UNB Law Campaign Raises Nearly $5.5 Million

When the University of New Brunswick’s Campaign for the Faculty of Law began more than two years ago, organizers had set an ambitious fundraising target of $1.5 million.

That target has not only been achieved, it has been surpassed almost fourfold. Nearly $5.5 million dollars has been raised for scholarships and bursaries, a new teaching and learning space, programs and services, and the law library.

“UNB’s faculty of law has more than a century of tradition and excellence,” said UNB President John McLaughlin. “It is gratifying to know that the quality of the educational experience that our graduates enjoyed while they were students has instilled a great loyalty and real desire to give back in whatever way they can. Because of their generosity, and that of so many others, our current and future students will have the same opportunity to study at ‘Canada’s great small law school’.”

To date, $1 million has been raised for scholarships and bursaries. Another $520,000 has been raised for programs and services and the faculty’s new smart classroom that will promote interactive teaching using state-of-the art technologies. In addition, Colin B. Mackay bequeathed $3.2 million to the Gerard V. La Forest Law Library.

Later this fall, the law library will receive $750,000 from the estate of Mary Louise Lynch. Dr. Lynch, a UNB law graduate, was the registrar of the law school for many years. She served on UNB’s Board of Governors for more than three decades and became its first governor emerita in 1984. The faculty will be naming its new smart classroom in her honour.

“This campaign has given us the resources we need to solidify our standing as a top national law school and provide our students with the quality programs, services, and support they need to become some of the country’s most influential decision makers and productive citizens,” Philip Bryden, dean of law. “With such a tremendous show of support from our alumni and friends of the faculty of law, I have no doubt that our law school’s reputation as a destination for talented students, faculty and staff will continue to grow.”

The Campaign for the Faculty of Law is a component of UNB’s Forging Our Futures Campaign which has raised more that $100 million in support of students, faculty, facilities and programs. Launched in 2005, Forging Our Futures is the most important development campaign in UNB’s 220 year history and the largest fundraising campaign ever in Atlantic Canada.

Pictured above from left to right are UNB President and Vice-Chancellor, Dr. John McLaughlin, Law Campaign Committee Chair, Fred McElman and UNB Law Dean, Philip Bryden.

For more information on UNB’s faculty of law or the Campaign for the Faculty of Law, contact Clea Ward at cward@unb.ca or (506) 453-4678 or visit law.unb.ca

Posted November 28, 2007 at 2:38 PM