Faced with crippling student debt and low starting salaries, few students are pursuing careers in public interest law. A $50 million gift to Pepperdine Law earmarked for financial aid and debt forgiveness aims to help reverse this trend.
Read MoreSaying that donors can’t dictate campus decisions, the University of Alabama is poised to return a major naming gift for its law school from Hugh Culverhouse, Jr. The move comes amid growing scrutiny of how much influence donors wield over universities.
Read MoreA gift to the University of Florida's law school encapsulates three of the big themes reshaping higher ed: increasingly specialized giving, ambitious multi-billion dollar fundraising campaigns, and the emergence of previously under-the-radar alumni mega-givers.
Read MoreWhile donors have made it a point to prepare law students for an increasingly interconnected world, a recent gift from the “Godfather of the Airline Industry” focuses on Asia, which will remain the fastest-growing region in the world through 2030.
Read MoreThe University of Alabama eclipses its previous annual fundraising tally by over $100 million thanks to a growing donor base, two mega-gifts in short succession, and an ambitious athletic capital campaign. We unpack the story.
Read MoreUniversities continue to attract funding from donors concerned about the perilous state of civic life. We dig into a recent gift to UVA School Law from an alumni couple who made their millions out west.
Read MoreAmong the skills that lawyers need to survive today is the ability to navigate an increasingly globalized and technology-driven world. Frank Guarini is one donor who wants to help.
Read MoreRubenstein attended Chicago Law School on a full-tuition scholarship. And so it's only natural that he'd double down on the David M. Rubenstein Scholars Program, bringing his total commitment to $33 million.
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