Your negotiating power will largely depend on your LSAT / GPA, but you can, and should, always leverage other offers of admission (and other scholarship offers), if any. Show that you're an informed consumer and aware of the legal job market.
Don't be afraid to bargain - hard. They're asking for a lot of money. You'd bargain for a car that costs far less, so why not bargain for this? A discount on tuition is the easiest money you'll ever make. Make sure the scholarship is for all 3 years. If it's only for one year, there's no guarantee you'll get it for the others, and then you're basically stuck there. (In particular, don't count on those scholarships that require you to be in the top X% of a class - aka conditional scholarships.)
I suspect that once you've already started at the school, you're in a tough negotiating position. Of course, you can try, but I'd imagine that the school isn't going to give you more money than whatever you initially negotiated. They know you're unlikely to go elsewhere at that point.
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