Since 1992, the Foundation has supported more than 550 outstanding law students headed for public interest law careers with more than $2.3 million in scholarship funds. With the cost of a legal education spiraling upward and many law school graduates facing more than $80,000 in debt, the Public Interest Scholarship Program provides crucial financial assistance to students with a demonstrated commitment to public service, academic excellence, financial need, and plans to pursue public interest law positions.

Donors to the Public Interest Scholarship Fund make three-year, $10,000 per year commitments. In recognition of its gift, each donor is able to "name" one of the Public Interest Scholarships each year for the duration of the pledge commitment and present the awards at the Foundation's annual Scholarship Reception, held each fall in conjunction with the State Bar Annual Meeting. Donors also receive enhanced recognition as a member of the Foundation's Leadership Circle.

We sincerely thank the following 2011 donors for their generous support of the Public Interest Scholarship Program:

Latham & Watkins LLP
Milstein, Adelman & Kreger, LLP
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Seyfarth Shaw LLP

In memory of the Foundation's founding executive director, the Foundation acknowledges one scholar who has demonstrated a deep commitment to children's issues. The Foundation is able to recognize the Jim Pfeiffer Scholar with the generosity of longtime Foundation supporters, who have each made three-year, $500 per year commitments. 2011 Jim Pfeiffer Scholar donors include:

Nanci Clinch
Victoria J. De Goff
Pauline W. Gee
Robert A. Goodin
Arthur W. Gray, Jr.
Bonnie Hough
Edward W. & Joyce K. Kallgren
Herbert M. Rosenthal & Hon. Margarita V. Rosenthal (Ret.)
Pauline A. Weaver

After his passing in 2010, Daniel S. Goodman's family and friends honored his commitment to the justice system and long tenure at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles by providing gifts to fund the Daniel S. Goodman Scholar. To be awarded for the first time in 2011, this scholarship will be given to the top Public Interest Scholarship winner planning to pursue a career in criminal prosecution. Donors to the Daniel S. Goodman Scholarship Fund include:

Laura Beck
Blair I. Berman
Irene Borger
Betsy E. Burke
James M. Carr
Jacqueline Chooljian
Daniel P. Collins & Eileen P. Milnes-Collins
Leeodie F. Cox
Richard E. Drooyan & Anita Dymant
Kimberly A. Dunne
Mark Howard Epstein
Ivan K Fong
Deborah M. Gaynus
Sharon Gerber
Susan Goodman
Judith H. Friedman
Lola Jameson
Curtis A. Kin
Martha Koplin
Hon. A. Howard Matz
Michael Halberstadt
John & Kristin Jameson
Valinda Jones
Robert A. & Anne M. Koenig
Luis Li & Jenny Schneider Li
Mary E. McLaren
Carl H. Moor & Ann E. Carlson
Patricia Petty Morse
Munger, Tolles & Olson Foundation
John Nordin
Jeffrey M. Olson
Glenn D. Pomerantz
Richard Gordon Rathmann
The Rathmann Family Foundation
Patricia B. Rowan
Stewart C. Robinson
Fred A. Rowley, Jr. & Sarah J. Heidel
S. Terry Schubert
Dorothy L. Shubin & Gregory A. Pieschala
John W. Spiegel
Maurice M. Suh
William D. Temko & Sarah M. Bowman
Sheila Tepper
Randy Toledo
Janice Traver
Hon. Carolyn Turchin (Ret.) & Marc Elliot Turchin
Mary Ellen Warlow
David Warner
James Watterson
Gregory J. & Juana Gonzalez Weingart
Henry Weissmann
Julie A. Werner-Simon
Bart H. Williams
Shirley A. Wilson
Andrew Yamamoto

For information on giving to the Public Interest Scholarship Fund, please contact Leslie Hatamiya, Executive Director, at lhatamiya@calbarfoundation.org or (415) 856-0780 ext. 303.