The Old College Law Campaign
The 1789 Foundation
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Become a member of the 1789 Foundation at
the University of Edinburgh’s Law School.
All 1789 Foundation
members will receive:
our name listed on the 1789 Foundation
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donor board in the redeveloped Old College;
n annual invitation to the 1789 Foundation
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lecture at Old College, following the
completion of the refurbishment.
Give a gift of £1,789 and save your seat in the oldest lecture theatre in
Old College which will be beautifully and sensitively refurbished as part
of the Old College redevelopment. As an alternative to naming a seat, you can
direct your gift to your area of choice at the Law School – the new Law Library,
scholarships and bursaries or student-led pro-bono work in the community.
Donation Form
Name
Address
“I remember Bill Wilson’s Mercantile classes in Old College, not
only because they were excellent lectures, but also because this
is where I got to know my husband, along with many of the people
I still count as friends. Gifting two seats in the oldest lecture
theatre in Old College is a tangible reminder of that.”
JACQUELYN MACLENNAN, LLB (HONS), 1983
Why 1789?
Two hundred and twenty-five years ago, on the 16th November 1789, the
University laid the Foundation stone for Old College and took the first step
on a long road of housing its students, academics and faculties within one
iconic building. In 1789 the needs of the Law Faculty within the new building
were humble, requiring just “two small rooms, one for Civil Law and one for
Scotch Law”. From this modest occupancy of the building the Law School
has now spread over the whole northern side of Old College. Edinburgh is
rightly proud that it is the only Law School in the UK to have its home in
the architectural centre of its University; its history, and that of its alumni, is
bound into the very fabric of the building.
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I wish to join the University of Edinburgh Law School’s 1789 Foundation by:
Gifting a Seat in Robert Adam’s original lecture theatre in the Law School at Old College
The seat will display your name and year of graduation. Please print this clearly as you wish it displayed in the
box below. If you would like to gift it on behalf of someone else, please include their name below. Please note
if you wish to gift a seat on behalf of a member of staff at the Law School, past or present, please contact the
Development and Alumni department to discuss directly with them.
Name to be displayed on seat
Contributing £1,789 to one of the following programmes at the Law School:
The New Law Library at Old College
Scholarships and Bursaries
Student-led pro-bono work in the community
Please tick here if you wish your gift to remain anonymous.
Please tick here if you do not wish your name to be published
in our annual Donor Listing or on the 1789 donor wall in
Old College.
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IMAGES
1. Photographic copy of engraved view of laying of the foundation stone of Old College looking South to
Register House. © Courtesy of RCAHMS (Original held by Richard Emerson). Licensor www.rcahms.gov.uk.
2 Part of the new design for Old College, showing the new Law Library and the octagonal lecture theatre
above. Image courtesy of LDN.
3. One of the original drawings of the octagonal lecture theatre in what is now the Law School at Old College.
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CONTACT
Please return this form to:
The University of Edinburgh Development Trust,
FREEPOST RTJT-UKAR-YSJK,
Development and Alumni,
University of Edinburgh, Old College,
South Bridge, Edinburgh, EH8 9YL
Development and Alumni
Charles Stewart House
9-16 Chambers Street
Edinburgh EH1 1HT
Tel 0131 651 1403
Email [email protected]
Gift Aid it:
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University of Edinburgh Development Trust in the past
four years, and all donations I make from the date of this
declaration until I notify you otherwise. I confirm I have
paid or will pay an amount of Income Tax and/or Capital
Gains Tax for each tax year (6 April to 5 April) that is at
least equal to the amount of tax that all the charities or
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that other taxes such as VAT and Council Tax do not
qualify. I understand the charity will reclaim 28p of tax on
every £1 that I gave up to 5 April 2008 and will reclaim 25p
of tax on every £1 that I give on or after 6 April 2008.
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A gift totalling £1,789 payable in 24 monthly instalments of £75 by Direct Debit
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