Yale Law School announced on Feb. 21 that it will award annual tuition-free scholarships for its lowest-income students in an effort to “level the playing field for students with significant financial need.” Dean Heather K. Gerken announced that the Law School is creating the Soledad ’92 and Robert Hurst Horizon Scholarship Program, which will erase tuition for JD students who come from economically disadvantaged families and have the greatest financial need. Yale Law School is allocating “significant funding” to launch the program this fall, which will be eligible for students in the classes of 2023, 2024, and 2025. The program will grant nearly 45–50 full-tuition scholarships to eligible JD students, the school said. The plan will grant eligible students more than $70,000 per year to cover the cost of tuition, fees, and health insurance. To be eligible for the program, students’ family income must be below the federal poverty guidelines, which currently stands at $13,590 for a one-person household, $18,310 for …