{"651173":{"#nid":"651173","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Applications Open for Van Aacken Fund Student Awards","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EApplications are now open for the Van Aacken Fund Student Awards, which are designed to help prospective law school students offset the cost of applying. The awards will provide two students with $500 each to cover such costs as law school application fees, LSAT\/LSAC fees, LSAT prep costs, costs associated with campus visits, and more. Applications are open until Friday, Oct. 8 at 11:59 p.m., and decisions will be made by the end of October. Priority will be given to third- and fourth-year students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe awards are handed out through Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Law, Science, and Technology (LST) program within the School of Public Policy. The Van Aacken GT Law Fund, established in memory of attorney and Georgia Tech alumnus Troy Van Aacken, is sponsoring them.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo be considered, applicants should submit a document no longer than one page containing their full name, major(s), minor(s) (if applicable), and current GPA, as well as 200-word responses to three questions. Those interested should apply using the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=u5ghSHuuJUuLem1_Mvqgg7LTqjkOmXBHv1ndErJIg9xUMEVPVDYxNEU3OEFBOTZFSTFWV1NKWk5RWi4u\u0026amp;qrcode=true\u0026amp;wdLOR=cDD0C8795-86D3-BD42-A80E-DB7D8CBE2AD5\u0022\u003Eapplication form\u003C\/a\u003E on the LST website.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe award will provide two students with $500 each to help offset the costs of applying to law school.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The award will provide two students with $500 each to help offset the costs of applying to law school."}],"uid":"34946","created_gmt":"2021-09-28 17:12:00","changed_gmt":"2021-09-28 17:12:00","author":"gwyner3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-09-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-09-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"651171":{"id":"651171","type":"image","title":"Van Aacken Fund Student Awards","body":null,"created":"1632848884","gmt_created":"2021-09-28 17:08:04","changed":"1632848884","gmt_changed":"2021-09-28 17:08:04","alt":"Flyer for the Van Aacken Fund Student Awards application, open until Friday, Oct. 8, 2021.","file":{"fid":"247073","name":"Van Aacken Fund Applications (16 x 9 in).png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Van%20Aacken%20Fund%20Applications%20%2816%20x%209%20in%29.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Van%20Aacken%20Fund%20Applications%20%2816%20x%209%20in%29.png","mime":"image\/png","size":157551,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Van%20Aacken%20Fund%20Applications%20%2816%20x%209%20in%29.png?itok=b2ncg9ZC"}}},"media_ids":["651171"],"groups":[{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"9611","name":"law school"},{"id":"188947","name":"student fund"},{"id":"276","name":"Awards"},{"id":"188948","name":"financial awards"},{"id":"188949","name":"law school applications"},{"id":"188950","name":"law science and technology"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:gwyner3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGrace Wyner\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Officer\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Public Policy | Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}