The annual fundraiser put on by the Oregon Law Students Public Interest Fund (OLSPIF) titled “A Flurry of Giving” kicked off Nov. 4 and will run through Nov. 26.

OLSPIF sells decorated paper snowflakes in an effort to provide stipends for law students who want to spend their summers working in public service. They use the purchased snowflakes to decorate the School of Law’s Wayne Morse Commons.

Snowflakes cost $5 (small), $10 (medium) and $20 (large), and can be ordered online. The public may also order a "snow shower" for $100 and receive a cluster of snowflake.

Orders also may be emailed to Annie Borton at borton@uoregon.edu and paid for by check to UO Foundation/Oregon Law Students Public Interest Fund, c/o Jane Steckbeck, 1221 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1221.

In past years, OLSPIF has provided up to 17 law students with summer stipends who went on to provide legal assistance to mainly local organizations whose capacity to help the community is often overwhelmed by a vast amount of client need. Students did work for organizations such as the Alliance for Children's Rights and the Lane Coalition for Healthy Active Youth.

– By University of Oregon School of Law