The Shepard Broad Law Center’s Public Interest Law Society (PILS) invites you to attend its 19th annual Public Interest Auction on Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. The silent auction will be held at the Law Center on Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) main campus in Davie. The live auction will begin at 6:30 p.m. In addition to both a silent and live auction, there will also be food and entertainment.
All proceeds from the auction are put back into the local community through The Rebecca Knox Summer Public Interest Fellowship, awarded to law students who volunteer with public interest organizations during the summer. Due to budget constraints, most organizations that assist the indigent and poor are understaffed and unable to compensate legal interns. Funds raised at the auction will enable law students to assist local Legal Aid organizations as they provide quality legal services to those who would otherwise be unable to afford it.
This event is free and open to the public.
How to help:
PILS is asking area businesses, organizations, and individuals to donate goods and services in order to make this auction as successful as possible. Each item auctioned off will be described and identified by its donor in an auction booklet distributed to all in attendance. Each donor may include a business card-sized advertisement within the booklet. The donation, as a charitable gift, is tax deductible and receipts describing the nature of the gift along with NSU’s non-profit tax ID number will be given to donors upon request.
You can help by donating an item or making a cash donation. Previously donated items include: tickets to sporting events, autographed memorabilia, concerts, meals at local restaurants, artwork, dinners/outings/golf with professors, bar review courses and a coveted parking spot. PILS also welcomes monetary donations which go directly into the Rebecca Knox Public Interest Law Summer Fellowship fund, named in memory of 2004 grad and PILS president Rebecca Knox.
The Shepard Broad Law Center’s Public Interest Law Society (PILS) is a student-run organization founded in 1994 to promote public interest legal employment opportunities and to overcome the economic barriers that confront future public interest lawyers. For more information, contact Sharon Booth at boothsh@nsu.law.nova.edu.