Harvard Law School has announced the launch of the public phase of a $305 million capital campaign, the Harvard Crimson reports.

The Campaign for the Third Century, as the fundraising effort is called, has already raised $241 million during its quiet phase and will focus on generating support for clinical education and financial aid for students. According to the Crimson, the law school completed its last capital campaign in 2008, raising some $476 million, more than $75 million more than its $400 million goal. The law school, which celebrates its bicentennial in 2017, is the last of Harvard's schools to launch a fundraising campaign as part of the $6.5 billion University-wide Harvard Campaign, which launched publicly in 2013. In conjunction with the launch of the campaign, the law school also announced that the Berkman Center for Internet and Society will be renamed the Berkman-Klein Center in recognition of a $15 million gift from alumnus Michael R. Klein, chair of the Sunlight Foundation. The campaign is scheduled to conclude in 2018, as is the  university-wide fundraising drive.

"We need the Law School and the extraordinary leaders it creates," said Harvard president  Drew G. Faust. "We need the clarity that it brings to confusing and divisive times. We need its capacity to civilize, and we need lawyers wise in their calling."