Awarded annually in honor of Fr. James Linden, SJ, “whose astute mind and gentle personality were a gift to Gonzaga students for nearly thirty years in the study of Jurisprudence,” the Annual Medal Competition in Legal Argumentation was renamed the Linden Cup.
The Law School was completed in 2000. The architecture team had a project budget of $17.5 million dollars which they managed to stay under. The building was economically built, came in on budget, and on time.
The new building was dedicated on October 19, 2000, with President Robert J. Spitzer S. J., welcoming the crowd of alumni and other well-wishers.
On October 19, 2000 the new Gonzaga School of Law building was dedicated. This building helped Gonzaga double its commitment to the study of law in loving service of the human community. Students were challenged to use this building to their utmost potential in pursuit of scholarly work, the common good, and the principles intrinsic to Jesuit education.
This is the Gonzaga University School of Law commemorative glass replica of the law school building. Dean John Clute came up with the idea to expand the law school in the 1990s. He wanted to put Gonzaga Law School on the map as one of the premier law schools in the West.
During the 1990s the Clinical Law Programs received state and national awards for the excellence of its teaching and its work on behalf of justice. With the new law school building finished in 2000, the Clinic was housed in the Gonzaga Center for Law and Justice. University Legal Assistance was employing six supervising attorneys to manage the 40 students each semester. They handled up to 600 low-income clients in family law, domestic violence, civil rights, and environmental law. By its 35th anniversary in 2010, the Clinical Law Program offered seven different clinics.
Gonzaga University School of Law In the Practice of Law Catalog, 2003-2004 lists costs, activities, services, programs, faculty, course work, the mission statement, and much more. Tuition was $21,600 a year for 30 semester hours.
The clinical law program at Gonzaga University School of Law was created to start a hands-on-student-centric practice that would serve the needs of the community in 1974.
The 2008 lecture featured Stephen Lewis, co-director of AIDS Free World. Paul ’59 and Lita Barnett Luvera ‘77 are distinguished alumni of Gonzaga University School of Law. Their generous endowment established the Luvera Lecture series in 1990 and it has brought many excellent speakers to Gonzaga Law School. Past lecturers have included: Gerry Spence, Bobby Lee Cook, and Senator John Edwards.
Now in its 22nd year, the Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition is an annual event honoring Saul Lefkowitz, whose entire distinguished career was dedicated to the development of trademark and unfair competition law. The competition introduces law students to important issues arising in U.S. trademark and unfair competition law. Students develop their brief writing and oral advocacy skills in a mock courtroom experience.
Article from the Lawyer introduces the new dean of the Law School, Jane Korn. She is the first woman law dean at Gonzaga.
In 2012 the Law School celebrated their centennial anniversary (1912-2012). Items include a commemorative mug, advertisement to purchase the centennial law school book, and an invitation to celebrate at the Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery on February 9, 2013.
Purchase the Gonzaga Law School Centennial Book online or at the Zag Shop
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