University of Arizona Law Community Leaves their Mark During ‘A New Day in Court’ Construction Celebration
On March 27, the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law celebrated a major milestone for the "A New Day in Court" renovation project, which includes the construction of new state-of-the-art courtrooms, classrooms and lobby spaces. The upgraded spaces are expected to be completed in the fall of 2024. The event welcomed donors, alumni, students and friends to sign steel plates that will be welded to the 37-foot, 9,000-pound support beam, expected to arrive and be installed at the College in April.
The project, launched in 2017, also includes renaming the advocacy program to the Thomas Mauet Advocacy Program, in honor of Professor Emeritus and renowned trial expert Thomas Mauet, who retired as advocacy program director in 2016.
“We are thrilled to be together to celebrate a critical step toward the completion of the “A New Day in Court” project. Tonight, everyone will have an opportunity to leave their mark – literally and figuratively – on the College forever,” said Dean Marc Miller.
In making this project a reality, the College of Law community has raised more than $4.5 million, entirely through donor contributions, for building renovations and plans to raise another $4 million for an endowed chair of advocacy, an endowed professorship and an endowment fund to support student experiential advocacy activities such as travel to trial competitions.
“I want to take a moment to acknowledge and thank the 144 – and counting – donors who have generously contributed. We are especially grateful and proud that this project is 100% donor funded,” said Miller.
Speakers at the event included Dean Marc Miller, donors Ted Schmidt (‘77) and Kevin Boyle (‘97), Jimmy Svehla from DPR Construction, third-year law student Allison Weber and John Michael Filippone, a current undergraduate senior at the University of Arizona.
“A project like this would not be possible without an incredible team of people who – like our beam – provide support every step of the way.”
