Invest in the Future Scholarship and Financial Aid Gifts Support Tomorrow’s Leaders UCLA Law has always had an unwavering commitment to
equality of access and opportunity for all; a first-class legal education should not depend on one’s financial means. It is through the generosity of UCLA Law’s alumni and friends that the law school is able to fulfill this commitment and preserve a remarkable legacy. Visionary leaders like Harold (“Hal”) ’56 and Roberta Delevie, who have been loyal UCLA Law donors for more than 30 years, are promoting the law school’s ideals of diversity and access. In 2014, they established the Harold and Roberta Delevie Endowed Scholarship Fund. The scholarship is awarded to law students who have demonstrated financial need and excellence in their academic achievements. “UCLA has always been such an important part of our lives,” Hal Delevie said. Hal, who grew up in Los Angeles, is a double Bruin and practiced law in Los Angeles for many years, met his wife Roberta when she was a visiting student attending summer school at UCLA. “Roberta and I wanted to find a meaningful way to give back to a school that has given us so much. I know that UCLA Law has been instrumental in both my personal and professional success,” Hal continued. “When I learned how much state funding has decreased and law school tuition has risen in the past 15 years, it seemed incumbent on us to help support promising law students who might not otherwise be able to attend UCLA Law.”
There are many ways to support UCLA Law’s students and all of them can make a difference. For more information on making a gift for scholarships and financial aid, please contact Donna Colin at 310.825.3025 or visit law.ucla.edu/giving.
Student Receives Beverly Hills Bar Foundation Scholarship Han Lu ’16 was one of five local law students to receive a Beverly Hills Bar Foundation (BHBF) Scholarship, which is presented to academically gifted students involved in public service work. The scholarship was presented on June 2 at the Beverly Hills Bar Association’s 61st Annual Supreme Court Luncheon. UCLA School of Law alumnus Ronald Brown ’79, Los Angeles County public defender and a former BHBF scholarship recipient, spoke at the event about the impact of the scholarship on his career. Han is deeply committed to criminal justice work, racial and social justice movements and direct legal services. At UCLA Law, he is a member of the David J. Epstein Program in Public Interest Law and Policy and the Critical Race Studies Program. He has interned at A New Way of Life Reentry Project, assisting incarcerated clients as they return to community life, and at Uncommon Law, assisting and representing clients at parole hearings. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and with highest honors from UC Berkeley, where he studied Historical Sociology. 106 UCLA LAW MAGAZINE | FALL 2015