Floridians Against Discrimination Scholarship – Scott Law Team
Are you a high school or college student in Florida who will be enrolled in two-year to five-year institution in 2016? Do you need help paying for college? You have come to the right place. We know that a degree in higher education does not come cheap, but that shouldn’t stop you. After all, a high school diploma only goes so far these days.
This is why, for the first time, we are offering a $2,500 scholarship to help one Floridian student pay for college, law school, or any other institute of higher education. At Scott Law Team, we recognize all of the doors that have been opened to us because of our higher education degrees. In today’s competitive job market, you need this tool under your belt, and we want to help you get it.
What do you have to do?
As employment law lawyers, we spend our days fighting for justice in the workplace, whether that’s an employer or an employee who has been wronged. When we saw at a young age that discrimination and inequality were real things, we knew we had to do something about it. Upholding and defending the law is our way of standing up against racism, sexism, and all other forms of discrimination in the world.
To apply for this scholarship, we are asking you to answer the following prompt: Where have you seen discrimination in your lifetime? What can you do to stand up for their rights?
If you are a Floridian high school senior enrolled in any two to five year institution in 2016, or if you are a college student enrolled in any two to five year institution in Florida in 2016, apply today for the $2,500 Scott Law Team Floridians against Discrimination Scholarship.
This scholarship is open to any high school senior or college student in Florida. He or she must be enrolled at a two-year to five-year institution in 2016. A minimum GPA is not required. Read the Instructions and Terms and Conditions for more eligibility information.
To apply, create a short (30–120 second) video and essay, telling us the following things:
- Where have you seen discrimination in your lifetime?
- What can you do to stand up for their rights?
Upload your video to YouTube. Fill out the application, and include a link to your video on YouTube.
Applications are due March 30, 2016.
Ready to get started? Please read our scholarship Instructions, Terms, and Conditions before proceeding.
Please read the following before submitting your application.
The Scott Law Team Floridians against Discrimination Scholarship is a $2,500 scholarship for a Floridian high school senior or college student who is enrolled in a two-year to five-year institution in 2016. It is awarded through a competition sponsored by Scott Law Team (“Sponsor”) and administered by GNGF, LLC, for the purpose of helping to give the possibility of a college education to a deserving individual (the “Competition”).
These Terms & Conditions explain how the competition works. Please read the Terms carefully so that you understand all the requirements and conditions for participating.
Entry Period: The competition ends March 30, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Eligibility. The Competition is open to any Floridian high school senior or college student who is a legal resident of the United States residing in one of the 50 states or the District of Columbia and who is enrolled in a two to five year institution in 2016. Employees of Sponsor and GNGF, their immediate families (parent, child, sibling, and spouse), and persons living in the same households of such individuals (whether related or not), are not eligible to participate in the competition. No minimum GPA is required.
How do you apply?
Create a short video and upload it to YouTube, then write a supporting essay (details on these below). Go to the application page, where you will be asked to do the following:
- Fill out an application with your name, address, date of birth, educational background (graduation year; high school attended), and student identification number at the Qualifying Institution at which you are enrolled for 2016.
- Upload your video and provide a link to your video.
- Upload your supporting essay.
Entries will not be returned.
Video. To apply, create a short (30–120 second) video telling us the following things:
- Where have you seen discrimination in your lifetime?
- What can you do to stand up for their rights?
Creativity is encouraged. The video must be 30-120 seconds in length. You don’t need to be a professional videographer. Film it with whatever resources you have!
Visit YouTube Support if you have questions about how to upload a video. If you do not have a YouTube channel, click here. Upload the video to YouTube using the title and description format below:
Title: Scott Law Team Floridians against Discrimination Scholarship
_________ [YOUR NAME]
Description: [LINK] [YOUR SUMMARY OF VIDEO CONTENT] This video is an application for the Scott Law Team Floridians against Discrimination Scholarship. This $2,500 scholarship, offered by Scott Law Team, will be given to one Floridian high school senior or college student.
Essay. Your essay should expand on the content of your video and must be no more than 500 words.
Additional Requirements for Essay. The essay must be your original work and not previously published. Submissions that, in the sole discretion of GNGF, include any material that is defamatory, obscene, pornographic, sexually explicit, disparaging of any racial, ethnic, religious, gender, sexual orientation, or any other minority group, infringing, in violation of any third party rights or any other law, illegible, or late, will be disqualified.
Selection and Notification of Winner. All qualified submissions will be judged by GNGF and Scott Law Team without regard to race, creed, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited basis. The applicant whose submission best meets the following criteria will be selected as the Scholarship Winner:
- Creativity
- Originality
- Thoughtfulness/quality of content
The Scholarship Winner will be chosen on or about two weeks upon closing of the competition, and will be notified shortly thereafter by email, using the contact information provided in the application.
Award. The Scholarship Winner will be awarded a $2,500 scholarship, payable by check directly to the Qualifying Institution identified in the application as the school where the Scholarship Winner will be enrolled in 2016. If the Scholarship Winner decides to attend a Qualifying Institution other than the one so identified, he or she must notify GNGF no later than March 30, 2016 so that the award may be sent to the correct entity.
Except where prohibited by law, before the award can be sent to the Qualifying Institution, the Scholarship Winner will be required to complete and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Adherence to Official Rules, a Publicity Release, and a Release of Liability. If any potential Scholarship Winner does not meet these requirements within fourteen (14) days of notification, an alternate Scholarship Winner will be named.
General Conditions. Any applicant suspected of tampering with or disrupting any aspect of the Competition will be disqualified. All decisions of GNGF are final. By your participation, you – and, if you are a minor, your parent or guardian – (i) agree to be bound by these Terms & Conditions, (ii) represent and warrant that your entry is original and not previously published, (iii) agree to release, indemnify, and hold harmless Sponsor and GNGF, and their officers, directors, employees, agents, and representatives, from any and all claims, liabilities, losses, and damages of any kind arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from your participation in the Competition or your acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of the Award, and (iv) grant Sponsor a sole, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable, sub-licensable, transferable right to use your essay, as well as your name, likeness, voice, biographical information, and statements, for advertising and promotional purposes, in any media now known or hereafter invented, without compensation or notification, except as prohibited by law.
Limitation of Liability. Sponsor and GNGF make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, including without limitation implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement with respect to the Award. Some jurisdictions may not permit limitations or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages or exclusion of implied warranties. Check your local laws to determine if any of the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you. Sponsor and GNGF are not responsible for late, lost, misdirected, or unintelligible entries, including entries not received because of interrupted or unavailable network servers, failed communications networks or equipment, computer hardware or software, or other errors or malfunctions whether human, mechanical, or electronic. Should Sponsor and GNGF, in their sole discretion, determine that the Competition has been compromised by virus, bugs, hackers, or other causes beyond its control, Sponsor and GNGF reserve the right to terminate the competition and choose the Scholarship Winner in a fair and reasonable manner from among all eligible entries submitted prior to termination.
Governing Law. All disputes concerning the construction, interpretation, validity, effect, and enforceability of these Terms & Conditions will be governed by the laws of the State of Ohio without regard to conflicts of laws provisions. You agree that exclusive jurisdiction over any legal action arising out of or in connection with the Competition will be in state or federal courts located in or nearest to Hamilton County, Ohio, and by submitting an application you consent to such jurisdiction and venue.
Privacy. With the exception of the Winner’s name and Qualifying School, contact information collected by Sponsor and GNGF solely in connection with the Competition will not be shared with third parties.
Winner’s List. For the name of the Scholarship Winner, write to GNGF at the address below.
Sponsor and Administrator. The Sponsor of the Competition is Scott Law Team at 250 South Central Boulevard, Suite 104-A, Jupiter, FL 33458, (561) 653-0008. The administrator of the Competition is GNGF, LLC, 1775 Mentor Avenue, Suite 302, Cincinnati, Ohio 45212, (513-444-2016).
Questions?
Call GNGF at 513-444-2016 or email scholarship@gngf.com.
