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Annual Gala Auction and Award Ceremony

PILF’s primary fundraising event, the PILF Gala Auction & Award Ceremony, is one of the signature events at USF School of Law.

Register for the 2011 PILF Gala

PILF’s primary fundraising event, the PILF Gala Auction & Award Ceremony, is a signature event at the University of San Francisco School of Law. An evening of celebration and fundraising, the Auction brings together students, alumni, faculty, staff, and members of the legal community and enables USF Law students to commit to summer positions at organizations focused on addressing gaps in our justice system. Last year’s Auction raised nearly $45,000 and along with matching funds contributed by the School of Law and money raised through the Donate-a-Day Summer Pledge Program, PILF was able to provide twenty-five students with $4,000 grants to work in unpaid, full-time public interest positions in summer 2011.

The PILF Gala Auction features vacation packages, spa retreats, cruise tickets, sporting memorabilia, fine jewelry and services (and more!) donated by local and national businesses, local law firms and members of the USF Law community. With a silent auction, live auction, hors d'oeuvres, cocktails, and entertainment, the Auction is a festive event. The Auction also provides an opportunity for the law school to recognize an individual or organization that has contributed significantly to the struggle for equality, peace and justice with the USF PILF Award for Public Interest Excellence.

Past USF PILF Award for Public Interest Excellence recipients include:

  • 2004: Mayor Gavin Newsom
  • 2005: Maria Blanco, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area
  • 2006: Kate Kendell, National Center for Lesbian Rights
  • 2007: Elizabeth Cabraser, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
  • 2008: Shannon Minter, National Center for Lesbian Rights & Therese Stewart, San Francisco Chief Deputy City Attorney
  • 2009: Hon. Carlos R. Moreno, Supreme Court of California
  • 2010: Eva Paterson, President of the Equal Justice Society
University of San Francisco School of Law
Public Interest Law Foundation
8th Annual Gala Auction and Award Ceremony
Passport to Justice
Friday, November 4, 2011

The 2011 USF Law PILF Gala Auction & Award Ceremony is being held at Kendrick Hall at the School of Law on Friday, November 4th. Register for the 2011 PILF Gala

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