Not only is the Law School recognized as the eighth best in the country according to U.S. News and World Report, the University now holds a national record for law school fundraising.
This year, the Law School Capital Campaign surpassed the fundraising efforts of New York University, yesterday releasing the total from its seven-year campaign, which ended in December 2000. The School netted $202,751,000 - quadruple the amount of the campaign's original goal.
Money raised from the campaign already was used to renovate the Law grounds, which were updated in fall 1997. Within the next 12-14 months, a $5 million student-faculty center also should be completed, said David H. Ibbeken, executive director of the Law School foundation.
The campaign funds will establish 18 new professorships and 34 new scholarships.
In admissions, "more and more people are moved by what you can provide by financial aid," Ibbeken said. "We made a major effort to raise financial aid during campaigning."
Law School Dean Robert E. Scott credited alumni with the campaign's success.
"The unique sense of loyalty and engagement of graduates of the Law School was one reason for the campaign's success," Scott said. "They responded in a way beyond expectations."
Of 13,000 Law School alumni, 70 percent contributed to the campaign.
Not only did a large percentage of alumni participate in the campaign, 94 percent of Law School faculty members contributed $3 million to the fundraising efforts.
In addition to improvements to the Law grounds, campaign revenues also will go toward academic enhancements.
The school will expand the range of interdisciplinary instruction, Scott said.
The Law School designed programs such as ethical values seminars, thanks to the increased funding. The seminars take place in faculty homes, and students examine lawyers' roles as public citizens.
The Principles and Practice Program will also expand. In the program, judges and practitioners team-teach with Law School faculty. The first of its kind in the country, the effort allows students to examine cases and apply legal philosophies to real-life situations.
Scott said he looks forward to the new opportunities the campaign money will create.
"Resources are the foundation on which we achieve dreams," he said. "Our aspirations are unbounded"
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