Ways to Give

You can choose to make a gift to Stanford Law School in a variety of ways, including the types of gifts described below. Gifts of every size are welcome and appreciated.

The Law Fund

Annual gifts to the Law Fund allow the dean to earmark funds for the school’s highest priorities, including faculty support, student scholarships, and capital improvements.

Please visit givingtostanford.stanford.edu to contribute to the Law Fund.

Expendable Funds

Gifts to expendable funds are spent as they come in and may be made in support of specific programs, research, or people of the donor’s choosing, for example, an established or new interdisciplinary program or clinic.

Planned Giving

Through careful planning, a donor may be able to make a sizable contribution to the school through a bequest or living trust; by designating Stanford as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy, IRA or other retirement plan; or by means of a “life income gift” that can provide a donor with considerable tax savings currently as well as an income for life.

Endowed Funds

An endowed fund—most often for a professorship or fellowship—establishes a permanent fund that recognizes the donor or someone the donor wishes to honor in perpetuity and provides Stanford with a continuing source of support.