2025 Overcoming Adversity Scholarship

Congratulations to our 2024 scholarship recipient, Rebecca Donham! Learn more about our previous winners here!

Kopfler & Hermann is proud to offer our Overcoming Adversity Scholarship for 2025.

This $1,000 award is for a student who faced a tough challenge and came out stronger.

We’ve practiced personal injury law on the Gulf Coast for over 40 years. We’ve seen how difficult life can get after an accident or injury. But we’ve also seen how strong people can be when they don’t give up. That’s why we started this scholarship—because we believe in resilience.

If you’ve overcome a serious setback and are working toward a better future, we’d love to hear your story.

We encourage all eligible students to apply and share how they’ve grown through hardship.

This is our seventh year offering the scholarship, and we look forward to reading more inspiring stories.

Deadline to apply: December 31, 2025

Award Amount: $1,000.00

Eligibility

This scholarship is open to students currently enrolled in a trade school, college, or university program, including high school seniors planning to start one. Applicants must be legal residents of the United States and live in any of the 50 states or Washington, D.C.
Employees of Kopfler & Hermann, Attorneys at Law, their close family members (including parents, children, spouses, and siblings), and anyone living in the same household as those individuals, whether related or not, cannot apply.
To qualify, applicants must have at least a 3.0 GPA and be in good academic standing.

Application Requirements

The candidate must fill out the form below with all necessary information
The candidate must submit a 750-1,000 word essay response to the prompt: Tell us about a difficult challenge you’ve faced. What happened, how did it affect you, and what steps did you take to move forward? We want to hear how you pushed through and what you learned from the experience.
- Please note that all essays will be checked for AI writing. If AI writing is deemed present in the essay, the application will be denied.
The candidate must submit a professional resumé that lists their experience, both professional and academic.
The candidate must submit a transcript from their current school. First-year college students, graduate students, or individuals who have recently transferred schools may submit an unofficial transcript from their current school, as well as the most recent official transcript from their prior school. High school students can submit proof of acceptance to their college or university.
Preference will be given to students either from or attending secondary school in the state.

The recipient of the Overcoming Adversity Scholarship will be chosen during the month following the scholarship deadline.

We will not be available to answer scholarship-related questions by phone. Please send any scholarship questions to koplferscholarship@gmail.com with the subject line “Overcoming Adversity Scholarship”