Recent gifts to Faculty of Law total more than $4.7-million
McGill’s Faculty of Law has received more than $4.7-million in philanthropic gifts since the beginning of September, just as the University enters the 2nd year of Campaign McGill: History in the Making. This means the Faculty has raised more than $17-million since McGill launched its largest-ever fundraising drive in October 2007 – nearly half-way toward its goal of $35,130,000. Dean of Law Nicholas Kasirer says he is extremely thankful to all of the individuals and foundations that have donated to the Faculty in recent months, and throughout Campaign McGill.
“We have always relied on the generosity of our loyal alumni and friends, but in potentially difficult times it is especially critical for great institutions such as McGill’s Faculty of Law to have the resources to foster young minds,” said Kasirer. “The fact that so many alumni have stepped up gives us all the more reason to celebrate because it shows that they understand education is truly the best way to invest in our future.”
Some of the recent gifts to the Faculty of Law
- $3 million from aluminium giant Rio Tinto Alcan to create the L. Yves Fortier Chair in International Arbitration and International Commercial Law
- $800,000 to create the Erin J.C. Arsenault Fellowship in Space Governance
- $250,000 from L. Yves Fortier to establish an entrance scholarship and endowed support for the Brierley Memorial Lectures
- $125,000 from the Nussia & André Aisenstadt Foundation to support human rights research
- $100,000 from Teruko Sekiguchi to establish The Professor Masao Sekiguchi Fellowship in Air and Space Law
- $65,000 from the Faculty of Law Class of ’58 and the family of former law professor and Supreme Court judge Gerald Le Dain, to establish the Gerald Le Dain fund in Constitutional Law supporting student activities
- $25,000 from Calgary-based lawyer and McGill law grad Bryan Haynes to enable students from outside Quebec to work at the Quebec Research Centre of Private & Comparative Law
About Campaign McGill
Campaign McGill: History in the Making was publicly launched in October 2007, and will run until the end of 2012. Its $750 million goal was the largest starting goal in the history of Canadian university fundraising drives.
For more information on Campaign McGill, visit the Campaign McGill web site.
For more information on giving to the Faculty of Law, visit the Supporting the Faculty web page.