Gift Recognition

We are profoundly grateful for the donations of time, talent, and treasure from our alumni and friends.

Former Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost Andreas Cangellaris, James Sprayregen '85, Professor Ralph Brubaker, former Dean Vikram Amar

Without your unwavering support, the College would simply not be able to deliver upon the mission of providing a first-rate legal education to its students. Listed below are all of our current named scholarships and awards, endowed professorships, endowed fellowships, and endowed lectures.

Named Scholarships and Awards

73 Scholars Endowed Scholarship
83 Scholars Endowed Scholarship
A.J. Harno Scholarship
Aidan Shea Memorial Scholarship
Alan & Jean Metz Memorial Scholarship
Alice M. Chellberg Scholarship
Aloysius T. Stonitsch Scholarship for Law in Memory of Judith Cherven
Alvin and Ann Baum Public Interest Scholarship in Law
Anthony J. Augustine, Jr., Scholarship in Law
Anthony Stonitsch Memorial Scholarship in Law
Ares G. Dalianis Current Use Scholarship
Asian Law Students Association Scholarship
Barry J. Quirke Scholarship
Betsy Clarke Scholarship
Black Law Students Association Alumni Scholarship
Bradley M. Yusim Memorial Scholarship
Carl L. Vacketta Scholarship in Law
Charles A. and Dianne Blixt Scholarship in Law
Charles F. Hough Scholarship
Classes of 1954 and 1955 50th Reunion Scholarship
Class of 1960 Scholarship
Class of 1961 Scholarship in Law
Class of 1965 Scholarship
Class of 1967 Endowed Scholarship
Class of ’82 Scholars Fund
Class of 1996 Public Interest Award
College of Law Board of Visitors Student Scholarship
College of Law Endowed Scholarship
David Schulman Student Engagement Award
David Allen Larson and Patricia Pierman Scholarship
David C. Baum Memorial Scholarship in Law
David M. Holmes Memorial Scholarship
Dean V. Oral Advocacy Award
Delmer R. Mitchell Scholarship
Donald M. & Betty J. Lasser Scholarship
Dr. Paul Rosenberg & Dr. Karen Altay-Rosenberg Scholarship in Law
Edwin V. Champion Scholarship
Ellen Daar Kerschner Memorial Scholarship
European Alumni Scholarship
Felicia Nekritz Memorial Scholarship
Frank A. and Catherine A. Reichelderfer Scholarship
H.H. Harris Foundation Scholarships
Hall Prangle Schoonveld Scholarship in Law
Hiram W. Belnap Scholarship in Law
Hirendra K. and Meena V. Roy Endowed Scholarship
Hertko Family Scholarship
Ira J. Krakower Law Scholarship
Irving S. Fishman Scholarship in Law
J. Nelson Young Scholarship
Jack A. Grohne Memorial Scholarship
James D. & Pauline Montgomery College of Law Scholarship
James O. and Gertrude R. Monroe Scholarship
Jean Manning Law Scholarship
Jenner & Block Scholarship
Jennifer M. Ellin Scholarship
John J. Bresee Memorial Scholarship
John G. Stifler Memorial Law Scholarship
John H. Rapp Scholarship in Law
John T. Pierce, Jr. Scholarships
Judge Gale A. Mathers Scholarship
June E. Michael and John D. Colombo Scholarships in Law
Korman Family Scholarship Fund
Larry Travis Bushong Student Award
Latina/o Law Students Association Scholarship
Law Alumni Board Current Use Scholarship
Law Class of 1966 40th Reunion Endowment
Law Class of 1993 Scholarship
Law Class of 1996 Endowment
Law Class of ’92 Scholarship
Law Current Use Scholarship
Law Equal Opportunity Fellowship
Leonard P. Lewicki Endowed Scholarship
Lewis and Jean Greenblatt Scholarship
Lewis and Jean Greenblatt Scholarship Fund for Current Use
Lott R. Herrick Memorial Scholarship
Luan M. and Richard K. Smith Scholarship
Madalyn Maxwell Public Interest Fellowship
Madison County Bar Association Scholarship
Mark Anderson Scholarship
Mark Goldenberg Scholarship
Mark J. Wanda Scholarship
Marvin Novick Scholarship
Merrill S. and Emma L. Thompson Endowment Scholarship
Meyer Capel Scholarship
Michael A. and Joan G. Monts Scholarship in Law
Michael A. Monts Family Scholarship
Michael A. Massing Memorial Scholarship
Michael B. and Dana Werner Law Scholarship Fund for Current Use
Michael G. Babbitt Patent Law Scholarship
Michael I. Brown Scholarship
Michael L. Tipsord Scholarship
Morse Family Scholarship
Nicole E. Wrigley Scholarship
Patrick and Alyson Nash Scholarship
Paul B. and Virginia L. Uhlenhop/M.R. Bauer Scholarship
Paul Egon Roge Scholarship
Prentice H. Marshall Scholarship
Richard D. Worsek Scholarship
Richard F. O’Malley Scholarship in Law
Richard V. Houpt 1952 Memorial Scholarship
Robert A. and Marla K. Benziger Scholarship in Law Fund
Robert E. and Jane C. Ferris Endowed Scholarship
Roger A. Clark Scholarship
Rubin and Lillian Cohn Scholarship
Senator Scott Bennett Memorial Scholarship for Government Service
Steven J. Roeder Scholarship
Stuart M. Mamer Scholarship in Law
Student Scholar Award in Law
Suzanne L. Saxman and Peter M. Labadie Scholarship
Terrance D. Paul Law Scholarship
The Honorable Harlington Wood, Jr. Scholarship
The Honorable Richard E. and Joyce M. Eagleton Scholarship in Law
Thomas J. Gordon Scholarship
Thomas M. Deany Illinois Law Scholars Fund
Tom Bayko/Roger G Brown Scholarship
Tom Bearrows Scholarship
W.W. Blair Memorial Scholarship in Law
Walter Bartle Smith Memorial Scholarship
Ward F McDonald Current Use Scholarship Fund
Ward F. McDonald Scholarship
Wayne and Loretta LaFave Scholarship
Wayne B. Flanigan Memorial Scholarship
William Busey Arnold, Judge William W. Arnold II, and Ginna Busey Arnold Scholarship
William H. Hartzell and Franklin M. Hartzell Sr. Scholarship Fund
William J. Davey Scholarship for LLM Students
William Van Hagey Scholarship in Law
Wippman Family Scholarship
Women Lead with Illinois Scholarship

Endowed Professorships

Chairs

Albert J. Harno and Edward W. Cleary Chair in Law
Swanlund Chair in Law
H. Ross & Helen Workman Chair in Law
Guy Raymond Jones Chair in Law
Charles R. Walgreen, Jr. Chair
Mildred Van Voorhis Jones Chair in Law

Professorships

Iwan Foundation Professor of Law
Carl L. Vacketta Professor of Law
Albert E. Jenner, Jr. Professor of Law
Richard W. and Marie L. Corman Professor of Law
David C. Baum Professor of Law
Peer & Sarah Pedersen Professor of Law
Max L. Rowe Professor of Law
Edwin M. Adams Professor of Law
Prentice H. Marshall Professor of Law
Alice Curtis Campbell Professor of Law
Roger and Stephany Joslin Professor of Law
James H.M. Sprayregen Professor of Law
John D. Colombo Professor of Law

Faculty Scholars

Nancy Snowden Research Scholar in Law
H. Ross & Helen Workman Research Scholar in Law
Lynn H. Murray Faculty Scholar in Law
Mildred Van Voorhis Jones Scholar in Law
Guy Raymond Jones Faculty Scholar in Law
Richard and Anne Stockton Faculty Scholar

Named Fellowships

Aundrea K. and Joe B. Gulley Fellowship in Law
Caswell Crebs Fellowship in Law
Jerome Mirza Program in Advocacy Fund
Kimball R. and Karen Gatsis Anderson Public Interest Grant Program Fund
Law Equal Opportunity Fellowships
Madalyn Maxwell Public Interest Fellowship Fund
Silvio J. Troianello Public Interest Grant Program Fund

Endowed Lectures

Ann F. Baum Memorial Elder Law Lecture

In remembrance of the life of Mrs. Ann F. Baum, a gift through her estate has endowed the Ann F. Baum Memorial Elder Law Lecture. This lecture series seeks to promote the relevant and timely discussion of broad range of issues relating to the intersection of public policy, the law, and the elderly.

Mrs. Baum was born November 11, 1922, into a poor Irish Catholic family. A life-long resident of the Chicago area, Mrs. Baum grew up with seven siblings. She and her husband, the late Alvin H. Baum, operated an investment firm in Chicago. Mr. Baum passed away in 1982, and Mrs. Baum passed away in 2005.

Mrs. Baum and her late husband were compassionate individuals who supported a broad array of charities as well as providing direct support to needy individuals. Targets of their giving included the disadvantaged, the young, the elderly, religious organizations, educational organizations, and civic organizations. Their legacy of giving and sharing is continued through the Alvin H. Baum Family Fund of which Alvin and Ann were both benefactors.

The Ann F. Baum Memorial Elder Law Lecture constitutes a fitting memorial to a woman who was deeply concerned with the rights and issues pertaining to elderly people in our society.

David C. Baum Memorial Lecture on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

The family and friends of David C. Baum endowed the David C. Baum Memorial Lecture on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights not only in his memory, but at his request.

Deep concern for the dignity and rights of all people was central to Professor Baum’s character and activities. After receiving his undergraduate and legal education at Harvard University, Professor Baum served as law clerk for Justice Walter V. Schaefer of the Illinois Supreme Court, 1959-60. He then practiced law with the Chicago firm of Ross, McGowan, Hardies and O’Keefe until he joined the faculty of the University of Illinois College of Law in 1963.

Professor Baum was an inspiration to his students and colleagues, not only because of the excellence of his teaching, scholarship, and public service, but also because of his remarkable human qualities. Conscientious and judicious, blending passion for justice with dispassionate objectivity, he inspired the highest level of discourse and endeavor in all who had the privilege of knowing and working with him.

It is hoped that the David C. Baum Memorial Lecture on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights will constitute a fitting memorial to a man whose unrelenting intellectual vigor and moral commitment made his presence in the world of law invaluable.

Vacketta-DLA Piper Lecture on the Role of Government and the Law

This series was made possible through the generosity of Carl Vacketta ’65 and DLA Piper, which has more than 4,200 lawyers in offices in Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States; and represents more clients in a broader range of geographies and practice disciplines than any other law firm in the world.

The Vacketta-DLA Piper Lecture Series is a component of The Marbury Institute, named for William L. Marbury, Jr. (1901–1988), who was instrumental in the development of the firm and devoted his career to public and community service. The Institute serves as DLA Piper’s initiative to promote the highest ideals of the legal profession.

Paul M. Van Arsdell, Jr. Memorial Lecture on Litigation and the Legal Profession

In commemoration of the life and accomplishments of Paul M. Van Arsdell, Jr., the law firm of Latham and Watkins, the Van Arsdell family, and his many friends, colleagues, and clients endowed the Paul M. Van Arsdell, Jr. Memorial Lecture on Litigation and the Legal Profession. This lecture series promotes thoughtful discussion on litigation and dispute resolution systems and the highest ethical ideals of the legal profession.

Mr. Van Arsdell received his bachelor’s degree in 1969 and master’s degree in 1971 from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. After serving as an officer in the United States Army from 1971 until 1973, he returned to the University of Illinois, where he received his law degree in 1977, earning a Rickert Award for Legal Writing and serving as managing editor of the University of Illinois Law Forum.

Following his graduation from law school, Mr. Van Arsdell clerked for Judge John Godbold of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Montgomery, Alabama. He began his practice in 1978 as an associate for the Chicago-based law firm of Hedlund, Hunter and Lynch, moving to their Los Angeles office in 1980. In 1982, the firm merged with Latham and Watkins; Mr. Van Arsdell became a partner in 1985.

Mr. Van Arsdell was an outstanding young litigator involved in consumer law and was a role model for younger attorneys. He was regarded by his colleagues as a very hard-working attorney and regularly shared his experiences and expertise with others. He became the youngest head of the firm’s finance committee, a demonstration of the firm’s deep respect for him and his work.