2022 Travel Stipend Request Form

Choosing a law school is one of the most important decisions you will make. Our students have always shared that school visits were one of the most influential factors in making their final decision.  However, we also realize that visiting multiple law schools can be a costly endeavor. As such, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law would like to help defray a portion of the costs you will incur when traveling to Chicago for one of our Admitted Student Events. 
 
Eligibility
We are able to offer a limited number of travel stipends for admitted students who are attending one of the following two events taking place this spring:
  • Enhancing Diversity in the Legal Profession: Thursday, April 7, 2022
  • Admitted Students Weekend: Friday, April 8, 2022 and Saturday, April 9, 2022
 To be eligible for a travel stipend, you must:
  • Register for and attend one of the events listed above.
  • Be traveling a distance greater than 75 miles each way and incurring travel related costs to attend our Chicago-based events.
  • Be admitted to a JD program at Northwestern Law (JD, JD-LLM IHR, JD-LLM TAX, JD-MBA, JD-PhD).

The amount of your subsidy will be based on (1) your CURRENT ADDRESS on file in your application for admission and (2) the receipts you submit for transportation and/or overnight accommodations. 

Please note, only the actual fees paid on transportation tickets purchased using miles and points will be reimbursed.  We cannot reimburse you for the alleged "value" of your ticket.

Illinois and Indiana residents must be traveling at a distance greater than 75 miles each way in order to be eligible to receive the stipend. Please submit the text version of Google map directions with your travel stipend.  Distance will be calculated by using the following information:
   Starting Address: Your CURRENT ADDRESS
   Final Destination: Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
                             375 E. Chicago Avenue 
                             Chicago, IL 60611

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IllinoisArkansasAlabamaAlaskaMontanaVermont
IndianaIowaColoradoArizonaNew HampshireVirginia
KentuckyKansasCaliforniaNew JerseyWashington 
MichiganLouisianaConnecticutNew MexicoWashington DC
MissouriMinnesotaDelawareNew YorkWest Virginia
TennesseeMississippiFloridaNorth CarolinaWyoming
WisconsinNebraskaGeorgiaOregon
NevadaHawaiiPennsylvania
North DakotaIdahoRhode Island
OhioMaineSouth Carolina
OklahomaMarylandTexas
South DakotaMassachusettsUtah

 
You are only eligible to receive one travel stipend to attend one of the events listed above. The reimbursement is not available for visits to Northwestern Pritzker School of Law at any other time. The maximum amount you can be reimbursed is no more than the amount listed for your state provided you also submit supporting receipts.

Parking
Admitted students who are driving in- we are happy to provide you with parking at the university owned Erie-Ontario parking garage located at 321 E. Erie Street (located corner of Erie and Fairbanks).
 
Processing & Timeline
Travel stipends are processed immediately after the event has taken place and your attendance has been confirmed. You will be required to check-in at each event and submit your complete and signed paperwork no later than the conclusion of Admitted Students Weekend on Saturday, April 9, 2022. If you do not submit your signed paperwork during the event, you must e-mail the signed paperwork to the Admissions Office no later than Monday, April 18, 2022.  Paperwork not on file with the Admissions Office by April 18, 2022 will not be processed for a travel stipend. 

A complete travel stipend requests includes the following:

  • Completed Northwestern Visitor Expense Form 
    • This form will be provided to you upon check-in at either Enhancing Diversity in the Legal Profession or Admitted Students Weekend. You must complete all highlighted areas as well as sign and date the form.
  • Travel receipts 
    • All receipts for reimbursement must be submitted digitally no later than Monday, April 18, 2022. Upon confirmation of receipt of your completed Northwestern Visitor Expense Form, you will be emailed a link by which you will upload your digital receipts.  


Please note that the Northwestern University Accounting Office may take up to eight weeks for processing of a complete reimbursement and mail it to you.
 
Questions
If you have any questions, please contact us via email at admit@law.northwestern.edu. 

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