Leadership Gifts
Leadership gifts are gifts of $500,000 and up that are typically designated for a specific purpose. If you are interested in learning about making a gift of any size, please contact Darnell Hines at 312.503.8175 or darnell.hines@law.northwestern.edu.
Northwestern Pritzker Law Receives Nearly $5 Million to Benefit Supreme Court and Appellate Advocacy
August 2024
This gift made in honor of Northwestern Pritzker Law alum Carter Phillips, one of the most influential Supreme Court litigators. More...
Northwestern Linda and Jeffrey Hammes (JD ’85) Donate $1M to Establish First-Gen Scholarship
April 2024
The Hammes Family Scholarship will be used to provide support for students with demonstrated financial need and high academic achievement who are also of the first generation in their family to attend college. More...
$5 Million Gift From Harry J. Seigle Will Bolster Legal Services for Immigrant Communities
February 2023
The gift will endow the Seigle Clinic for Immigrant Youth and Families, providing ongoing support for clinic programming and operations as well as staff recruitment, retention and professional development. More...
Meadow Family Establishes New Professorship in Honor of Father
October 2022
Linda Friedman Meadow (BS ’89, JD ’92) and Cary Meadow have generously committed to a gift that will be used to establish a new professorship, the Howard Friedman ’64 JD Professor of Law, in honor of Linda’s father. More...
Faith E. Gay (JD ’86) and Wife Francesca Zambello Commit $3M to New Social Justice Professorship
October 2022
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law is delighted to announce that Faith E. Gay (JD ‘86) and Francesca Zambello have generously committed to gift $3 million to establish the Faith E. Gay and Francesca Zambello Chair in Social Justice. This endowed professorship will make an important difference in our efforts to advance human rights. More...
Martins Drive Support for Law School Faculty Through Matching Gift Challenge
September 2022
Past chair of Northwestern University’s Board of Trustees J. Landis "Lanny" Martin (’68, JD ’73, H ’22) and Sharon Martin (’02, P ’08) have made a $3 million gift to endow faculty positions at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. More...
Northwestern Trustee Chris Combe and Family Make Gift to Northwestern Access to Health Project
May 2022
Northwestern University trustee Chris Combe, his wife, Christina, and their family have generously committed $500,000 to support the Northwestern Access to Health Project at Northwestern Pritzker Law. More...