The Foley and Mansfield Scholarship Program includes the Stephen J. Foley Litigation Scholarship for second year law students. This scholarship program is intended to help diversify the pipeline of future litigators in the legal profession. The Foley & Mansfield Foundation has set aside funds to finance the Foley & Mansfield Scholarship Program.
Stephen J. Foley Litigation Scholarship
In Memory of Stephen J. Foley (1958-2014)
Scholarship Amount: $5000 (Five thousand USD)
Lump sum one-time payment
Recipients: One 2L student per year
Background
Stephen J. Foley and Kyle B. Mansfield founded Foley & Mansfield in 1989, with a vision of creating a law firm that not only emphasized the high levels of service and accountability that businesses demand and deserve, but doing so at reasonable rates. Steve Foley passed away in 2014 as the firm celebrated its 25th year in business, but his legacy lives on.
Foley’s career was one of remarkable success representing insurers and their insureds in complex product liability, toxic tort and commercial litigation cases nationwide. The breadth of his practice across the country gave him both an understanding of the legal culture, law, and procedures in most of the “difficult” jurisdictions, as well as a reputation in those same jurisdictions as a very formidable player in the courtroom. He took pride in being a true trial lawyer, always ready to take a case to verdict in front of a jury – and his influence helped shape the national asbestos defense landscape.
Selection Process Via External Organizations: The firm has partnered with Mitchell Hamline School of Law in Saint Paul, MN (Stephen J. Foley’s alma mater) to identify eligible candidates from the second-year law student class for the Stephen J. Foley Litigation Scholarship. Only one scholarship is awarded each year by the Foundation to one second year law student.
Mitchell Hamline School of Law, as the selecting organization, has no affiliation or connection with the Firm’s foundation, and will be asked to identify two qualified candidates for the Firm to consider as recipients. The selection committee of the Firm will select a final candidate from the two candidates presented and inform the selecting organization of its decision.
Minimum criteria to be used by the selecting organization when considering applicants for the scholarship: The student must i) submit a transcript demonstrating good academic credentials ii) submit a short essay (less than a page single-spaced) addressing two topics, a) the student’s knowledge, experience and/or a commitment to Mitchell Hamline School of Law’s mission-based aims associated with providing legal access to all with focus on serving underserved communities and b) describing their interest in becoming a litigator, and iii) is enrolled by Mitchell Hamline School of Law as a 2L.
Timing and Payment: Selection process begins in the early summer of each year, the final candidate for the Stephen J. Foley Litigation Scholarship will be selected by the Firm by early to mid-summer and awarded the scholarship by mid-summer. Recipient may be required to certify upon receipt of the scholarship that the recipient will use the funds for qualified tuition and related expenses at the law school and no other purpose. If interested, please reply to finaid@mitchellhamline.edu with the above mentioned requirements.