Support WERC

Donations

WERC is program of Golden Gate University, a 501(c)(3) charitable educational organization. All contributions are deductible to the maximum extent permitted by law. Individual and foundation donations are gratefully accepted. Please contact Clinic Director Marci Seville for donations of stocks and securities.

Please Join the WERC Donor Circle:

• Benefactors $10,000 and above
• Champions $5,000 above and above
• Sponsors $1000 and above
• Supporters $500 and above
• Friends $250 and above

Gifts of any size are welcome.

Donations to WERC may be made in two ways:

• Print out our donation form and mail in your contribution. Donation Form (PDF). Get Acrobat Reader (required to view PDF formats).
• Make an online donation here.

Cy Pres

Designating WERC as a Class Action Cy Pres Recipient is another way to support our work. Class action attorneys negotiating settlement or litigating the remedy in their actions must often address the probability that not all class members will be located, or that defendant's conduct has made full restitution to all injured victims impossible or unfeasible. Under such circumstances, the courts may approve a charitable donation out of the unclaimed residue of class action funds, or a direct grant in lieu of damages to any entity that will vindicate class member rights in the future. Please consider designating WERC as a Cy Pres Recipient.

WERC's Robert Lazo Memorial Fund

Spearheaded by GGU adjunct professor Bart Selden, Bay area attorneys established a WERC fund in memory of SF employment attorney Robert Lazo, who died in December 2004 at the age of 41. Lazo founded the San Francisco's Employment Lawyers' Group. In a 2001 article in the San Francisco Daily Journal, Lazo wrote, "Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream that one day we all would be judged by our character, not the color of our skin . . . I see myself participating in that dream as an advocate for civil rights in the workplace." To read more about the Lazo fund, see pages 10-11 of the article in the law alumni publication at: Golden Gate University School of Law Class Action, Spring/Summer 2006.