Columbus School of Law

 Supporting CUA Law

General Support for CUA Law

Law School Annual Fund:

The Law School Annual Fund is our foundation of scholarship support, providing financial resources that are utilized immediately for our students. Your unrestricted gift will be of particular impact in funding competitive annual scholarships for current and incoming students.

The following specific endowed scholarship funds are also a part of the Annual Fund. You may designate your Annual Fund gift to one of these restricted funds through the following links:

Students In Public Interest Law Fund (SPIL):

Your gift to SPIL will fund stipends granted to selected students who choose to spend their summer working in an unpaid public interest internship.

Securities Program Scholarship:

This scholarship is designed to encourage the participation in and the attainment of excellence in our nationally recognized Securities Law Program. An annual grant will be made to the third year student, in the Securities Law Program, who either achieved the best grades in the program or who achieved the best personal advancement in grades between the first and second year.

Albert A. Carretta Scholarship Fund:

Your gift will build the endowment for this scholarship, which provides an annual scholarship for a first-year evening student. Recipients are chosen for high academic achievement and financial need.

Class of 1978 Scholarship Fund:

Your gift will help build an endowed scholarship in honor of the Class of 1978 to commemorate it's 30^th reunion. This fund will provide annual scholarships to selected law students.

Michael "Scott" Billingsley '97 Memorial Scholarship Fund:

Your gift will help build an endowed scholarship in memory of Scott Billingsley '97 that will provide financial assistance to CUA Law students.

Dean's Scholarship Fund:

Your gift to the Dean's Scholarship Fund will provide monies to be awarded to current law students at the discretion of Dean Miles.

Patrick J. and Mary A. Donohue Scholarship Fund:

The Patrick J. and Mary A. Donohue Scholarship Fund was established in 2007 in memory of Patrick Joseph and Mary Ackerman Donohue, by their grandchildren, to assist deserving young law students. The scholarship is limited to the children of parents who have lost their lives or been injured in military service to the United States or in the line of duty as a law enforcement officer.

Evening Law Student Scholarship Fund:

The Evening Law Student Scholarship Fund was established in 2010 to assist deserving law students in the evening division. One student from the second year, third year, and fourth year evening divisions will be selected by a committee of evening alumni. Selection is based on students being employed full-time, involvement in the law school community, legal related activities outside the law school, and academic performance.

Steven P. Frankino Scholarship Fund:

Your gift will help build an endowed scholarship in memory of former dean and professor Steven Frankino, which will provide scholarships to selected Latino students.

John Fanning Fund for Labor Studies:

Your gift will support this fund, named for John Fanning, which provides financial aid to outstanding 2^nd and 3^rd year labor law students.

The Nell Hennessy Employee Benefits Scholar:

The purpose of the Award is to recognize an outstanding Catholic University Law School student who has demonstrated interest, involvement, and excellence in the area of employee benefits. The Nell Hennessy Award provides a $1,500 scholarship.

Arthur John Keeffe Memorial Scholarship Endowment:

Your gift will build the endowment for the scholarship in memory of long-time CUA Law professor, Arthur John Keeffe. Awards are made annually to a student focusing his or her law studies in the area of financial services.

Urban A. Lester Scholarship Fund:

Your gift will help build an endowed scholarship in memory of Urban A. Lester, a long-time CUA Law professor, which will provide financial assistance to selected CUA Law students.

David J. Martin Endowed Scholarship:

Your gift will help build the endowment for this scholarship named for David J. Martin '62, which provides scholarships for selected CUA Law students.

Vernon X. Miller Scholarship Fund:

Your gift will build the endowment for the scholarship in memory of Vernon X. Miller, long-time CUA Law dean and professor. Scholarship recipients are chosen for high academic achievement after their first or second years.

Charles and Louise O'Brien Endowed Scholarship Fund:

This scholarship is awarded, on a competitive basis, to one or more incoming students who, through an essay, articulate their commitment to apply and adhere to a particular religious perspective through legal studies and a legal career. The essay is intended to support the applicant's commitment and adherence through reflections on participation in religious activities, service to others - particularly those most in need, and other relevant engagements. Religious perspectives from all faith traditions are welcome.

Ralph J. Rohner Scholarship Fund:

Your gift will build the endowment for this scholarship named for former dean and current professor, Ralph J. Rohner, which provides scholarships for CUA Law students.

Eric D. Weissman '94 Endowed Scholarship Fund:

Your gift will build the endowment for this scholarship, named in memory of Eric Weissman '94, which provides summer stipends for students working in public interest positions.

Harvey L. Zuckman Scholarship Fund:

Your gift will help build an endowed scholarship in honor of retired professor Harvey Zuckman, founder and long-time director of the Institute for Communications Law Studies. Awards will be made annually to students interested in communications law.
 

Law School Clinic, Institutes, Special Programs, Journal and Projects

Columbus Community Legal Services Fund:

A pioneer in clinical education with programs dating back over 30 years, CUA's well-established clinical programs draw on a rich history, while preparing students for law practice in the 21st Century. The clinical curriculum offers eight programs that provide a variety of clinical experiences suited to most students' personal learning objectives. Your gift will provide needed funds to support these top-ranked clinical programs.

CUA-Haiti Initiatives

Haiti Initiatives is a project of the Office of Law & Social Justice Initiatives to support social justice projects in Haiti by the Columbus School of Law. Current projects include assistance to the Catholic Law School of Jeremie to establish a Criminal Justice Clinic, a Street Law Program, and a mentorship program for public interest law students. Your gift to CUA-Haiti Initiatives will provide needed funds to make a significant contribution to establishing the rule of law in Haiti and assisting the Haitian people in creating their own durable institutions for sustainable development and social justice in the region.

Innocence Project Clinic:

The newest of CUA’s legal clinics, the Innocence Project Clinic re-investigates the cases of inmates serving long prison sentences for crimes of which they may be factually innocent. The clinic is one of a handful of law school innocence projects throughout the country which have been responsible for securing many of the over 320 exonerations to date. Your gift will assist the clinic with much-needed resources for investigations costs and DNA testing of biological evidence when needed.

The Campaign for Inclusive Excellence, the law school's diversity scholarship initiative

The Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America has a long and admirable tradition of including a student body, faculty and staff of diverse backgrounds. In consideration of our rich history, it now falls upon us as the stewards of this great institution of legal education to continue the tradition of excellence set by our predecessors.

To increase our ability to recruit, retain and graduate the best and brightest students of diverse backgrounds, we must increase the level of scholarship support that we can offer to prospective and current students.

Please help by contributing to the current-use diversity fund that could help someone – today.

Our tradition of leadership as a law school where all qualified applicants are welcome did not come about by accident. Our success in this area was by design, a design that must be continued by us.

Interdisciplinary Program in Law and Religion:

The Interdisciplinary Program in Law and Religion was created to provide a forum for study, research and public discussion of issues arising at the nexus of law and religion. These include questions of the separation of Church and state, public and private morality, and the relationship of concerns of the institutional Church to establish legal norms. Your gift will support the activities of this program and provide opportunities for students interested in studying topics at the intersection of law and religion.

Institute for Communications Law Studies:

Founded nearly 25 years ago, the Institute for Communications Law Studies offers more courses in communications law than any other American law school and provides invaluable externships found only in the Washington, D.C., area. Your gift will support the activities of the Institute and will help prepare students for practice in the field of communications law.

Comparative and International Law Institute:

The Comparative and International Law Institute (CILI) is a certificate program designed to give students the opportunity to pursue a concentration of courses in the public and private areas of international law. Your gift will support the activities of the Institute and will help prepare students for practice in the field of international law.

Law and Public Policy Program:

The Law and Public Policy program (LPP), established in 1984, is an academic enrichment program for students interested in careers in public law, public interest law, or public policy development. Your gift will support the activities of the Program and help provide students interested in public service with advice and educational opportunities that assist them in developing careers in which they can participate in making or implementation of law and policy.

Securities and Corporate Law Program:

One of the most successful certificate-granting law programs in the nation's capital, the Securities and Corporate Law Program is a multi-layered discipline of courses and externships designed to prepare students to be professional and well-rounded practitioners. Your gift will support the activities of the Program and will help prepare students for practice in the fields of corporate or securities law.

The Catholic Law Review Fund:

The Catholic University Law Review is a scholarly journal that examines problems of current legal concern. Published quarterly, it provides its members with intensive training in legal research and writing and publishes significant student work. A student staff edits and manages the publication. Your gift will provide needed funds to support the production and distribution of this scholarly journal.

Law Review Winter Symposium:

Your gift will directly support the cost of organizing and presenting the Catholic University Law Review’s Annual Winter Symposium. Invited panelists are drawn from various government agencies, trade associations and private industry. This year’s symposium is entitled "Immigration and National Security: Material Support and the War on Terror" and is scheduled for January 29, 2010.

Communications Law Journal Fund:

The CommLaw Conspectus is a student-edited, scholarly law journal devoted to communications law and policy issues. The Conspectus serves the communications law community by presenting major developments that occur in the publication year in the areas of cable television, broadcasting, international communications, private radio, telecommunications, First Amendment law, copyright, and antitrust. Your gift will provide needed funds to support the production and distribution of this scholarly journal.

Health Law Journal Fund:

The Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy is a professional legal periodical that focuses on a comprehensive range of health-related issues. Articles, notes, comments, and book reviews traditionally cover areas associated with modern health care, bioethics, environmental law, and medical practice. Published annually, the Journal exposes student editors and staff to the substantive areas of health law and provides an excellent opportunity to develop advanced legal writing, research and editing skills.

Your gift will provide needed funds to support the production and distribution of this scholarly journal.

Law School Moot Court Fund:

One of the largest participatory student groups, the Moot Court Association is composed of students who share strong interests in oral and written advocacy training. Our moot court program offers participants many opportunities to prepare and conduct full-length trials including several national and international interschool competitions. Your gift will support our moot court activities and competitions.

Vis Arbitration Moot Court Program:

The Vis Arbitration Moot is primarily an educational program, packaged as an annual competition and intended to stimulate the study of international commercial law. It encourages participants to understand international commercial law in the light of different legal systems and to develop an expertise in advocating a position before an arbitral panel composed of arbitrators from different legal systems. Your gift will provide funds to support our team of students participating in world's most prestigious arbitration moot court competitions, the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, which takes place annually in Vienna, Austria.