George Mason University School of Law will be renamed for the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia at the request of an anonymous donor who gave $20 million to the school, university leaders said on March 31. The law school, known for its conservative and libertarian faculty, will be known as the Antonin Scalia School of Law at George Mason University. In addition to the $20 million anonymous donation, the Charles Koch Foundation has given $10 million to the law school. The combined $30 million in donations is the largest in the university’s history and will help fund student scholarships.
“Justice Scalia’s name evokes the very strengths of our school: civil liberties, law and economics, and constitutional law,” law dean Henry Butler said in a statement. “His career embodies our law school’s motto of learn, challenge, lead. As a professor and jurist, he challenged those around him to be rigorous, intellectually honest, and consistent in their arguments.”
