25th Annual Public Interest Auction

Presented by the Walter A. Lucas '88 Public Interest Fellowship Program

March 26, 2022


ABOUT THE EVENT

Location: John F. Scarpa Hall, 299 North Spring Mill Road, Villanova, PA 19085
Date: March 26, 2022
Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm ET

Join the Walter A. Lucas '88 Public Interest Fellowship Program (PIFP) for our 25th Annual Public Interest Auction, benefitting Villanova Law students who dedicate their summers to public interest and public service legal work. Over the past 25 years, PIFP has funded 242 law students working at over 130 public interest law organizations, raising over $1,000,000 for Villanova Law’s public interest community. We are celebrating these accomplishments back in-person at the law school, with virtual options to participate available. Additionally, we will host a reunion cocktail hour for our PIFP alumni—board members, fellows, or members—the hour before the auction.

In honor of the 25th anniversary of the Auction, Jane Lessner ’88 and Gerry Donnelly ’66 have generously committed up to $10,000 in a dollar-for-dollar match for donations toward the Walter A. Lucas Public Interest Fellowship Program (PIFP). To make a donation to PIFP, please visit this link.

Please register for the event via the "New Registration" button above. A link to the virtual event will be sent to all registered participants. If you select to attend virtually, a link for the simulcast of our ceremony and live auction will be sent in February. Once registered, you will be automatically entered into a raffle for the chance to win Apple AirPod Pros, an iPad or a Yeti Cooler. You may also purchase additional $5 raffle tickets to improve your chances!

The silent auction website is now open for registration; bidding will open a week prior to the event on Friday, March 18.

We look forward to seeing you! 

About PIFP:

Established in 1998, the Walter A. Lucas ‘88 Public Interest Fellowship Program (PIFP) of Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law is a student-run, non-profit organization that provides financial support to law students who commit their summers to public interest legal work. In turn, PIFP Fellows work in otherwise unpaid positions with various public interest organizations throughout the region to advocate for the common good and to deliver free legal services to underserved and underrepresented populations.

PIFP also provides financial support through its Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) to recent graduates pursuing careers in public interest law. In 2019, PIFP’s LRAP was renamed the Detta and Joseph Tate Loan Repayment Assistance Program, in honor of our generous donors who now fund the program. In 2009, PIFP was named in memory of Walter Lucas ’88, who dedicated his legal career to helping others and fighting employment discrimination.

QUESTIONS?

Contact pifp@law.villanova.edu.

 

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