About the Foundation

The University of Virginia Law School Foundation, created in 1952 as a trust by Law School alumni and now a Virginia nonstock corporation, receives, administers, and manages private gifts from graduates and friends. The school’s current strength and national standing can be attributed directly to private resources.

The Foundation's Board of Trustees consists of 21 elected trustees and several ex-officio members including the dean.

The Law School's Alumni Association was organized in 1921 to advance the cause of legal education, promote the interests of the Law School, and encourage professional associations and fellowship among its graduates.

It is a non-dues paying organization governed by an Alumni Council of 15 elected members, the officers and former presidents of the association, and the chairs of its standing committees, the largest of which is the National Appeals Committee responsible for directing the Annual Giving Campaign.

Foundation Staff

Law School Foundation Board of Trustees

J. Warren Gorrell, Jr. '79, Chair
David C. Burke '93, Chair, Executive Committee
J. Goodwin Bland '87
Sarah Robinson Borders '88
Carlos M. Brown '99
Anthony P. Della Pietra Jr.'85
Thomas R. Denison '86
Douglas E. Eckert '93
Sharon S. Goodwyn '88
Catherine M. Keating ’87
Catherine A. Lawton '84
Theodore A. Mathas '92
Michael S. Miller '77
Janet Schwitzer Nolan '89
Sharon M. Owlett '75
Tim R. Palmer '83
Cecil D. Quillen III '88
Christopher D. Ray '95
Arthur D. Robinson '88
Ashanté L. Smith '02
Dasha Smith '98

Ex-Officio Members

Risa Goluboff
Eric C. Broyles '95 
John H. McDowell Jr. '82

Honorary Members

Martha D. Ballenger '69
Lillian R. BeVier
Nancy L. Buc '69
Michael A. Caddell '79
Stephen A. Cardi '66
Alfonso L. Carney, Jr. '74
Wallace L. Cook '64
Cameron L. Cowan '81
Gene D. Dahmen '67
Charles D. Fox IV '80
William B. Fryer '74
Allen C. Goolsby III '68
Michael J. Horvitz '75
Jeffrey L. Humber, Jr. '78
Euclid A. Irving '76
John C. Jeffries, Jr. '73
Barbara S. Jeremiah '77
Martha Lubin Karsh '81
M. Langhorne Keith '70
Edward J. Kelly III '81
Roger H. Kimmel '71
David L. Mulliken '75
Gordon F. Rainey, Jr. '67
Renée E. Ring'76
Norman A. Scher '62
Elizabeth S. Scott '77
William M. Slaughter '66
Suzelle M. Smith '83
John Charles Thomas '75
John L. Warden '65
F. Blair Wimbush '80
Robert G. Zack '75

Alumni Council

Eric C. Broyles '95, President
David P. Saunders '07, First Vice President
Katherine J. Brennan '03
George R. Brokaw '94
Christopher Chorba '01
Bryan E. Davis '84
Harry J. Hicks III '85
Ricardo J. Hollingsworth '94
Richard D. Jones '78
Eric J. Kadel, Jr. '97
Kathleen Barrington McGregor '14
Ashley Claffee Merritt '15
Catharina Yoosun Min '90
Timothy B. Phillips '97
Catherine E. Stetson '94
Caroll Doyle Welch '89
Gavin A. White '04

Advisors

Kenneth S. Abraham
Andrew Hayashi
 

Ex-Officio

J. Goodwin Bland '87
Stephen A. Cardi '66
Gene D. Dahmen '67
William B. Fryer '74
Risa Goluboff 
Allen C. Goolsby III '68
Elizabeth Finn Johnson '87
James L. Malone III '72
John H. McDowell Jr. '82
Patricia Merrill '92
Janet Schwitzer Nolan '89
Sadler Poe '71
Renee E. Ring '76
Norman A. Scher '62
Harry A. Shannon III '82
F. Blair Wimbush '80

Other Officers

Luis Alvarez, Jr. '88, Secretary-Treasurer
Rebecca Nelson, Assistant Secretary-Treasurer