@jujules, glad to (try to) be helpful.
Unfortunately I don’t know what triggers scholarship grants. I assume grades and test scores, although “soft” factors could also trigger them. I got a merit scholarship from Duke when I was in the law school application process, but I don’t know what the criteria were. That was 20 years ago, though.
I would think that delaying for another year might not be a bad idea just because the market for lawyers is so saturated right now; it’s better now than a year or two ago, and hopefully another year will mean more improvement in the job market. However, to partially offset that, law school applications have also dropped. I’d see if there is information about how law school applications are trending this year; if they are increasing, then there will be more competition in a year, which isn’t good, and I’d weigh the competition in law school admissions against the state of the job market.