The National Youth Leadership Forum on Law and Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) is a tuition-based program. Tuition includes: accommodations, breakfasts and dinners, instruction, supervisory personnel, program materials, all forum activities and private motor coach transportation during the program. The tuition is $1,640 for fall 2010 sessions and $1,630 for the summer 2011 sessions. Students will need money only for lunches and incidentals they wish to purchase.

Transportation to and from Washington, D.C. is not included. Shuttle service between the forum location and selected airports is available on the first and last days of the forum. There is a $40 roundtrip fee for this service. Forum staff will be on-site in local airports to assist arriving and departing students.

Tuition and Travel Protection Plan
To view a brochure about the optional Tuition and Travel Protection Plan, click here.

Financial Assistance

Sponsorships and Student Fundraising Guide

The National Youth Leadership Forum (NYLF) makes every effort to assist students with gathering funds for part or all of their tuition through fundraising and scholarships.

If you require financial assistance, NYLF has partnered with the Global Leadership Education Foundation, an independently run non-profit organization, to provide need-based scholarships. The Foundation has also created an online, interactive Sponsorships & Student Fundraising Guide to help students raise the necessary funds within your community. In addition, the Office of Admissions is available to guide you in your fundraising efforts.

Need a great idea for fundraising? Read the success stories of students who raised full or partial tuition to attend their program.

For more information regarding fundraising, please contact the Office of Admissions.

If you or one of your sponsors have fundraising checks to send in, please use this form to submit them. Including this form with the checks will help us to allocate the funds quickly and accurately.

Scholarship Fund

NYLF/Law is always committed to ensuring the outreach efforts of our program by awarding the highest number of scholarships possible to deserving students. We regret to inform nominees that at this time the scholarship application deadline for the fall sessions has passed.  We regret any inconvenience this may cause, and encourage scholars to leverage the tools offered through our fundraising guide for additional support.

In the event that you are preliminarily granted an award, your notification letter will ask you to finalize the award through submitting a copy of the 2009 1040 Federal Income Tax Form from the individual who claimed you as a dependent. The Federal Income Tax form serves as proof of financial need as indicated upon the applicant's Scholarship Application. The NYLF cannot grant any scholarship money without receiving sufficient proof of income. If you require further information, please contact the Office of Admissions.

Scholarship applicants should expect e-mail notification of the review results within two weeks of the scholarship deadline.