Alumni and Friends
The College of Law Endowment Program
Scholarships | Chairs and Professorships | Facilities | Academic Programs
Scholarships and Fellowships
$3 million
The goal of the College of Law Scholarships Program is to offer scholarships that will fund a student's three-year course of legal education. We will use these scholarships to recruit the best-qualified applicants/ Many top law school applicants consider Georgia State's College of Law because of the quality of our academic and professional skills programs. But the most outstanding applicants are widely recruited by other law schools, all over the country. The Scholarship Program will allow the college to attract its fair share of exceptional applicants and keep Georgia's best students in the state.
A single scholarship requires an endowment of $100,000. This amount generates approximately $5,000 annually, covering the in-state cost of attending the college for one year. A donor may choose to endow a scholarship in the donor's own name, or may name the scholarship in honor or memory of a special person. As a named endowment, the scholarship will recognize in perpetuity the donor's exceptional gift or the donor's generous tribute to another individual or entity.
Chairs and Professorships
$1.8 million
The goal of the Endowed Chair and Professorships Program is to attract eminent scholars to join our faculty. Endowed chairs and professorships enable the College of Law to attract the most distinguished and highly regarded faculty in selected areas of study. Endowment income supports research and scholarship in a specialty area that benefits the legal profession and the community by addressing significant topics of current national and international import. Chair and professorship holders are able to pursue serious research projects that enrich classroom teaching, invigorate faculty members and students, and find answers to significant, pressing legal and ethical questions.
University endowed chairs require a minimum gift of $500,000 and endowed professorships require a minimum gift of $200,000. Income from the endowment, generally five percent of the gift annually, is used for salary enhancement and other professional support of the chair and professorship holders, including research assistance and salaries for graduate research assistants. A donor may choose to endow a chair or professorship in the donor's own name or may name the endowed chair or professorship in honor or memory of a special person or entity. The named endowed chair or professorship will recognize in perpetuity the donor's exceptional gift or the donor's generous tribute to another individual or entity.
Facilities and Equipment
$1.75 million
Technology Enhancement - $1,000,000
A major priority of the College of Law is integrating technology into all areas of operation, research and teaching and increasing technological proficiency among faculty, students and staff. Technology improves the education we offer to students, since students with access to state-of-the-art software and online information databases are better prepared to enter a legal profession that is being revolutionized by new technologies. The college's cutting-edge position in the use of technology in legal education will be greatly enhanced by funding from a technology endowment.
Electronic Courtroom - $750,000
Our existing courtroom needs acoustical enhancements, additional space and state-of-the-art equipment. An endowment for the courtroom could remedy each of these deficiencies and make possible the use of state-of-the-art technology in the courtroom. All our law students need training in facilities that are comparable to those in current use by lawyers in today's courtrooms and law firms.
Academic Programs
$5.2 million
Endowed Centers - $2,500,000
Our strategic plan calls for the development of centers and consortiums that encourage and support interdisciplinary efforts. The Consortium on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (CNCR), an interuniversity partnership, serves as the key dispute-resolution theory-building institution in the southeastern United States. The College of Law is exploring the development of a program to provide assistance to Georgia's legislature. An endowment to further support the CNCR or to create a capital city center involving interdisciplinary policy research and law would enable the college to strengthen its connections to the Atlanta metropolitan region and the entire state.
Faculty Research Grants - $800,000
Excellence in Teaching Endowment - $500,000
The College of Law faculty has a strong commitment to excellence in legal education. The faculty demonstrates creativity in both its scholarly activity and teaching. As their achievements become more nationally recognized, it will become increasingly critical to retain its most sought after faculty members. Additionally, the college must be able to promise such support to attract future faculty candidates of the same caliber.
Stipends and grants for research and teaching initiatives must be upgraded to retain our most accomplished faculty. Learning how to use technology effectively in the classroom takes time and research. Endowment support is necessary for the faculty's cutting-edge technology initiatives.
Tax Clinic Endowment - $500,000
Our live-client Tax Clinic, serving low-income individuals enmeshed in disputes with the Internal Revenue Service, is the only one of its kind in the Southeast. The college provides excellent practical experience through its professional skills training curriculum, of which the Tax Clinic is an integral part. A Tax Clinic endowment will enable the college to continue providing a clinical experience that combines hands-on education for students with public service to those in need.
Law Library Endowment - $500,000
The library is an invaluable asset, not only to Georgia State students and faculty, but to the entire legal community. A Law Library endowment will ensure that the research needs of students, faculty and the legal community can be met. Our library needs additional resources available in more established law libraries. This endowment will allow the purchase of older volumes in several major sets, permitting more extensive research. Additionally, the cost of all library materials, in various formats, continues to escalate. A Law Library endowment will help offset the rising cost of acquiring new materials.
Student Academic Organizations - $400,000
The reputation of the college has been built upon the achievements of our students ranging from their successes in inter-school Moot Court and Trial Advocacy competitions to their contributions as members of the legal community. Students on the Georgia State Law Review engage in research and editing activities and have expanded their endeavors to include organizing live symposia centered on current legal issues. The activities of these organizations require adequate permanent funding. With a solid base of financial support, students in these organizations will maximize their law school experience. The educational opportunities of these organizations augment the classroom experience and result in a more skilled and sophisticated student body, who will enhance the college's reputation in and contributions to the community.
