The University of British Columbia

Report on Giving

January, 2012

This past year has been an especially exciting year for UBC Law. Allard Hall, the first purpose-built, all-new building for a Canadian law school in 30 years, opened its doors this past September. Thanks to you, our alumni and friends, we have raised nearly $35 million towards the new building.

The success of our fundraising campaign would not have been possible without The Law Foundation of British Columbia and their generous commitment to two separate matching fund grants totaling $12 million for the building campaign. Major gifts by leading law firms and graduates, along with hundreds of contributions from alumni and friends of the law school, allowed us to reach our fundraising goal of $24 million.

In July, 2011 UBC Law received an $11.86 million gift from law alumnus Peter A. Allard to support the Faculty's new building, establish an international prize that supports freedom, integrity and human rights, and create an online historical faculty archive. The gift is the single largest donation to the Faculty and one of the largest donations ever to a Canadian law school. In honour of Mr. Allard's generosity, the university named its new law building Allard Hall.

Over the past year, a significant portion of donations were directed to the building campaign. Additional areas that benefited from donor support include student financial aid, faculty research and other priority programs.

Here are a few examples of how your donations impacted the Faculty last year:

• The Faculty established its first full-tuition scholarship supported by a law firm
• An annual award to recognize leadership in feminist legal issues was created, making it the largest award available for an individual UBC Law JD student
• The Beverley McLachlin Legal Access Award was established to support UBC Law students who choose articling positions in rural and Aboriginal communities, in smaller urban centres, or in public interest or social justice organizations
• A UBC Research Abroad Travel Grant program was established to provide two annual grants over the next five years to JD students conducting international research.

Start an Evolution

In October, 2011 UBC launched its most significant fundraising and alumni engagement campaign in Canadian history. Before it is completed, an additional $1.5 billion dollars will be available to accomplish meaningful changes from and through UBC. UBC Law completed the first leg of the campaign by raising nearly $35 million for the new law school building. With the completion of the building campaign, we are working to secure investments in student scholarships, faculty positions, and programs and activities that will fulfill the promise of the inspiring facilities we now have for teaching, research and community outreach.

We thank you for your tremendous support and we look forward to another rewarding year at UBC Law.

Kari Streelasky
Assistant Dean, External Relations

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