Donors

Steve Molo

Why I Gave to the '82 Scholars Fund

Steve Stanczak

Why I Gave to the '82 Scholars Fund

Rob Baptista

Lowell Yoder

Chuck Bay

Jeannette Sublett

'82 Scholars Fund

The '82 Scholars Fund is a unique and unprecedented opportunity for members of the University of Illinois College of Law Class of 1982 to join together to create a unique scholarship fund. The '82 Scholars Fund began with three of our classmates pledging to donate $ 35,000 each over three years. They reached out to a handful of additional classmates and three of them each pledged $ 35,000 and a few other classmates pledged much-appreciated lesser amounts. The fund now stands at $ 229,000 pledged. That puts us over 40% of the way toward our goal and we have just begun.

The University Provost has agreed to match any gift — individual or group — in excess of $ 150,000 for student scholarships and raised over a three-year period. The goal is to ask Class of 1982 graduates to make a three-year pledge toward the $ 500,000 goal. With the Provost's match, the overall goal of $ 1,000,000 in the '82 Scholars Fund will allow the College to provide two full-tuition or a combination of full and partial tuition scholarships to future students. This scholarship fund will provide an exceptional opportunity for Illinois to recruit head-to-head with the nation's premier law schools for the best and brightest students.

Just click on the button below or call the Office of Development and Alumni Relations at (217) 333-2628 and make your gift today!

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Events

The Development and Alumni Relations Office will be hosting a full weekend of activities surrounding the 97^th annual Homecoming at the University of Illinois October 25-27, 2007. Among the activities are the annual DLA Piper Vacketta Lecture on Thursday, October 25 on the Role of Government and the Law, a popular event created by an endowed gift by Carl Vacketta '65 that has featured speakers such as U.S. Rep. Dick Armey, Sen. George Mitchell, and Gov. Jim Blanchard. On Friday, October 26, the College will host an elegant evening Alumni Reception at a local country club leading up to the pre-game tailgate party on Saturday, October 27, located on Cribbet Field just east of the Law Building. Coach Ron Zook's Fighting Illini football team hosts Ball State at Memorial Stadium with an 11 a.m. kickoff.

Other events surrounding our 25th anniversary are also being planned and your input, leadership, and planning expertise are certainly welcome. Please contact Jeff Coates, Assistant Dean for Development and Alumni Relations, at (217) 333-2628 or via e-mail at coates@law.uiuc.edu if you would like to get involved.

Get reacquainted with friends, faculty and reminisce about the good old days at the College of Law. On Friday, November 16, 2007 come to The Peninsula Chicago located at 108 East Superior Street (at North Michigan Avenue) in Chicago, Illinois. Cocktails will be at 6 p.m., followed by dinner and program at 7 p.m. Join us in Champaign on Saturday, November 17 for the last home football game of the 2007 season of Illinois v. Northwestern. Kick-off time TBA. We have hotel rooms reserved for Friday, November 16 at The Peninsula Chicago. To reserve a room, please call 312.337.2888 and ask for the "University of Illinois College of Law Block".

 

Visit with fellow graduates of the University of Illinois College of Law Class of 1982