UB Public Interest Law Students to Hold Auction Feb. 10
January 12, 2006
Contact: University Relations
Phone: 410.837.5739
Susan Goering, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, will receive the Robert M. Bell Award for Leadership in Public Service during a special ceremony on Friday, Feb. 10 at 6 p.m. The event, part of the annual silent and live auction to benefit UB Students for Public Interest Law, will take place at the Belvedere, 1 E. Chase St. in Baltimore. The ceremony and auction are presented by the School of Law.
Goering has led Maryland’s ACLU chapter since 1996 and oversees all functions of the organization. She previously served as the chapter’s legal director. Maryland’s chapter—the 10th affiliate in the nation—was founded in 1931 and currently has more than 12,000 members across the state.
The auction entry cost—$20 general admission and $10 for UB students—includes the opportunity to bid on items such as outings with professors and faculty, works by local artists and artisans, tickets to sporting events and theater, rounds of golf and dozens more unusual and original items and services. Proceeds from the auction will fund summer grants that enable UB law students to work for public interest organizations.
The current list of items for auction this year includes:
- Sit in on a taping of the Marc Steiner Show on WYPR
- Music and margaritas for four with Stephen Shapiro, professor of law
- M&S Grill gift certificates and cookbook
- Guest passes to the U.S.S. Constellation Museum
- Lunch and museum tour with Lynn McLain, professor of law
- Architecture of Baltimore book donated by AIA Baltimore
- Dinner at California Pizza Kitchen
- Golf outing for four with Dean Gilbert Holmes
- Breakfast for two at City Cafe with Tovah Kasdin, clinical fellow
- Handknit sleeveless sweater from Leigh Goodmark, assistant professor of law
- Breakfast for two students with Michael Meyerson, professor of law
- Dinner for six at Germanos from Steven Harris, distinguished attorney in residence
- Dinner for four students with Michael Hayes, associate professor
- Putt-Putt golf outing for four with Dean Holmes
- Dinner and tickets to Riverdance at the Lyric
- Autographed prints from Larry Stevens Art
- Kennedy Center Collection -- Posters and DVD
- "Wing Night" for 10 at Hooters Inner Harbor
- Two tickets to Bowie Baysox game
- Gift certificate to City Cafe
- Handwoven tapestry from the Co Ho people of Vietnam
For more than a decade, UBSPI has given grants to students who help the less fortunate and underprivileged obtain equal representation in the justice system. With decreases in legal aid services and dramatic increases in the cost of legal education, this bridge benefits both the students and the community.
Last year’s auction, the most successful in UBSPI’s history, raised $50,000. This allowed UBSPI to place 10 grant recipients into positions with public interest organizations throughout the region, including Maryland Lawyers for the Arts; the Office of the Public Defender; Save the Children; the Youth Law Center; St. Ambrose Housing Aid; Maryland Crime Victims’ Resource Center; ACLU of Maryland; the House of Ruth Legal Clinic; and the Homeless Persons Representation Project.
For more information, call 410.837.5671 or e-mail ubspi@hotmail.com.
The University of Baltimore is an upper-division, graduate and professional university. UB—the state’s career-minded university—is a member of the University System of Maryland and comprises the School of Law, the Yale Gordon College of Liberal Arts and the Merrick School of Business.