Office of Development
Excellence in Legal Education, the Tradition
Continues…St. John's University School of Law opened its doors
on September 28, 1925. Founded 55 years after the opening of the
University by the Vincentian community, the School of Law provides
students with unparalleled preparation for success in the practice
of law.
Through a dedicated and supportive faculty and an energetic
learning environment, the Law School prepares students to analyze
the law critically and practice it passionately. The
continued growth and advancement of the School of Law depends upon
the support of alumni, friends, corporations and foundations.
Gifts, either restricted or unrestricted, for scholarship, capital
expansion, technology, endowment or research are an investment in
the School of Law's future.
The Annual Giving Campaign
Your gift counts! Your gift makes a difference!
Gifts to the School of Law Annual Campaign support:
Student Financial Aid
Scholarship funds assist academically superior students who do not
have the resources to afford a St. John's education. Scholarship
assistance also keeps the Law School competitive with other law
schools in offering financial aid to our best applicants.
Academic Enhancement
It is important to enrich the academic character of the Law School
and to create an environment of stimulating intellectual exchange.
Funds are needed for support of visiting guest speakers, practicing
attorneys, judges and government officials to participate in the
presentation of courses and other academic symposia.
Technology
Students and faculty require access to leading technology to
promote on-line study and to take advantage of research resources
such as Lexis, Nexis and Westlaw.
Library
The Rittenberg Law Library must continue building its outstanding
collection to support new areas of legal specialization.
Giving Opportunities
- Gifts of Cash/Credit Card
- Gifts of Personal and Real Property
- Gifts of Securities
- Gifts of Insurance
- Planned Gifts
- Caritable Remainder Annuity Trust
- Charitable Remainder Unitrust
- Gift Annuity Agreement
- Pooled Income Fund
- Charitable Lead Trust
- Bequests
- Mtching Gifts
You can double, triple or quadruple the value of your
contribution through your firm or company's matching gift program.
Please inquire at your firm or company, or your spouse's employer
to find out if your contribution to St. John's School of Law will
be matched or search this matching gift database online.
Gift Recognition
The Loughlin Society
The University's Loughlin
Society recognizes leadership gifts of $1,000 or more to the
Law School. The support to the Law School by members of the
Loughlin Society is crucial to St. John's success as a
distinguished University. Membership to the Loughlin Society,
founded in 1990, has grown steadily each year. Members receive
special recognition in the Honor Roll of Donors and are invited to
an annual reception. Society members receive regular communications
from the President, Dean of the School of Law and other University
officials as well as invitations to special events.
The Society is open to all St. John's University alumni, parents
and friends who make contributions totaling $1,000 or more between
June 1 and May 31. Matching gifts are applied toward membership.
You may choose from five levels of the Loughlin Society
support:
Benefactor's Council $25,000 and above
Trustees' Circle $10,000 – $24,999
President's Cabinet $5,000 – $9,999
University Fellow $2,500 – $4,999
President's Club $1,000 – $2,499
Other Levels of Recognition:
Dean's Circle $500 – $999
Century Patron $250 – $499
Century Club $100 – $249
Supporter under $99
The McCallen Society
The McCallen Society was founded in 1998 to recognize donors who
have planned gifts to the University. Benefactors who have included
the Law School in their estate planning are members of the McCallen
Society.
Law Firm Solicitation
Program
In order to increase alumni participation in the Annual Giving
Campaign, the Law Firm Solicitation Program seeks to involve
selected major law firms within the metropolitan area with at least
five St. John's Law graduates.
Firm representatives meet annually with the Dean of the Law
School to review the program and analyze the solicitation
efforts.
Listed below are the firms who have representatives already
committed to the program:
- Ahmuty, Demers and McManus
- Bond Schoeneck and King
- Cadwalader, Wickersham and Taft
- Cahill, Gordon and Reindel
- Certilman Balin Adler and Hyman
- Chadbourne and Parke
- Chesney and Murphy
- Cullen and Dykman Bleakley Platt
- Epstein Baker and Green
- Farrell Fritz
- Fulbright and Jaworski
- Holland and Knight
- Katten Muchin Rosenman
- Kaye Scholer
- Kramer, Levin, Naftalis and Frankel
- Lewis Johs Avallone Aviles
- Mendes & Mount
- Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
- Nixon Peabody
- Paul Hastings
- Rivkin, Radler
- Schulte, Roth, Zabel
- Shaub, Ahmuty, Citrin & Spratt
- Sidley Austin Brown & Wood
- Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
- Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker
- Thacher, Proffitt & Wood
- Thelen, Reid & Priest
- Willkie, Farr & Gallagher
- Wilson & Strawn
Support Alma Mater
The School of Law is challenged by rapidly increasing costs and
keen competition for qualified students from nine other law schools
in the metropolitan area. The reputation of St. John’s
University School of Law continues to grow as it develops new
programs, hires outstanding faculty, establishes more clinics,
hosts Moot Court competitions and acquires necessary technology to
support legal services.
In order to maintain the academic integrity and excellence for
others who aspire to the success of its alumni, you are invited to
support the School of Law.
Make a Gift
If you wish to make a
gift or have any questions, please contact:
George Richardson
Executive Director of Alumni Relations and Development
(718) 990-5792
richardg@stjohns.edu
If you would like to make a gift online please click the link
below:
http://www.stjohns.edu/alumni/giving