Newark, NJ – Seton Hall University School of Law will celebrate the official launch of its $25 million Seton Hall Law Rising capital campaign on Saturday, Oct. 13, at the Hyatt Regency in Jersey City.

The launch takes place with more than half of the $25 million pledged during the quiet phase. Funds raised through the campaign will support need-based and merit-based scholarships, address the demand for improved educational facilities and technology, allow for the expansion of academic programs, increase support for faculty scholarship, and grow the law school’s endowment.

“Today Seton Hall Law is a highly respected institution. Talented students from around the nation come here to earn their law degree. Our alumni hold prestigious positions on federal and state benches, in top law firms and at major corporations, and our faculty members are respected scholars and sought-after experts in their fields,” said Dean Patrick E. Hobbs. “Through this campaign, Seton Hall Law not only can retain but improve its position as a top law school.”

The campaign goals are the result of a strategic planning process undertaken by the law school and its Board of Visitors. That process found that by almost every objective measure Seton Hall Law is a highly successful law school, gaining increased recognition for excellence. The process identified the law school’s challenges, as well, including the need to grow the law school endowment to strengthen student scholarship and faculty support programs; enhance its facilities to accommodate the needs of an urban student population; and update its resources for its expanding trial practice and clinical programs.

“Seton Hall Law provided me with a quality legal education that has opened up tremendous opportunities. I feel I owe it so much,” said Joseph P. LaSala, ’72, campaign co-chair and partner at McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter. “By providing the resources needed for its ongoing vitality and growth, we can help to ensure Seton Hall Law remains the source for a quality legal education for generations to come.”

“Seton Hall Law gave me an opportunity to do what I wanted to do – become a lawyer,” added Patrick C. Dunican Jr., ’91, campaign co-chair and managing director of Gibbons P.C. “I’m proud to be a part of this campaign so we can continue to enhance the value of the Seton Hall Law degree and increase our reputation for academic excellence.”

To date, the campaign has raised more than $12 million. Donations received include a total $8.1 million endowment from Schering Plough, sanofi-aventis, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Johnson & Johnson for the establishment of The Center for Health & Pharmaceutical Law; a $1 million gift from Gibbons P.C. for the naming of the Gibbons Institute of Law, Science and Technology; and individual contributions for the creation of new scholarship and academic support programs.

For more information on the Seton Hall Law Rising campaign, go to www.SetonHallLawRising.com.

 

The only private law school in New Jersey, Seton Hall University School of Law was founded in 1951, and is located in the city of Newark. Seton Hall Law School offers both day and evening programs leading to the Juris Doctor (J.D.), Master of Laws (LL.M.) and Master of Science in Jurisprudence (M.S.J.) degrees. For more information on Seton Hall Law School, visit law.shu.edu.