Annual Fund

Gifts to Miami Law’s Annual Fund help to meet the discretionary needs of the law school. No gift is too small, and every gift counts. The Annual Fund helps support:

• Student scholarships
• Curricular initiatives
• Faculty fellowships
• Clinical programs
• The overall quality of student life 

Make Your Gift Online

Designated Giving & Event Sponsorships

Scholarship or Program

To designate your gift to a scholarship or program, please specify when making your gift.

Under designation, select the area you would like to support. If the area is not listed, choose other and note your area of preference in the comment field.

Make a Designated Gift

Sponsorship Opportunities

There are a variety of sponsorship opportunities throughout the year. Firms, companies or individuals who sponsor an event receive institutional and event recognition and the opportunity for meaningful interaction with other alumni and students, thus raising your profile and deepening your engagement with the Miami Law community.

• Law Parents and Partners Welcome Reception (August)
• Law Alumni Luncheon at the Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning (January)
• Judicial Receptions (Spring semester)
• ​50th Year Class Reunion (Spring semester)
• Law Alumni Reception at the Florida Bar Convention (June)
• Young Alumni/Recent Graduate Networking Receptions (year-round)
• See upcoming alumni events
• See upcoming school of law events & conferneces 

Sponsor an Event

Named Scholarships

The School of Law is fortunate to have alumni and friends who contribute funds to assist continuing students with their law school tuition.

Donor scholarships vary in the amount awarded and are for the fall and spring semesters of the J.D. program.

LL.M. students are awarded separately at the time of admission to an LL.M. program.

To learn more about a named scholarship, contact alumni@law.miami.edu. 

• The following scholarships have been established through the generosity of alumni and friends.

  Alex R. Laster Endowed Scholarship Ann Wrenn-King Memorial Scholarship Andrew Leinoff Scholarship Armando Alejandre Endowed Scholarship Attorneys' Title Insurance Fund Endowed Scholarship The Berger/Loevner Family Endowed Scholarship Beverly Bodenstein Memorial Scholarship Bill Colson Scholarship Bilzin, Sumberg, Baena Price & Axelrod LLP Scholarship Bruce Winick Award Burton Young Scholarship C. C. Alloway Scholarship Carlton Fields Hope Fellow Scholarship Carol King Scholarship Citizen Board Law School Scholarship Claude Eichel Law Endowment Scholarship Claude M. Olds Memorial Scholarship Cobb Scholarship CABA/LAA Endowed Scholarship Fund Daniel S. Pearson Scholarship Dennis Lynch Scholarship Devang Desai Law Scholarship Edward D. Berger Scholarship Edwin Willinger Scholarship Eileen G. Breier Scholarship Ethel & Walter Beckham Scholarship Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Scholarship Francisco R. & Georgina Angones Endowed Scholarship F.W. “Mort” Guilford Endowed Scholarship Frisch family Endowed Scholarship

  Gaebe, Mullen, Antonelli & DiMatteo Endowed Scholarship Garcia Amador Scholarship Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A. Scholarship George David Gold Scholarship George N. and Diana T. Leader Scholarship George Patterson Endowed Scholarship Gerald Kogan Endowed Scholarship Gerard Ehrich Scholarship Goshgarian Law Endowed Scholarship Greenstein Family Scholarship Gregg D. Wenzel Memorial Scholarship Henry Latimer Scholarship Higgins Book Award Honorable Barbara Levenson Scholarship Honorable Theodore Klein Hugh L. Wood Endowed Scholarship Irving M. & Cecelia M. Hermann Law Scholarship J. Donald and Agnes E. Shoecraft Law Scholarship James E. Doyle Scholarship James L. Ferraro Scholarship John F. Evans Memorial Scholarship John Cyril Malloy Intellectual Property Law Endowed Memorial Scholarship Joseph Bogosian Award Joseph Isicoff, Ragatz & Koenigsberg Scholarship Joseph Weinberger Endowed Scholarship Judge Eugene P. Spellman Scholarship Judge Federico A. Moreno Endowed Scholarship Judge Harvey Ford Memorial Scholarship

  Judge Henry L. Balaban Endowed Memorial Scholarship Fund Judge Maxine Cohen Lando Endowed Scholarship Judge Sidney M. Aronovitz Endowed Scholarship Judy Fried Hyman Scholarship Judy Proller Endowed Scholarship Fund Kapila Family Foundation Scholarship Karl N. Llewellyn Endowed Scholarship Kenny, Nachwalter, P.A. Scholarship Fund Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine PL Scholarship Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton Scholarship LAA Board Scholarship Law Alumni Scholarship Lawrence B. Rodgers-M. Minnette Massey Scholarship Leonore Carrero Nesbitt Scholarship for Public Service Lewis Tein Scholarship Linda Dakis JD '74 Memorial Scholarship Litigation Skllls Faculty Donor Scholarship Louis Phillips Scholarship Lydia and Burton Harrison Scholarship Marco A. Vazquez Memorial Scholarship Mariel Melissa Saunderson (Smith) Spencer Scholarship Marion E. Sibley Scholarship Martin Fine Scholarship Martin J. Nash Memorial Scholarship Fund Mary T. Hennessy Scholarship Mitchell R. Bloomberg Endowed Scholarship Morris Law Fund Scholarship Nicole Kleban Scholarship Patricia Redmond Scholarship

  Paul B. Anton Scholarship Paul Dee Memorial Endowed Scholarship Paul R. Gordon Scholarship Paul, Landy, Beiley & Harper Scholarship Philip E. Heckerling Scholarship Fund Podhurst, Orsek Scholarship Priscilla Jewett Schneller Scholarship Rafael C. Benitez Scholarship Fund Rev. Tryfon and Presbytera Eleni  Theophilopoulos Scholarship Fund Richard A. Hausler Scholarship Richard L. Lapidus Endowed Memorial Scholarship Robert H. Waters Memorial Scholarship Fund Ronkin Family Scholarship Stearns Weaver/Shapiro Scholarship Stearns Weaver/Weissler Scholarship Stephen Arky Scholarship Stephen M. Brodsky Memorial Scholarship Tax Section of the Florida Bar Tripp Scott  J.D. Scholarship Tax Section of the Florida Bar LL. M. Scholarship Thomas E. and Dorothy Bartsche McDougall Scholarship Vazquez-Bello Scholarship Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Endowed Scholarship Fund Wesley Alba Sturges Scholarship White & Case  International Arbitration Program Scholarship Young ICCA Scholarship Zarco Scholarship Zbar Memorial Scholarship

Reunion Giving

Class Reunions offer all alumni an opportunity to celebrate the common bond they share with each other and Miami Law.

If you are celebrating a Reunion year, please consider making a gift to the Annual Fund in support of student scholarships, curricular initiatives, faculty fellowships, clinical programs, and the overall quality of student life. No gift is too small, and every gift counts towards your class giving percentage participation.

Make a Gift in Honor of Your Reunion

Endowed Funds

An endowment is a permanent fund supporting a purpose of your choosing. Depending on an individual passion or interest, the endowment, which provides funds in perpetuity, can be focused or wide-ranging.

The principal of the gift is invested and grows over time, while quarterly distributions provide a steady, reliable source of income to the designated program. This ensures the gift will provide benefits year after year, generation after generation.

Endowment funds can support:

• Scholarships and fellowships
• Professorships, lectureships and chairs
• Research, programs or other purposes
• Unrestricted use

You can use almost any type of asset — cash, securities, real estate or other property. Bequests and other deferred gifts, including those that provide life income to you or another beneficiary, can also fund endowments.

Named Endowments

To create a new endowment with a name you choose, Miami Law has several options, starting at $100,000. Contact alumni@law.miami.edu for information. 

Support Existing Endowments

You can support an existing endowment with a gift of any size.

Support An Endowment

Estate/Planned Giving

While you may find it difficult to give a monetary donation at this time, you can still continue to support the University of Miami School of Law through planned giving.

Planned giving can help you balance your charitable interests with your personal financial goals while also helping you realize significant tax and other benefits for you, your heirs, and your estate. Through planned giving, you can make a gift you might have otherwise thought impossible.

Learn more about estate & gift planning

Request a free Estate & Gift Planning Guide

Ready to include the University of Miami School of Law in your estate plans? Contact the Office of Estate and Gift Planning to let us know.

How to Make Your Gift

• Online

  Make Your Gift Online

• Check or Money Order

  Download this form to include with your check, money order or credit card payment.

• By Phone

  Call 1-866-99UMLAW or 305-284-3470, or fax to 305-284-3968.

• Matching Gifts

  If your company supports a matching gift program, please include your company's matching gift form with your gift.

• Bank Wire (EFT)

  For wiring instructions please contact:

  Georgina Angones
  Assistant Dean for Development & Alumni Relations, University of Miami School of Law 
  gangones@law.miami.edu
  305-284-3470

• Securities

  Gifts of stocks and bonds are welcomed at Miami Law. Gifts of appreciated securities typically carry benefits not associated with gifts made by check, cash or credit card:       

  • You avoid capital gains tax. Any gain is taxable if you sell stock or mutual fund shares yourself, but not if you transfer ownership to the University.
  • Your charitable deduction for federal income tax purposes is based on the full, fair market value of the shares on the date the gift is made.
  • You receive credit from UM for the full fair market value of the shares, but the cost to you is only your original purchase price.

   

  Gifts of securities require special planning and consultation with your professional financial advisor and the University of Miami central staff.

  To make a securities gift please contact the Office of Estate and Gift Planning

   

• Property

  Miami Law is pleased to accept gifts of tangible personal property that address a specific need and comply with the mission and policies of the University.

  Because of the unique circumstances surrounding gifts of personal property, this process is inevitably much longer and more complex than it is for other contributions to the law school.

  Donors are encouraged to call the University's Office of Advancement Office directly at (305) 284-2888 to discuss a property gift.