The Greensboro Bar Association Foundation’s gift to the 鶹Ƶ Law Annual Scholarship Fund provides support for 鶹Ƶ Law students who are preparing to positively impact their clients and communities as future lawyers.
The philanthropic arm of the Greensboro Bar Association has made a gift to 鶹Ƶ Law in support of scholarships that directly support students and assist 鶹Ƶ Law in recruiting and retaining the next generation of lawyer leaders.
made its gift this spring to the 鶹Ƶ Law Annual Scholarship Fund, which has played a role in reducing student debt at graduation by nearly 30% over the past few years.
The GBA Foundation’s gift to the scholarship fund comes at a time when many considering law school are facing economic uncertainty caused by COVID-19.
“We’re thankful for the GBA’s continued support of 鶹Ƶ Law and, most importantly, our students, who will directly benefit from 鶹Ƶ Law’s Annual Scholarship Fund,” said Barbara Cini L’11, 鶹Ƶ Law’s assistant dean for development. “From 鶹Ƶ Law’s very beginnings, the GBA and its members have invested in 鶹Ƶ Law by mentoring our students, welcoming our alumni as members, and providing philanthropic support.”
The GBA Foundation has been a longtime supporter of 鶹Ƶ School of Law including past gifts in support of the school’s expansive print and digital collections and the law school’s initial construction.
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鶹Ƶ School of Law in Greensboro, North Carolina, is the preeminent school for engaged and experiential learning in law. It integrates traditional classroom instruction with highly experiential full-time residencies-in-practice in a logically sequenced program of transformational professional preparation. 鶹Ƶ Law’s groundbreaking approach is accomplished in 2.5 years, which provides distinctive value by lowering tuition and permitting graduates early entry into their professional careers.