September 23, 2020

California law school gets donation that's said to be 'one of the biggest in history' from tribe to university

Author: Stephanie Francis Ward

The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, a California tribe, has donated $15 million to the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law to create full tuition scholarships for students interested in careers as tribal legal advocates.
“The gift is the largest-ever contribution that a tribe has made to a law school and one of the biggest in history from a tribe to a university,” according to a Sept. 23 press release.
The program will work with the law school’s Native Nations Law and Po