous generations have shaped their perspective and goals.
Students should submit their scholarship applications to the firm by February 15, 2027, to qualify for consideration. The scholarship selection committee will review every application, but Paul Shibley will select the scholarship recipient. The firm cannot accept incomplete or late applications.
Upon selecting the scholarship recipient, Shibley Law will share a press release and blog post celebrating that student’s achievements online. Shibley Law reserves the right to use the recipient’s name and likeness as related to the scholarship on its website, in marketing materials, and in social media posts.
For more information about the scholarship, students can visit the Shibley Law First-Generation Scholarship page.
About Shibley Law
Shibley Law operates as an injury firm in Michigan. This team of personal injury lawyers serving Muskegon, Western Michigan, and the state as a whole believes that the care that victims of life-changing accidents receive should be wholly personal. Victims can turn to this legal team and expect to be treated like individuals, not case numbers.
Shibley Law and its attorneys know clients’ names, understand the stakes involved in their case, and commit to sticking with clients from the start to the finish of their cases. This firm and its lead attorneys, Paul Shibley, Loryn Schlinker, and David Givskud, leverage more than 75 years of combined trial experience to pave the way for each client’s recovery.
