2006-2007 Law School Fund Total: $1.7 million
What Is The Law School Fund?
The Law School Fund is BC Law’s annual fund. Annual contributions to the
Law School Fund are the foundation of voluntary support for the Law School,
and the money raised is used immediately to meet the School's most important
needs and opportunities.
Why Participate In The Law School Fund?
Through your annual gifts, every area of the Law School benefits and you help
guarantee that the School’s highest priorities are funded year after year.
As a student, you likely benefited from some of the programs that are supported
by the Law School Fund today. Now, your support is needed to continue our tradition
of academic excellence and abiding commitment to service. Your support will
ensure that current and future students receive the same opportunities that
you had – just as those that came before you did for you.
What Does Your Support Mean To The Law School?
Following are some recent examples of programs supported by the Law School Fund:
- Scholarships. In FY'07, nearly $600,000 went directly from the the Law School Fund to scholarships.
- The new LL.M. Program. The Law School Fund is providing critical funding for staffing and scholarships for this new program, which began in September 2007.
- Loan Repayment Assistance for alumni in public interest positions. The Law School has never turned away a qualified applicant for loan repayment assistance. In 2007, 64 alumni received over $250,000 - five times the total dollars awarded just 10 years ago. Read more about LRAP here.
- Summer grants for students' public-interest positions. This year, the Law School Fund contributed over $44,000, enabling 34 students to work in these positions.
- Student community-building events, programs for students of color, reunions and alumni gatherings. These events help alumni, students, and faculty interact with each other and greatly enhance the School’s sense of community.
- Law Reviews and Oral Advocacy Programs. 150 students publish 5 law reviews that are some of the finest in the country. Last year, the Criminal Procedure Moot Court Team won a National Championship. Both the Jessup International Law Moot Court Team and the National Moot Court Team won the New England Regional Championship.
- Nearly $400,000 in research grants was awarded to 32 BC Law faculty out of the Law School Fund in 2006-2007 (the money from the Law School Fund accounts for nearly 70% of the total grants awarded).
- The award winning BC Law Magazine reaches 14,000 readers and helps keep alumni connected to our School and to each other.
- Emergency needs of students. Because of the flexibility afforded by the Law School Fund, after Hurricane Katrina, Dean Garvey was able to host several students, tuition-free, from Tulane and Loyola law schools for the semester.
How To Reach Us
By Mail: Boston College Law School Fund, Office of Institutional Advancement, 885 Centre Street, Newton, MA 02459-1163
By Phone: (617)552-3192
By Fax: (617)552-2179
By Email: lawafund@bc.edu
