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Annual Report Office of Development and Alumni Relations 185 West Broadway New York, NY 10013-2921 T 212.431.2800 E [email protected] www.nyls.edu/alumni ANNU AL REPORT WE ARE NEW YORK’S LAW SCHOOL SINCE 1891 planning and placement efforts. placement and planning provide scholarships, and enhance our career career our enhance and scholarships, provide Strategic Strategic lan, ensure academic excellence, excellence, academic ensure lan, P support will enable us to implement our our implement to us enable will our Y support . rs TTE A M FT I G R YOU WHY WHY YOUR GIFT MATTErs. Y our support will enable us to implement our Strategic Plan, ensure academic excellence, provide scholarships, and enhance our career planning and placement efforts. A MESSAGE FROM ANTHONY W. CROWELL, DEAN AND PRESIDENT, AND ARTHUR Abbey ’59, CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES As New York Law School approaches its 125th anniversary, we are in an important and exciting period of transition. Many changes are under way as we chart our course for an exciting future. Indeed, together, we are writing the next chapters of New York Law School’s history, and we know you stand proud and ready to help. Like the great City of New York, we are resilient and getting stronger every day. We issued a provocative and groundbreaking Strategic Plan that has garnered national attention. The Plan covers every aspect of the School and reflects our continuing dedication to innovation, diversity, and excellence. We made national news by introducing the country’s first two-year honors J.D. program; we doubled our clinical offerings from 13 to 26 to ensure that every student who wants a clinical experience can have one; we earned Presidential Honors for our pro bono work; and we came back on our bar pass rate—we increased the passage rate by 14 points to 83 percent in one year. National Jurist magazine included us in its inaugural honor roll of law schools offering top practical training to their students. In addition, we ranked in the top third of law schools for faculty scholarship in a study by professors at the University of St. Thomas School of Law. These steps are a great beginning to a bright future. Since last year, it has been our mission to make sure everyone knows that “We are New York’s law school.” Our new motto reflects a school that holds a proud and special place in the history of New York City and the world. You all know this, and, more than ever, others are taking notice too. With our Strategic Plan in place, we are focusing on every aspect of the Law School’s academic, career planning, scholarly, student and alumni engagement, fundraising, and operational activities. We look forward to a future in which NYLS continues to be recognized as an influential leader and innovator in legal education and scholarship. And we thank you for all you have done to make this possible. The pages that follow highlight stories of giving from across the New York Law School community. We hope they will inspire your continued support of NYLS. And so we are calling upon you to give. Your continued support will enable us to continue to implement our Strategic Plan, draw top-notch faculty, and develop new and innovative academic centers and programs. Our top strategic goal is ensuring academic excellence; as part of our ongoing curriculum assessment, we are evaluating and recommending teaching methods that provide an effective and demanding educational experience. Your continued support also enables us to provide scholarships for our students. We seek to make it possible for all qualified students to get an outstanding legal education at NYLS when they would not otherwise have the opportunity. Another top goal is career planning and placement. Your help, as one of the largest and most successful law school alumni networks, is critical to our students being mentored and obtaining the best positions to start their legal careers. We are truly appreciative of what wonderful advocates for NYLS our alumni are and can be. This remarkable community gives back in so many ways. Your continued support will ensure that we maintain our tradition of excellence for the next 125 years, and beyond. We thank you for all that you do in support of our students, faculty, and alumni. THE GIFT OF EDUCATION: SCHOLARSHIPS When I went to NYLS 25 years ago, there were very few IP courses offered to students: one course covering patent law, two on copyright, and one on trademark. That was about the extent of the IP curriculum available. I didn’t have anyone in my family who had been a lawyer and was lucky to have had really great mentors, including Professor Nadine Strossen and Professor Emeritus Quintin Johnstone. I was also fortunate to have several summer and part-time jobs that led me to realize what I didn’t want to do—I didn’t want to practice employment or insurance law. I wanted to focus on intellectual property. Having a technical background, including undergraduate degrees in mechanical engineering from Columbia University and in physics from Centre College of Kentucky, a career in IP seemed natural: I like inventions that allow you to be creative and think outside the box about how technology works and enhances our lives. MARylee Jenkins ’91 In my private practice, I chair the Intellectual Property group in Arent Fox’s New York Partner, Arent Fox LLP office and support the IP community in variety of ways. I currently serve on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Public Advisory Committee and was recently Chairperson of the American Bar Association’s Section of Intellectual Property Law. Recently endowed a Dean Crowell just appointed me to the NYLS Intellectual Property Advisory Board. I scholarship to award to am always looking for other ways to mentor and support young lawyers in the IP field. a NYLS student with a demonstrated interest in After law school, I worked at an IP boutique, first as an associate, then as partner. intellectual property law; I joined Arent Fox LLP in 2003 as a partner. My focus is on IP matters involving contributes to the Law computers and the Internet, but my practice has exposed me to an astounding array School’s Annual Fund. of interesting technology and businesses as well as to a rich area of the law that is never less than fascinating. When I was chairperson of the ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law, I was invited back to NYLS to talk to students about careers in intellectual property. I was impressed with the school’s increased focus on IP since my days as a student, particularly, the creation of the Institute for Information Law and Policy and IP-related externships. It was the outreach by Dean Crowell that got me thinking about endowing this scholarship; I thought it made a lot of sense. The nice thing about a scholarship is that you’re giving back to your alma mater. It’s a targeted amount—and it doesn’t have to be in the millions, or even the hundreds of thousands. You can also be specific about how you want the money spent. I am impressed with the way the Law School is being creative with regard to its future and looking to shape its curriculum to the evolving needs of the market. I am so pleased that with this scholarship I can support both NYLS and law students with an interest in my chosen field of intellectual property. I decided to endow a scholarship in memory of Sylvia D. Garland ’60, who encouraged me to apply to New York Law School and steered me through the application process. I owe a lot of my success to NYLS. Had I not gone to law school, my career in legal technology would not have been possible. Before going to law school, I worked selling robots to the U.S. automotive industry. When it came time to go to law school, Sylvia urged me to go to NYLS. Sylvia was my first cousin’s mother-in-law. Her story is emblematic of the great opportunities that NYLS offers its students. After raising her kids, she started a second part of her life. Sylvia went to New York Law School when she was about 40—at the time she attended, there weren’t many women in the class. Sylvia went on to have a successful practice for many years. She served on the Board of Trustees and as President of the Alumni Association, and was a great promoter of STEVEN R. HArber ’92 the School. Co-Founder and Managing I took a lot of evening classes during my second and third years, which allowed me Director, Lean Law Ventures; to work part-time as a paralegal at a law firm, Anderson & Company, a spinoff of Co-Founder and President, Mudge Rose. After graduation, I was hired by that firm, which did a large amount DiscoverReady of reinsurance litigation and developed scanning technology for document review. The firm spun that technology service into a separate technology company, and my previous experience in sales made me the logical candidate to sell its services. Endowed a scholarship From there, my career in legal technology was launched. I worked at several in memory of Sylvia D. legal tech companies, and in 2005, I co-founded DiscoverReady LLC, a successful Garland ’60; the scholarship e-discovery company, which was sold in 2009. Recently, I co-founded Lean Law is awarded annually to a Ventures, whose goal is to invest in companies with better legal processes that student who is a working help corporate law departments.
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