Campaign Funding Priorities and Naming Opportunities
The Seize the Day campaign is a comprehensive effort begun in September 2006 and scheduled to be completed by August 2014. All gifts to the Law School during this time count toward the $200 million goal. There are several areas of emphasis in the campaign—some general and some specific—which build on UT Law’s current strengths. In general, support for faculty, students, facilities and programs is always welcome. Specifically, UT Law will use the campaign to position the school to be an international leader in legal education as it relates to energy, innovation and capital markets, biomedicine and healthcare, women in the law, entrepreneurialism, corporate governance, Latin America, and various forms of public interest law.
Many naming opportunities are available in a wide range of amounts in the Seize the Day campaign to recognize permanent endowments and significant current-use gifts. The campaign seeks also to invigorate alumni participation in the Annual Fund, and those gifts will be recognized at various levels that are named for important leaders in the history of the Law School.
New Academic Centers
Center for Global Energy, International Arbitration, and Environmental Law
Name Program $10,000,000 Endowed Faculty Chair $1,000,000 Visiting Scholar, Professor or Practitioner $1,000,000 Lecture Series $500,000 International Conference (every 2 years) $500,000 Professorship $300,000 Faculty Fellowship $150,000 Faculty Excellence Endowment $100,000 Non-endowed (current use) gifts many levels Latin American Initiative
Name Program TBD Visiting Scholar, Professor or Practitioner $1,000,000 Full-Ride Scholarship (including stipend) $750,000 Full-Tuition Scholarship $500,000 International Conference (every 2 years) $500,000 Non-endowed (current use) gifts many levels Center for Law and Innovation in Biomedicine and Healthcare
Faculty Chair $1,000,000 Non-endowed (current use) gifts many levels Campaign gifts to date:
George M. Fleming Center for Law and Innovation in Biomedicine and Healthcare
George McMillan Fleming Chair in Health LawCenter for Innovation and Entrepreneurialism
Name Program $5,000,000 Endowed Faculty “Super Chair” $2,000,000 Visiting Scholar, Professor or Practitioner $1,000,000 Lecture Series $500,000 International Conference (every 2 years) $500,000 Professorship $300,000 Faculty Fellowship $150,000 Faculty Excellence Endowment $100,000 Non-endowed (current use) gifts many levels Campaign gifts to date:
John and Elizabeth Massey Fund for Law, Innovation and Capital MarketsCenter for Women in Law
Founder Level Funding $50,000 over up to 10 years Corporate Governance Center
Name Program $5,000,000 Visiting Scholar, Professor or Practitioner $1,000,000 International Conference (every 2 years) $500,000 Non-endowed (current use) gifts many levels
Student Support
The Justice Corps
Name Program $10,000,000 Two 2-year Fellowships $1,000,000 Campaign gifts to date:
Julius Glickman Justice Corps FellowshipLoan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP)
Name Program $8,000,000 Endowed Loan Repayment Award $500,000 One Current Use LRAP Award
(paid over 3 years)$60,000 Pro Bono Program
Name Program $3,000,000 Non-endowed (current use) gifts many levels Campaign gifts to date:
Mithoff Fund for the Pro Bono Program
Harry Reasoner Pro Bono FundLong Career Launch Program
Campaign gifts to date:
The Joe R. & Teresa L. Long Career Launch ProgramSouth Texas Initiative
Endowed Post Graduate Fellowship $500,000 One Current Use Fellowship
(paid over 3 years)$60,000 Endowed Full-Ride Scholarship
including stipend)$750,000 Endowed Full-Tuition Scholarship $500,000 3-year, Full-Ride Current Use Scholarship
(incl. stipend)$100,000 3-year, Full Tuition Current Use Scholarship $75,000 East Texas Initiative
Two 2-Yr. Justice Corps Fellowships $1,000,000 Endowed Post Graduate LRAP $500,000 Current Use 2-Yr Justice Corps Fellow $110,000 One Current Use LRAP
(paid over 3 years)$60,000 Endowed Scholarships and Fellowships
Endowed Full-Ride Scholarship
(including stipend)$750,000 Endowed Full-Tuition Scholarship $500,000 Endowed Presidential Fellowship $100,000 Endowed Presidential Scholarship $50,000 Endowed Graduate Fellowship $50,000 Endowed Scholarship $25,000 Campaign gifts to date:
Sloan B. Blair Memorial Scholarship
Thomas Relyea Boone Endowed Scholarship
Hagans Family Endowed Scholarship
Linda and Barry Hunsaker, Jr., Scholarship in Law
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Kern, Jr. Memorial Endowed Scholarship in Law
Gilbert I. “Buddy” Low Scholarship
Jon P. Newton Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law
Judge Robert M. Parker Scholarship
Max and John Roy Endowed Presidential Scholarship in LawAnnual Scholarships
3-year, Full-Ride Current Use Scholarship
(incl. stipend)$100,000 3-year, Full Tuition Current Use Scholarship $75,000 Campaign gifts to date:
Rex Baker Scholarship
Faculty Support
Faculty Excellence (Retention and Recruitment)
Name Program $10,000,000 Non-endowed (current use) gifts many levels Campaign gifts to date:
Joe Jamail Faculty Excellence FundFaculty Research and Publishing Fund
Name Program $10,000,000 Visiting Scholar, Professor, or Practitioner $1,000,000 Non-endowed (current use) gifts many levels The Stanley Johanson Fund for Teaching and Scholarship
Faculty Chairs and Other Support
Endowed Faculty Chair $1,000,000 Endowed Professorships $300,000 Endowed Faculty Fellowships $150,000 Faculty Excellence Endowments $100,000 Visiting Scholar (Current Use) $100,000 Non-endowed (current use) gifts many levels Campaign gifts to date:
The James A. Baker, III Chair in the Rule of Law and World Affairs
Richard Dale Endowed Chair in Law
George McMillan Fleming Chair in Health Law & Policy
Judge Robert M. Parker Chair in Law
Dean John F. Sutton, Jr. Chair in Lawyering and the Legal Process
Stephen L. Tatum Scholar
Facilities
Faculty Suites Project
Name Faculty Suites $5,000,000 Faculty Conference Room $1,000,000
Tarlton Library
The Roy M. Mersky Memorial Fund $1,000,000 Library Technology Fund
Library Conference Room
Technology Upgrade$100,000
General Academic Program Funds
Endowment Funds
Lecture Series $500,000 Library Technology Fund $500,000 International Conference (every 2 years) $500,000 Library Acquisition Fund $100,000 Clinic Travel Fund $100,000 Book Fund Endowment $10,000 Campaign gifts to date:
Marvin G. Shwiff Program Fund for NegotiationCurrent Use Funds
2-4 yr Lecture Series sponsor
($25K-$50K/year)$100,000 Non-endowed (current use) gifts many levels