In addition to the links and ideas Aly T. posted below, Andrew reports that the Georgetown and NYU auctions are also much bigger than GW's. GULC reportedly raised something like 200 or 300K a couple of years ago, according to a student there, who said she thought they gave out 135 grants. She also thought a large part of that money was matched by the school administration.
A 2L at NYU said NYU guarantees a grant to every single student doing PI work. Their event is a huge deal; they sell tickets and the auction is open to the general public as well as students. They auction really high item stuff. For example, a recent item was Super Bowl tickets and tickets to Paul Tagliabue's (NFL Commissioner) post-game-party (or something like that), donated by Tagliabue. And that's typical of the donation caliber.
These are major league auctions at major league law schools. With our continued effort here at GW, and perhaps with additional assistance from the administration, perhaps we'll be able to achieve results like that. Our goal this year won't be to raise $200-300k, though. We'll be happy with $50k, thanks. ;-)
Posted by toddc at January 29, 2004 05:58 AM | TrackBack