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Support Colorado Law's Continued Excellence

Over the past two decades, state funding for the University of Colorado has dwindled to around four percent of CU's expenses. To continue Colorado Law's tradition of excellence, keep the financial burden on students as low as possible, and pursue our strategic objectives, we need help from our alumni and friends.

Colorado Law has more than 300 gift funds to which individuals can direct their support. You can review a list of our most supported funds in the or email us at law.advancement@colorado.edu for information on specific funds. The Colorado Law Dean's Fund is a discretionary fund that allows the Dean to direct funds to areas of strategic importance or highest need. Gifts to the Dean's Fund provide the most flexibility to Colorado Law.

Colorado Law's Strategic Fundraising Priorities

Colorado Law will elevate legal education and build on its tradition of excellence and innovation, while making a positive impact on humanity locally and globally. Specifically, Colorado Law’s priorities are to:

• build on its strength and reputation by retaining and attracting faculty with national or international reputations for excellence and by providing support for cutting-edge programming;
• broaden access to law school financially and develop leaders who reflect and understand the complex and diverse perspectives of today’s society; and,
• connect legal education globally and advance academic programming that draws on international connections, prepares students to practice in a global society, and animates learning with an international scope.

Broadening Access

Given the steep rise in law school tuition, we need to ensure that the opportunity for a legal education is broadly accessible, regardless of social or economic background. In addition, Colorado Law has a responsibility to produce and shape tomorrow’s leaders and, to do so, we must develop students who reflect and understand the complex and diverse perspectives of today’s society. To meet this goal, Colorado Law needs support for scholarships, public service fellowships, loan repayment assistance, and its innovative Leaders in Law and Community Fellowship Program, which transforms the way we think about diversity and cultivating leadership by recruiting students from backgrounds that are underrepresented in law schools and in the legal profession and maximizing the odds that these students reach their potential.

Support Leaders in Law and Community

Support Scholarships

Support Public Service Fellowships

Support Loan Repayment and Assistance

Support Diversity and Inclusive Excellence

Support Student Emergency Needs

Connecting Globally

The interconnectedness of the world affects all lawyers—even those who will never practice outside the United States. In today’s world of transborder connections, virtually no area of law is devoid of a global dimension. In order to continue as a nationally-recognized innovator and leader in the changing legal landscape, Colorado Law must add to its International Law program and advance academic programming that draws on international connections and prepares its students to practice in a global society. We will continue to respect and reflect our Colorado environs, while providing a high-quality legal education that is both locally rooted and globally engaged. By exploring transnational connections, we will promote a cross-cultural understanding of diverse societies and legal systems, while animating learning with an international scope.

Support Global Initiatives

Support International Public Service Fellowships

Building on Excellence

Colorado Law is a top law school, and we aim to not only maintain but also elevate its strengths as an institution that contributes positively to humanity. Key to our strengths and reputation are the quality of the education we provide and the quality of the research and programming we advance to drive legal, social, and entrepreneurial innovation. Maintaining and developing these strengths depends on retaining and attracting faculty members who have, or with the potential to have, national or international reputations for excellence, and on providing them and associated staff with the means to build academic programming geared toward student success, maximizing career opportunities, and addressing the challenges of the 21^st century.

Support Faculty Excellence

Ways to Give

• Online: Use our to give a one-time gift or set up an automatic recurring donation.
• Mail: Send checks, made payable to the “CU Foundation” to:

University of Colorado Foundation
Attn: Gift Processing
P.O. Box 17126
Denver, CO 80217-9155

• Securities and Electronic Transfers: Gifts of appreciated stock, bonds, and mutual funds are easy to arrange and often enable donors to take advantage of tax benefits. . Further details and electronic transfer instructions will be sent to you upon submitting the form. Contact CU Foundation Gift Management at gifts@cufund.org or 303-541-1290 with questions. Please consult your advisors for tax and legal advice.
• Planned Gifts: Please consider leaving a legacy gift to Colorado Law through your will or estate plans. Learn how to include Colorado Law in your estate plans or contact one of our planned giving officers to discuss how you can leave a legacy gift to Colorado Law.

If you have any questions about making a gift to Colorado Law, please contact the Colorado Law advancement team:

Robert Garelick
Assistant Dean for Advancement
(303) 735-5845
robert.garelick@colorado.edu

Jeremy Jones
Director of Development
(303) 735-8463
jeremy.jones-1@colorado.edu

Georgette Vigil
Senior Director of Alumni Engagement and Donor Relations
(303) 492-6678
georgette.vigil@colorado.edu

Lisa Parks
Program Manager for Stewardship and Donor Relations
(303) 492-0360
lisa.parks@colorado.edu

For more general inquiries, please email law.advancement@colorado.edu.

The manages gift and endowment accounts for the University of Colorado, including Colorado Law. You will receive an acknowledgment of all gifts for tax purposes from the CU Foundation.

Giving Societies

Giving Societies honor and thank alumni and friends who advance the law school’s mission through generous financial support to the Colorado Law Dean's Fund for Excellence during a fiscal year (July 1-June 30). Consider joining the Colorado Law Giving Societies with your gift of $1,500 or more to the Colorado Law Dean's Fund for Excellence.

Dean’s Club ($1,500-$2,499)

• Annual recognition at Alumni Awards Banquet 
• Dean’s annual impact report

Dean’s Circle ($2,500–4,999)

• All the above benefits, plus
• Invitations to special events
• Complimentary CLEs

Dean’s Cabinet&�Բ�����;($5,000–9,999)

• All the above benefits, plus
• Dinner with the dean

Ira C. Rothgerber Jr. Society ($10,000 and up) 

• All of the above benefits, plus
• Opportunity for one-on-one meeting with the dean
• Exclusive opportunities to meet with students, faculty, and special guests

. For more information contact law.advancement@colorado.edu.

Giving takes many forms, and we encourage giving society members to take advantage of the following options to make giving work for you.

• Set up a recurring monthly, quarterly, or annual credit card payment.
• Utilize your employer gift matching program.
• Give through a Donor Advised Fund or foundation.
• Make a tax-wise investment of appreciated securities or other assets.
• Direct a charitable distribution from a retirement account.

Heritage Society

The Heritage Society honors alumni and friends who have made provisions for Colorado Law in their wills, trusts, retirement plans, or other deferred gift arrangements. While you may remain anonymous if you prefer, we are pleased to be able to acknowledge the benefactors who fuel the law school’s future. For more information on how to become a Heritage Society member or if you have already included Colorado Law in your estate plans, please contact Robert Garelick (Assistant Dean for Advancement) at robert.garelick@colorado.edu / 303-735-5845 or Jeremy Jones (Director of Development) at jeremy.jones-1@colorado.edu / 303-735-8463.