• Deadline to apply: March 1, 2025
• Submit your FAFSA prior to starting the additional scholarship application (Duquesne University school code 003258)
• In the header of your personal statement, please include your name and the full name of the scholarship. 
• If you have any questions, email lawadmissionsFREEDUQUESNE
• You will be notified directly if you have been selected to receive a scholarship

Donetta Ambrose arrived at Duquesne as an undergraduate freshman from the Arnold/New Kensington, PA area. Originally planning to pursue a career as an English teacher, she soon crossed paths with an energetic, ambitious senior about to enter law school. Motivated by her friendship with Carol Los Mansmann, Ambrose changed her undergraduate major to political science and followed Mansmann to Duquesne Kline Law.

Ambrose began her career as a clerk to her former Law Dean, state Supreme Court Justice Louis Manderino, worked as an assistant attorney general and assistant district attorney, and spent eight years in private practice in Westmoreland County. In 1981, she was elected to the Westmoreland County Court of Common Pleas. She spent 12 years on the county bench before being nominated by President Clinton to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. She was only the second woman appointed to that court-the first was Carol Los Mansmann. In 2002, Ambrose was named chief judge of the court-the first woman to receive that honor. 

Though Judge Ambrose presided over countless cases before her retirement in 2009, perhaps her greatest achievements are found in the cases that never made it to trial. Throughout her career, Judge Ambrose championed the cause of Alternative Dispute Resolution, utilizing mediation, arbitration, and other methods to settle litigants' differences.

Criteria

This scholarship will provide scholarship support to Duquesne Kline Law students from Westmoreland County, PA who seek the same opportunity Judge Ambrose enjoyed -a life-changing legal education at Duquesne Kline School of Law.

To apply, applicants must submit:

• A personal statement (500-word limit) explaining the applicant's background, financial need or hardship, and how the scholarship money will affect their life; 
• Demonstrates significant financial need (must submit the FAFSA);
• Resume. 

• A personal statement (500-word limit) explaining the applicant's background, commitment to service, financial need or hardship, and how the scholarship money will affect their life;
• Disclosure of the applicant's undergraduate and graduate GPA (permission for the Office of Admissions to disclose this information to the Goldberg Scholarship Committee needs to be granted in writing);
• Demonstrates significant financial need (must submit the FAFSA).

• Demonstrates a commitment to public service and social justice;
• Is a non-traditional student (preferred, not required):
• Demonstrates financial need (must submit the FAFSA).

To apply, applicants must submit:

• A personal statement (500-word limit) explaining the applicant's commitment to public service and social justice, financial need or hardship, and any other information that explains why the applicant is a good candidate for the scholarship;
• Demonstrates significant financial need (must submit the FAFSA);
• A list of 2 references (including name, relationship to applicant, phone number, and e-mail address);
• Resume. 

• A personal statement (300-word limit) explaining why the applicant is a good candidate for the scholarship;
• Demonstrates significant financial need (must submit the FAFSA);
• Resume. 

The Pittsburgh Legal Diversity & Inclusion Coalition (PLDIC), has created the Susan Yohe PLDIC Scholarship to honor Susan Yohe’s lifetime of service to championing and furthering diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Pittsburgh legal community. Yohe is one of the PLDIC’s founders and served as its Executive Director from its inception in 2017 until her retirement in July 2021. PLDIC member Duquesne Light Company has committed to funding the Coalition’s portion of the scholarship.   
One recipient a year will receive a $10,000 tuition scholarship. The scholarship will be renewed for the second and third year of law school, if the recipient remains in good academic standing. 

Criteria:

Recipients of the Susan Yohe PLDIC Scholarship must demonstrate a commitment to improving diversity, equity, and inclusion in the legal profession. Preference shall be given to individuals who demonstrate financial need. Future Susan Yohe PLDIC Scholars will also be invited to meet with the PLDIC Board of Directors, the PLDIC Executive Director, the Deans of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University, and leadership from Duquesne Light Company. They will be highlighted and introduced to the 42 PLDIC member organizations through the PLDIC newsletter, social media, and at the PLDIC Annual Members Meeting. Additionally, as more law students are named Susan Yohe PLDIC Scholars, the PLDIC will develop an alumni network for the recipients.  

To apply, applicants must submit:

• A personal statement (500-word limit) explaining the applicant's commitment to improving diversity, equity, and inclusion in the legal profession;
• Demonstrates significant financial need (must submit the FAFSA);
• Resume. 

• A personal statement (500-word limit) explaining the applicant's commitment to service;
• Demonstrates significant financial need (must submit the FAFSA);
• Resume.