Scholarships

Puerto Rican Bar Association Scholarship Fund will award scholarships during its Annual Gala in October. To receive the award, the scholarship recipient must remain in good standing and enrolled full-time at an accredited American Bar Association Law School in New York State, be a resident of the State of New York, or have a confirmed commitment to work in New York State after completing their law school education.

2022 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

Natasha Alvarado

CUNY Law School

Lisette Candia-Diaz

Brooklyn Law School

Samantha Velez

The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Thania Barbecho

Dare to Dream Scholarship

Hofstra Law School

Celeste Kabemba

Felipe N. Torres & Frank Torres Scholarship

The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Abdiel Caballero

NYU School of Law

Mercy Romero-Aleman

Brooklyn Law School
2022 Scholarship Recipients 
  • Natasha Alvarado – CUNY Law School
  • Thania Barbecho – Dare to Dream Scholarship – Hofstra Law School
  • Abdiel Caballero – NYU School of Law
  • Lisette Candia-Diaz – Brooklyn Law School
  • Celeste Kabemba – Felipe N. Torres & Frank Torres Scholarship – The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
  • Mercy Romero-Aleman – Brooklyn Law School
  • Samantha Velez – The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
2021 Scholarship Recipients 
  • Casandra Delgado – Columbia Law School
  • Sabrina Jorge – Dare to Dream Scholarship – St. John’s Law School
  • Mariela Mannion – Felipe N. Torres & Frank Torres Scholarship – NYU School of Law
  • Jazmin Reynoso-Ortiz – CUNY School of Law
  • Felix Serrano – CUNY School of Law
  • Kacy Vance – Brooklyn Law School
  • Jasmine Vega – Touro Law Center
  • Erica Figueroa – LSAT Scholarship John Jay College of Criminal Justice
2020 Scholarship Recipients 
  • Nagiane Arriaza – CUNY School of Law
  • Sheella Martinez – The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
  • Gloria Medina – The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
  • Raul Muniz – St. John’s University School of Law
  • Domingo Rios-Rivera – Georgetown University Law
  • Maya Ureno-Dembar – Brooklyn Law School
  • Lourdes Vasquez – American University Washington College of Law
  • Sabino Vargas – Dare to Dream Scholarship – Roger Williams University School of Law
  • Katherine Salazar – LSAT Scholarship John Jay College of Criminal Justice
2019 Scholarship Recipients 
  • Diego Gomez – Brooklyn Law School
  • Ruben Huertero – St. John’s University School of Law
  • Arianna Mercado – Columbia Law School
  • Richard Velasquez, Jr. – Dare to Dream Scholarship – CUNY School of Law
2018 Scholarship Recipients 
  • Arianna Beltrez – Albany Law School
  • Sonia Bennett – Albany Law Schoo
  • Juan Esteban Bedoya– New York University School of Law
  • Maria Santiago –CUNY Law School
  • Lourdes Vasquez
2017 Scholarship Recipients

  • Claudia Cadenillas – Albany Law School
  • Adriel Colon – Albany Law School
  • Mary Carolina Diaz – Fordham University School of Law
  • Christina M. Gutierrez – Touro Law School
  • Ana A. Nunez – Brooklyn Law School
  • Natalie Rios – Fordham University School of Law
  • Marcy Robles– Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
  • Gabriella Romero– Albany Law School
  • Zoila Sanchez– Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
  • K. Rafael Varela – CUNY School of Law
  • Jessica Orellana – CUNY School of Law (Recipient of Justice Sallie Manzanet- Daniel’s Dare to Dream Scholarship)
2016 Scholarship Recipients
  • Adriel Colon – Albany Law School
  • Samuel Carrion – Brooklyn Law School
  • Denisse Mira – SUNY Buffalo Law School
  • Jamie Ruiz –Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
  • Daniel Vizcarrondo – Brooklyn Law Schoo
2015 Scholarship Recipients
  • Michelle Reyes – Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
  • Anna Federico – Albany Law School
  • Carlos F. Ugalde – Fordham University School of Law
  • Anthony Beneduce Jr. – Brooklyn Law School
  • Daily Guerrero – Columbia Law School
2014 Scholarship Recipients
  • Megan Martucci – Fordham University School of Law
  • Rebecca Medina – New York Law School
  • Stephanie Rivas – SUNY Buffalo Law School
  • Jamie Ruiz –Touro Law School
  • Christopher Santos – New York University Law School
  • Bianca Vitale – Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
  • Daniel Vizcarrondo – Brooklyn Law School
  • Jill Westerberg – CUNY Law School