Making it New:
Hughes Hall NAMING OPPORTUNITIES
Making it New:
Re-Envisioning Hughes Hall Cornell Law School today is larger, busier, and more diverse in its student body, academic programs, and administrative support than when Hughes Hall opened in 1964.
Designed as a residence center, Hughes Hall was given by Myron C. Taylor, who named it in honor of his teacher at Cornell Law School, Charles Evans Hughes. Myron Taylor’s $1,000,000 gift underwrote the construction costs and the facility housed Cornell Law students for several decades, as well as Law alumni returning for Reunion each June.
Since the addition of the Jane M. G. Foster Wing to Myron Taylor Hall in 1988, Hughes Hall has been renovated and re-purposed by large steps and small, with dormitory rooms steadily yielding to offices and multi-use spaces. The Law School’s 2013-2014 construction project, which created a beautiful, state-of-the-art Wing for Academic Instruction and Main Entrance, argued for a re-envisioning of Hughes Hall inside and out. With a total student population of almost 700; a full-time faculty of 57 and 51 part-time instructors and adjunct professors; and support staff in Communications, Career Services, Alumni Affairs & Development, and Administration & Finance, Cornell Law School must optimize its available space. The 2016-2017 Hughes Hall project does exactly that. The project will convert the building’s lower levels into modern spaces essential to the fulfillment of the Law School’s educational mission. The new design features a highly-visible Event Room and Front Entrance; an enclosed Loggia that leads directly to the Berger Atrium; an enclosed, exterior staircase on the building’s west face; a new dining room; and office suites for the Dean of Students, International and Graduate Legal Education, Career Services, Public Interest Law, Alumni Affairs & Development, student organizations, and administrative services.
An overhead view of Hughes Hall, the southern side of which hugs the contours of Cascadilla Gorge.
Work has begun and the project is due for completion by January 2018. Naming opportunities are available at many levels for a variety of prominent spaces. We invite Cornell Law alumni and friends to participate in making Hughes Hall new again through a gift that will help us translate vision into reality.
Student Journal Office Suite Student Journal Office Suite
CORNELL LAW REVIEW C O R N E L L I N T E R N AT I O N A L L A W J O U R N A L CORNELL JOURNAL OF LAW & PUBLIC POLICY
Student Group Offices Suite
Student Group Offices Suite
Event Room The Event Room will be the foremost public space in the reconstructed Hughes Hall and will host activities and events sponsored by the Dean’s Office; the Law School’s student journals; the Career Services and Public Service Offices; the Dean of Students; International and Graduate Education offices; and Law Alumni Affairs & Development. High-quality hardwood will finish the ceiling and panel the front wall, as well as support columns. Fixed table-desks also will be made of high-quality hardwood.
Loggia The Loggia will feature an exterior wall of full-height windows, overhead ambient lighting, and an adjoining vestibule. It is an enclosed space that connects Hughes Hall to Myron Taylor Hall and the Berger Atrium.
Dining Room The Dining room will feature open seating, granite countertops, red oak paneling on walls and ceiling, and a granite floor.
Front Entry Plaza
The Front Entry Plaza is located outside the Loggia and leads to the new ground-level entrance at the front of Hughes Hall. It will offer a level expanse created with granite pavers.
Hughes Hall
naming opportunities
S PAC E
NA M I NG GIF T
Event Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000,000 Front Entry Plaza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500,000 Dean of Students Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500,000 International Programs Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $200,000 Loggia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $400,000 Alumni Affairs & Development Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . $750,000 Career Services/Public Service Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $600,000 Seminar Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $200,000 West Stairway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500,000 Dining Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $400,000 Student Journal Office Suites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100K-$600K Student Group Offices Suite
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500,000
Clinics Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $800,000 Visiting Scholars Lounge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $75,000 Meeting Rooms*
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $75,000
Conference Rooms*
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $150,000
Interview Rooms* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40,000 Interior Offices*
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $100,000
Communications Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $400,000 Administration/Finance Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $400,000 * Multiple naming opportunities available
West Stairway
The new West Stairway will be constructed on the west face of Hughes Hall. Its five flights will be enclosed in glass and afford views of West Campus, Cayuga Lake, and West Hill, as well as downtown Ithaca.
For more information about naming opportunities at Cornell Law School, please call the Development Office at (607) 255-3373.