USD Magazine Spring 2017

School of LAW

Innovative Place

to Educate Future Leaders

The University of San Diego School of Law needs to update its technology and facilities to remain competitive in recruiting and training highly qualified students for the practice of law. The law school’s goal is to utilize technology more effectively as a teaching and learning tool in order to expand and enrich its curriculum, adapt instructional and assessment methods to the varied needs and skills of a more diverse student body and achieve efficiencies that will enable the school to control costs. New high-tech classroom will be the recognized lecture theater for the San Diego legal community

Law Goal: $31.5 Million

Capital Projects $5.5M

Funding for capital projects is needed to update law school technology and facilities to enable the law school to continue to be innovative and compete for highly qualified students.

Endowment $20.5M

Building the endowment is vital to ensure that the law school will have the resources to train future generations of lawyers and leaders. To date, the law school has raised $5 million towards this endowment goal.

Current Use $5.5M

n addition, the adoption and use of new technologies in our classes and clinics will give students the tools they will need to practice successfully in both the public and private sectors. Through capital contributions to the com- prehensive campaign, the School of Law plans a 154-seat high functioning, multi- media, large capacity classroom as part of the planned improvements for Warren Hall. The proposed new, multimedia, integrated lecture hall and special events facility will enable multiple sections of students to be taught simultaneously, streamlining valuable I

resources, as well as serve as a center to host both law school and community events. This innovative and interactive classroom and conference area will become the recognized center for USD’s School of Law and the San Diego legal community. Naming opportunities associated with this new lecture hall, conference space and other infrastructure improvements will enable generous benefactors to be recognized for their support in enhancing the legacy of USD’s School of Law and enabling the law school to continue to be a leader in innovative legal education.

Given the law school’s pressing financial needs, especially to increase scholarship support, raising funding for current use has been a top priority and the law school has successfully raised $17 million to date. In addition to supporting scholar- ships, current use gifts support academic programs, centers and institutes, innovative teaching and research and the Fund for Excellence.

The School of Law has raised $22 million of its goal.

Leading Change: The Campaign for USD | Spring 2017