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In 2001, the Law School embarked on a plan to renovate and expand our signature building at the gateway to campus by stretching across the major arterial walkway immediately south of our current structure and constructing a new facility. When complete, the existing building will house a renovated Law Library and administrative office space, while the new building will house classrooms, faculty offices, and administrative office space - all in a single, integrated, collegiate Gothic structure, joined together by a covered loggia and chapel at ground level and a Commons area above.

Buoyed by Frank Eck’s July 2005 gift of $21 million, the largest in the Law School’s history, fundraising for the $57.68 million building and renovation project is now complete. In the wake of Mr. Eck’s gift, the University retained the S/L/A/M Collaborative of Glastonbury, Connecticut, in fall 2005 as project architects.

The photos contain schematics of the exterior of the new building drawn in the style of the building’s original architectural rendering, which dates back to the late 1920s. We broke ground on July 31, 2007, and we are scheduled to complete the new structure by December 2008 for occupancy in January 2009. Shortly after occupancy of the new building, we will begin renovation of the existing building, which we are scheduled to complete by June 2010. We hope that you share our excitement about this dramatic new chapter in the history of the Law School.