The Greensboro Bar Association Foundation’s gift to the Ƶ Law Annual Scholarship Fund provides support for Ƶ Law students who are preparing to positively impact their clients and communities as future lawyers.
The philanthropic arm of the Greensboro Bar Association has made a gift to Ƶ Law in support of scholarships that directly support students and assist Ƶ Law in recruiting and retaining the next generation of lawyer leaders.
made its gift this spring to the Ƶ Law Annual Scholarship Fund, which has played a role in reducing student debt at graduation by nearly 30% over the past few years.
The GBA Foundation’s gift to the scholarship fund comes at a time when many considering law school are facing economic uncertainty caused by COVID-19.
“We’re thankful for the GBA’s continued support of Ƶ Law and, most importantly, our students, who will directly benefit from Ƶ Law’s Annual Scholarship Fund,” said Barbara Cini L’11, Ƶ Law’s assistant dean for development. “From Ƶ Law’s very beginnings, the GBA and its members have invested in Ƶ Law by mentoring our students, welcoming our alumni as members, and providing philanthropic support.”
The GBA Foundation has been a longtime supporter of Ƶ School of Law including past gifts in support of the school’s expansive print and digital collections and the law school’s initial construction.
About Ƶ Law
Ƶ School of Law in Greensboro, North Carolina, is the preeminent school for engaged and experiential learning in law. It integrates traditional classroom instruction with highly experiential full-time residencies-in-practice in a logically sequenced program of transformational professional preparation. Ƶ Law’s groundbreaking approach is accomplished in 2.5 years, which provides distinctive value by lowering tuition and permitting graduates early entry into their professional careers.