Gift Recognition
We are profoundly grateful for the donations of time, talent, and treasure from our alumni and friends.
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 & Awards
73 Scholars Endowed Scholarship
83 Scholars Endowed Scholarship
A.J. Harno Scholarships
Alan & Jean Metz Memorial Scholarship
Alice M. Chellberg Scholarship
Aloysius T. Stonitsch Scholarship for Law in Memory of Judith Cherven
Alvin & Ann Baum Public Interest in Law Scholarship
Anna Lou Johnston Roth Scholarship
Anthony J. Augustine, Jr., Scholarship in Law
Anthony Stonitsch Memorial Scholarship in Law
Bayko/Brown Scholarship
Black Law Students Association Alumni Scholarship
Bonita Matthews Whitlock Scholarship
Brian T. Henry Current Use Scholarship
Carl L. Vacketta Scholarship in Law
Charles A. and Dianne Blixt Scholarship in Law
Classes of 1954 and 1955 Reunion Scholarship
Class of 1960 Scholarship
Class of 1965 Scholarship Fund
Class of 1967 Scholarship
Class of 1982 Scholarship
Class of 1992 Scholarship
Class of 1996 Public Interest Endowed Student Award
College of Law Board of Visitors Student Scholarships
College of Law Endowed Scholarship
Daniel I. Schlessinger Current Use Scholarship Fund
David Schulman Student Engagement Award
David Allen Larson and Patricia Pierman Scholarship
David C. Baum Memorial Scholarship in Law
Dean V. Oral Advocacy Award
Delmer R. Mitchell Scholarship
Donald M. & Betty J. Lasser Scholarship
Dr. Arjun P. Aggarwal International Student Award
Dr. Paul M. Lisnek Excellence in Trial Advocacy Awards
Dr. Paul Rosenberg & Dr. Karen Altay-Rosenberg Scholarship in Law
Edwin V. Champion Scholarship
Ellen Daar Kerschner Memorial Scholarship
Ester Anderson Gaffert Scholarship
European Alumni Scholarship
Frank A. and Catherine A. Reichelderfer Scholarship
H.H. Harris Foundation Charles H. Hough Award
Hall Prangle Schoonveld Scholarship in Law
Harold E. & Dorothy Johnson Sortor Scholarship
Hiram W. Belnap Scholarship in Law
Ira J. Krakower Law Scholarship
Irving S. Fishman Scholarship in Law
J. Nelson Young Scholarship Fund
Jack A. Grohne Memorial Scholarship
James D. & Pauline Montgomery College of Law Scholarship
James O. and Gertrude R. Monroe Scholarship
Jason E. Bellows Memorial Current Use Scholarship
Jean Manning Law Scholarship
John J. Bresee Memorial Scholarship
John G. Stifler Memorial Law Scholarship
John H. Rapp Scholarship in Law
John T. Pierce, Jr. Scholarship Fund
Joseph W. Rickert, Rickert Awards for Excellence
Judge Gale A. Mathers Scholarship
June E. Michael and John D. Colombo Scholarships in Law
Kimball and Karen Anderson Scholarship in Law
Korman Scholarship
Larry Travis Bushong Student Award
Latina/o Law Students Association Scholarship Fund
Law Alumni Board Current Use Scholarship
Law Equal Opportunity Fellowship
Leonard P. Lewicki Scholarship in Law
Lewis and Jean Greenblatt Scholarship
Lewis and Jean Greenblatt Scholarship for Current Use
Lott R. Herrick Scholarship
Luan M. and Richard K. Smith Current Use Scholarship
Madison County Bar Association Scholarship
Mark Goldenberg Current Use Scholarship
Mark Goldenberg Scholarship
Mark R. Anderson Current Use Scholarship
Marvin D. Graves Memorial Scholarship in Law
Marvin Novick Scholarship in Law
Meyer Capel Scholarship
Michael A. and Joan G. Monts Scholarship in Law
Michael A. Monts Family Scholarship
Michael A. Massing Memorial Scholarship
Michael I. Brown Current Use Scholarship
Michael L. Tipsord Scholarship
Michael M. Tarnow Current Use Scholarship
Morse Family Scholarship
Nancy J. Brown Current Use Scholarship
Neal Gerber & Eisenberg Law Review Writing Award
Patrick and Alyson Nash Scholarship
Paul B. and Virginia L. Uhlenhop/M.R. Bauer Scholarship
Pravin Rao Current Use Scholarship
Prosecutorial Fellows Program
Ralph Lesemann Memorial Scholarship in Law
Robert A. & Marla K. Benziger Scholarship
Robert E. and Jane C. Ferris Scholarship
Robert H. Clements Scholarship
Roger A. Clark Scholarship
Rubin & Lillian Cohn Scholarship
Sandra Brown Sherman Current Use Scholarship
Stuart M. Mamer Scholarship 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
The Nekritz Family Scholarship in Law
Thomas M. Deany Current Use Scholarship
Tom Bearrows Scholarship
W.W. Blair Memorial Scholarship in Law
Walter Bartle Smith Memorial Scholarship
Ward F. McDonald Scholarship in Law
Wayne R. & Loretta LaFave Scholarship
Wayne B. Flanigan Memorial Scholarship
William H. and Franklin M. Hartzell, Sr. Scholarship Fund
William Van Hagey Scholarship in Law
Wippman Family Current Use 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 LawProfessorships
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 LawFaculty 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 student and colleagues, not only because of the excellence of his teaching, scholarship, and public service, but 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 at 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.