Puget Law Group attorneys understand the impact of growing up in a military family. A loved one’s service in the military can result in unique life opportunities as well as potential hardships.
Beginning in 2024, our firm will offer a scholarship opportunity for students in the United States who grew up in a military family. Puget Law Group will award $2,500 to one student admitted to or enrolled in an eligible school.
Applying students must provide a 1 to 2-minute video to qualify for the Military Family Background – “Life Opportunities & Hardships” scholarship. Find out more by calling or completing our online contact form.
Eligibility Requirements for the Military Family Background Scholarship
Any student who meets the following criteria may apply for the Military Family Background – “Life Opportunities & Hardships” scholarship. You may qualify if:
- You are in good academic standing.
- You are admitted to or enrolled in an accredited university, college, or graduate school
- You are a U.S. citizen or authorized to attend a school or work in the U.S.
- You agree to the terms and conditions of the scholarship
- You create and submit the link to the required video on your family background
Additionally, you must apply before the scholarship deadline: December 30, 2024.
How Do You Apply?
You can apply for the scholarship by creating a video on the topic below and submitting your video before the deadline. Ensure you go over all eligibility requirements before creating your video.
Once you create and upload your video:
- Complete the application form for the scholarship
- Add the URL for your video on YouTube either Unlisted or Public (so that a shareable link is available)
Video Topic for the Military Family Background Scholarship
In order to apply for the Military Family Background – “Life Opportunities & Hardships” scholarship, you need to create a video that discusses the ways growing up in a military family impacted and shaped your life.
You may discuss topics like the opportunities you benefited from and the hardships you needed to overcome due to your – or a loved one’s – military career. You may also consider topics like the advice you would give to your prior self.
Utilize your video essay to tell your story and guide us through the lessons you’ve learned in your life. You should create a video between 1 and 2 minutes in length. Remember to use engaging visuals and relatable content.
For the videos to be considered eligible students are required to:
- Record their videos in well-lit areas while holding their recording device of choice as still as possible.
- Mention their full name and the name of the scholarship they are applying for either at the beginning or at the end of their video and give credits as necessary.
- Specify any sources of information and the media editing tools used in crafting and creating their videos in the description of the video.
- Use only copyright-free content, and come up with a creative, catchy title that reflects their ideas.
Students are free to use media editing tools, like Adobe Creative Cloud, to include images, stock shots, effects, or clean cuts in their content, but they are not compulsory. Our firm intends to award this scholarship based on the quality of a video’s script and not a student’s demonstrable video editing skills. Therefore, students should take time and care crafting the speech for their video before sitting down to record it.
Any usage of AI platforms or tools that automatically generate videos and the usage of fake actors is strictly prohibited and will lead to automatic disqualification.
Once finished, submit the video to your YouTube account, either as listed or unlisted, and add the video link to your application form. We do not accept videos that have been uploaded in the form of reels or shorts.
Scholarship Deadline
The deadline to apply is December 30, 2024.
The scholarship panel cannot consider applications that come in after this deadline. After December 30th, the scholarship selection committee will review all video submissions.
We estimate that the decision process will take one to three months or more, depending on the number of submissions we receive.
Can You Check on the Status of Your Scholarship?
Regretfully, we cannot share information outside of the details provided on this page about the scholarship process due to legal reasons. We cannot answer emails or calls about the status of your application.
You can find all the details required to submit your application on this page. The committee will contact you if we require additional information to review your application.
Terms and Conditions
You must fit all eligibility criteria included on the scholarship application page to qualify. Specifically, applicants must:
- Be enrolled in a university, college, or graduate school
- Be at least 18 years of age at the time of enrollment
- Have legal residency in the U.S.
- Be in good standing academically
- Create an original video on the essay topic we provided
- Have a military family background
Additionally, all applicants have to submit personal information during the application process. Applicants may have to provide their names, proof of enrollment at a school, and contact information.
Limitations on Applications
The following individuals are not eligible to apply for the scholarship:
- Puget Law Group employees or their children
- Past recipients of the Military Family Background – “Life Opportunities & Hardships” scholarship
- Anyone unwilling or unable to submit to an interview with a representative of Puget Law Group upon receiving the scholarship
- Individuals who use the same video to apply for multiple scholarships or for multiple years in a row
You must apply to all terms and conditions to qualify for the scholarship.
Selection & Award Notification Process
You must complete and submit your application before the deadline to qualify for consideration for the scholarship. We cannot consider applications received after the deadline or incomplete applications.
All applications go through an evaluation process completed by a scholarship committee. The committee makes its final decision without any consideration for religion, race, age, national origin, gender, familial status, or other protected classes.
We cannot answer questions about the status of your application due to the high number of applications received and for legal reasons. Additionally, the scholarship committee cannot send individual notifications to non-winners.
Award Notification
Winners of the Military Family Background – “Life Opportunities & Hardships” scholarship will receive notification via email. Additionally, we will make an announcement on Puget Law Group’s blog and issue a press release.
Puget Law Group will mail the Scholarship award directly to the winner’s college or university. The winner will provide instructions for mailing the check after receiving notification of their award.
Privacy Statement
Puget Law Group will not sell, give, or distribute personal information provided through the scholarship application to third parties.
The firm reserves the right to use the names and photos of scholarship winners in communications and announcements related to the scholarship. This information may also appear:
- On Puget Law Group’s website
- In social media posts
- In marketing materials
Applicants agree to the public use of their name and image by Puget Law Group by submitting their applications.
Previous Winners
Puget Law Group is offering the annual Military Family Background – “Life Opportunities & Hardships” scholarship for the first time in 2024. However, we’ll list future winners here.
All winners can expect to provide information for a press release and announcement blog post.