Annual Report 2010-11 - Hastings College of the Law
Annual Report 2010-11 - Hastings College of the Law
Annual Report 2010-11 - Hastings College of the Law
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uc hastings 25<br />
making public service dreams come true<br />
A cy pres award adds vital<br />
funds to <strong>the</strong> Abascal Fellowship<br />
It is all too easy for law school grads<br />
to get discouraged from pursuing<br />
public service careers. Many public<br />
service organizations don’t have<br />
funds for attorneys, and <strong>the</strong> ones<br />
that do typically pay modest salaries.<br />
That’s why in 1997 UC <strong>Hastings</strong><br />
created <strong>the</strong> Ralph S. Abascal ’68<br />
Fellowship, which is given to a<br />
recent UC <strong>Hastings</strong> grad to support<br />
his or her work with underserved<br />
communities. Now, with a generous<br />
cy pres award to fund <strong>the</strong> fellowship,<br />
UC <strong>Hastings</strong> can continue making<br />
<strong>the</strong>se vital opportunities possible.<br />
At <strong>the</strong> request <strong>of</strong> Bruce L. Simon ’80<br />
<strong>of</strong> Pearson, Simon, Warshaw & Penny<br />
and Reed R. Kathrein <strong>of</strong> Hagens<br />
Berman Sobol Shapiro, UC <strong>Hastings</strong><br />
recently received a cy pres award <strong>of</strong><br />
more than $363,000 to support <strong>the</strong><br />
fellowship. These funds, awarded<br />
in In re Apple iPod Nano Cases, will<br />
help UC <strong>Hastings</strong> achieve its goal <strong>of</strong><br />
granting <strong>the</strong> Abascal Fellowship on<br />
a yearly basis (it is currently <strong>of</strong>fered<br />
biennially). The fellowship is named<br />
in honor <strong>of</strong> Ralph Santiago Abascal,<br />
a pioneering legal services lawyer<br />
who won landmark decisions in <strong>the</strong><br />
1970s on behalf <strong>of</strong> farm workers,<br />
welfare recipients and undocumented<br />
immigrants.<br />
“We are honored and thrilled to<br />
receive <strong>the</strong>se funds,” says Sari<br />
Zimmerman, assistant dean for <strong>the</strong><br />
Office <strong>of</strong> Career & Pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />
Development. “The students<br />
who want to do public service<br />
are so passionate that it’s not an<br />
exaggeration to say that this award<br />
can make dreams come true.”
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