Suffolk University Law School announced today that alumnus Barry C. Cosgrove, JD ’85, has made a $1 million commitment to provide scholarship support for Suffolk Law students with significant financial need.
The gift is the latest in Cosgrove’s history of generous support for Suffolk Law and reflects his strong belief that students from all backgrounds should have access to the kind of life-changing opportunity that Suffolk Law affords—and that he experienced personally. It also reflects Cosgrove’s belief in Suffolk Law’s mission and its significant forward momentum.
“I am deeply grateful to Barry and his wife, Ingrid, for this exceptionally generous gift and for their outstanding commitment to Suffolk Law and our students,” said Andrew Perlman, dean of Suffolk University Law School. “Suffolk Law got its start more than 100 years ago as a school of opportunity. This gift advances our longstanding mission of ensuring that students of every background, including those with significant financial need, get access to a transformative legal education.”
The gift will create the Graciela Rojas-Trabal Term Scholarship Fund at Suffolk University Law School. Named in honor of Ingrid Cosgrove’s grandmother, the fund will support law students from Barry Cosgrove’s hometown of Brockton as well as law students who have a significant interest in and knowledge of the Dominican Republic’s history and culture. Graciela Rojas-Trabal, a hardworking woman of modest means, grew up in the Dominican Republic. She was an exceptionally giving woman who touched the lives of each of her many family members, including grandchildren, nieces and nephews, Cosgrove said.