During a law student’s three years at the Iowa College of Law, many of the classes, programs and projects are partially or totally supported by private gifts and grants from alumni and friends. In 2004, the Iowa Law School Foundation raised $2.45 million in outright gifts to benefit the College of Law.

The Iowa Law School Foundation was created in 1952 by the 1952 graduating class for the purposes of promoting close relations between the college and its alumni and attracting gifts for scholarships and other projects to benefit the college. Adhering to the tradition established by the Class of 1952, each graduating class selects a senior class gift to fund and then solicits funds from its classmates for the ultimate benefit of the law school.

The foundation provides significant funding for student scholarships, loans and research assistantships; guest speakers; student orientation activities; the Legal Clinic; Moot Court, Trial Advocacy and Client Counseling programs; the Journal of Corporation Law; the Iowa Law Review; the Journal of Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems; and the Journal of Gender, Race, and Justice; and the Iowa Advocate (the law school’s alumni magazine). In order to support these programs and activities, the foundation actively seeks contributions from more than 8,700 alumni of the College of Law. At the end of 2004, the foundation’s assets were at nearly $60 million and distribution from the foundation provided nearly 15 percent of the operating budget for the College of Law.

The foundation board of directors consists of 34 members who direct the business of the foundation: three are members of the law college student body; three are members of the faculty; one is the law college dean; and the remaining 27 are alumni of the Iowa College of Law, one being from the founding class of 1952.

For more information about the Iowa Law School Foundation, please see its Web Site.