Our Mission
Providing scholarships, supporting women in the law, The Innocence Project, helping the homeless, and strengthening highway, truck and car safety.
Thank You
It has been almost five years since we lost Lara. Not a day goes by that we don’t think of her. But there is also not a day goes by that we don’t think of the kindness of family and friends.
Scholarships
The Lara D. Gass ’14L Memorial Law Scholarship was created in 2014 by the family, friends and classmates of Lara to memorialize Lara and to recognize the role she played as a student at Washington and Lee School of Law. It is a permanently endowed fund at Washington and Lee University providing a scholarship to a third year law student.
LARA’S CONTRIBUTIONS
Lara loved the law and felt that our legal system was a good one for the most part. Lara was also passionate about the death penalty and felt there was no use for it. She channeled that passion into a Note that was published in 2013. Her note left no doubt as to how the Virginia law has systematically exaggerated the ostensible “future dangerousness” of prisoners who will never be released from prison, which has pushed juries to authorize more executions than any other state but Texas. She also never forgot the human story of unfairness and tragedy.
WHO WE ARE
The LiveLikeLara Foundation is managed by a six-member Board of Directors. The specific areas of investment are in:
We are continuing to carry Lara’s light in the world
Lara was an inspiration to so many. She touched many people’s lives and hearts through her fight against injustice, helping the helpless, support of women in law, helping her community, friends, family, and positively impacting everyone she met. We look to continue that same passion and carry her mission forward in her loving memory.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Do you want to give to our scholarship fund, or know how to apply to receive the Lara D. Gass Memorial Law Scholarship? Click here to find out more.