Maschka, Riedy, Ries & Frentz is proud to reveal the 2025 Safety Advocate Scholarship. We are excited for our firm to offer a scholarship for the first time. The application is open to students nationwide. Our attorneys are passionate about uplifting this next generation of changemakers, and with our scholarship, we will be awarding $1,000 to one individual to further their education.
This scholarship is centered around our firm’s values, as personal injury attorneys, we advocate for safety across all spectrums including on our roads and in the products we buy and use everyday. Our scholarship calls on students to write about a time where they advocated for the safety of others; to discuss safety legislation that needs to be changed; or how they advocate for safety in their everyday lives. The application process will close on June 30th, 2025.
Award Amount: $1,000
Eligibility
- To be eligible for this scholarship, students must be a current high school senior, vocational student, college student or graduate student and the student must be enrolled in any form of higher education for the 2025 Fall semester.
- This scholarship is open to those who are a legal resident of the United States residing in one of the 50 states or the District of Columbia.
- All employees of Maschka, Riedy, Ries & Frentz, their family and household members are not able to apply for this scholarship.
- To be considered for this scholarship, the applicant must have a minimum GPA of 3.0 or higher and be in good overall 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: As personal injury attorneys, we advocate for safer roads, schools, workplaces and products every day on behalf of our clients. Describe how you have advocated for safety in your community or explain a piece of safety legislation that needs updating in your neighborhood and how you advocate for safety.
- 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 student’s either from or attending secondary school in Minnesota.
The recipient of the 2025 Safety Advocate 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
ma*****@mr*****.com
with the subject line “2025 Safety Advocate Scholarship”
