An
aerial view of the Law Centers newly extended
campus. The Campus Completion project doubles the size
of the previous Law Center campus.
A
view of the Eric E. HotungInternational
Law Center Building from New Jersey Avenue. The Hotung
building will house classrooms as well as Georgetowns
extensive collection of international legal materials.
Through
the generous support of alumni and friends of the Law Center,
the Third Century Campaign raised $100 million.This impressive
total will benefit the Law Centers students intellectually
and materially, through physical improvements to the campus,
support for financial aid, and the bolstering of academic
programs. Approximately one third of the money raised has
been designated for endowment, including financial aid for
students and chairs and professorships for faculty. Another
third has been earmarked for facilities, including the Law
Center Campus Completion Project.The final third will be available
to support academic programs and initiatives, including gifts
to the Law Annual Fund.
Contributors
to the Campaign can be justly proud of the support the funds
will provide the many students who receive scholarship assistance
from the Law Center. With current tuition at $30,940, ranking
among the twelve most expensive in the country, it is no surprise
that nearly 80 percent of Georgetown Law students rely on
some form of financial aid, including one third who receive
scholarship assistance from the Law Center. During the Third
Century Campaign, the Law Center raised nearly $17 million
for financial aid endowment.
In
fact, half of the current 130 endowed scholarships
were established during the Campaign. Donors strong
dedication is further revealed in the
fact that many who previously established scholarships during
the Law Campaign in the early 1990s also made substantial
gifts to supplement their scholarship funds during the Third
Century Campaign.
The
goal of providing the finest legal education is also reflected
in the Campaigns success in endowing chairs and professorships.With
99 full-time faculty, the largest in the country, the Law
Center can boast 12 endowed chairs and 11 endowed professorships.
Five of these chairs were established during the Campaign,
most recently the Thomas Aquinas Reynolds Chair and the Joseph
E. and Madeline M. Sheehy Chair in Antitrust Law and Trade
Regulation. Of the six endowed professorships established
during the Campaign, the most recent are the Honorable Mary
E. Lupo and Edward M. Ricci Professorship in Juvenile Justice
and the St.Thomas More Professorship in Law and Legal History.
To
complement the Campaigns support of the intellect and
spirit of the institution, nearly $30 million was raised for
the completion of the Eric E. Hotung International Law Center
Building and the Sport and
Fitness Center. Together these projects will add more than
200,000 square feet of space to the Law Center campus, including
20,000 square feet for parking.The 110,000-square-foot Hotung
International Law Center Building will house classrooms, faculty
offices, and academic institutes, as well as the Law Centers
international and graduate programs, an alumni welcoming center,
and a cyber café.The International Law Library, a 107,000-volume
collection in what is the nations third largest academic
law library, will also be housed there.The 70,000-square-foot
sport and fitness center will have courts for both basketball
and racquetball as well as a four-lane lap pool, exercise
rooms, and a student lounge.
The
success of the Campaign is a testament to the commitment of
the alumni and friends of the Law Center.Your generosity will
benefit students and faculty for years to come.