Peter Birks Memorial Fund
We have written to former postgraduates of the Oxford Law Faculty and law undergraduates of Brasnose College, in relation to Professor Peter Birks who died of cancer at the age of 62 on 6 July 2004. Peter was one of the leading academic lawyers of the 20 th century and was devoted to the Oxford Law Faculty and to its students. As was said in the obituary in The Times,
“Peter Birks was a charismatic leader and a dynamic teacher, who inspired fellow academics and generations of students with his passion for academic law…He had a deep sense of obligation to his college and the Oxford law faculty and worked tirelessly for them. He was generous to a fault with his time for students and colleagues alike. With his death, English academic law has lost its most dedicated scholar and its leading ambassador.”
On the first anniversary of his death, the Law Faculty decided to mark his outstanding contribution to its work and reputation by creating the Peter Birks Memorial Fund. The success of this fund depends on the generosity of alumni and the aim is to support the following two initiatives:
- the establishment of a Peter Birks Lecturership. For a five-year post, we would need to raise £300,000. To endow a post, we would need to raise £1,800,000; and
- the establishment of an endowed graduate scholarship for the BCL/MJur/DPhil in his name, ensuring an annual Peter Birks Graduate Scholarship of £5,000. For this, we would need to secure an endowment of £125,000.
If you have not been directly contacted yet wish to donate to this fund, please download the appropriate pledge form complete with Gift Aid information. Send your donation to:
The Peter Birks Fund
Oxford University Development Office
Oxenford House
Magdalen Street
Oxford OX1 3YJ
We hope you will feel able to give generously to ensure that the name of Peter Birks lives on within the Law Faculty. Should you want any further information or to discuss this further, please contact Maureen O'Neill, the Law Faculty's Director of Development: maureen.oneill@law.ox.ac.uk, telephone 01865 281198 (+44 1865 281198 from outside UK)
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