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2014-2015 Annual Report William & Mary Law School College of William & Mary Law School William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository Annual Report Archives and Law School History 2015 2014-2015 Annual Report William & Mary Law School Repository Citation William & Mary Law School, "2014-2015 Annual Report" (2015). Annual Report. 34. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/report/34 Copyright c 2015 by the authors. This article is brought to you by the William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/report MARSHALL-WYTHE 2014–2015 Annual Report 2014–2015 Law School Boards The Marshall-Wythe School of Law William & Mary Law School Foundation Association Offcers Offcers Barbara L. Johnson ’84 Melissa A. Conner ’02 President President Stephen J. Horvath III ’84 Fernand A. Lavallee ’88 Vice President Past President Douglas E. Brown ’74 Courtney Malveaux ’02 Secretary/Treasurer President-Elect Trustees W. Leslie Boswell ’07 and J.P. Fulton ’85 Betsy C. Anderson Co-Vice Presidents for Student Activities Michael E. Baumann ’79 Nora Garcia Nickel ’07 and Earl G. Pinto ’00 Craig D. Bell ’86 Co-Vice Presidents for Alumni Activities Rick L. Burdick ’76 Marshall B. Barton ’94 Elizabeth B. Carder-Thompson ’78 Secretary/Treasurer Garen E. Dodge ’82 Lauren A. Ferrari ’83 Alvaro Garcia-Tunon ’79 Directors Paul A. Ainsworth ’03 Daniel A. Gecker ’82 Anne Hampton Andrews ’11 Terry E. Hall ’86 Coburn R. Beck ’98 Sarah C. Honenberger ’78 Anne E. Bomar ’91 Kindra L. Kirkeby ’00 Blake R. Christopher ’15, SBA President (ex ofcio) Joyce A. Kuhns ’83 Nicholas C. Conte ’87 Scott G. Lindvall ’86 Christopher R.M. DeLacy ’99 Jefrey A. Lowe ’89 Jacqueline R. Denning ’76 Jon M. Mahan ’96 Michael E. Dick ’06 Catherine M. Marriott ’86 L. Allison Garde ’86 J. Thomas Morina ’83 Lawrence H. Glanzer ’76 James D. Penny ’83 Megan Tumi Jackson ’08 Catherine J. Rotolo ’08 Matthew C. Kemelek ’16, BLSA President (ex ofcio) Marc A. Taylor ’89 John M. Levy (ex ofcio) Thomas G. Martinchek ’94 Jefrey S. Palmore ’09 Gerald C. Wells ’94 ON THE COVER: George Wythe, at right, was William & Mary’s, and the nation’s, frst professor of law. John Marshall, at left, was among Wythe’s frst students at the College. Marshall went on to serve as the nation’s fourth chief justice and is generally considered the greatest jurist to fll that role. Message from the Dean and the Chair Dear Graduates, Parents, and Friends: We are delighted to report that the year ended June 30, 2015, was a truly outstanding one for the nation’s oldest law school. Once again, we set new records in private giving. We celebrate in these pages the alumni and friends whose support and friendship have enabled the Law School to thrive. With your generous financial support, we continue to enroll extraordinary students with a commitment to use their legal talents for the greater good. And we continue to attract and retain faculty who excel both as teachers and as scholars. This year, we are expanding the Law School by constructing the new James A. and Robin L. Hixon Center for Experiential Learning and Leadership. This two-story, 12,000-square-foot building will house all of the Law School’s legal clinics, Legal Practice Program, and leadership activities. The Hixon Center will open during the fall of 2016. In October, the College of William & Mary announced a university-wide, $1 billion dollar campaign. As part of this historic effort, we have set a Law School goal of $75 million in gifts and commitments by December 31, 2020. News of the Largest Gift in Our History The campaign announcement included news that two anonymous donors have generously contributed $22 million to the Law School, the largest gift in the Law School’s history. This gift will support student scholarships, a faculty teaching prize, and an annual leadership conference. William & Mary law students will benefit from this extraordinary gift for generations to come! Thank you for the many ways that you support this generation of William & Mary law students. Our best days lie ahead of us! Sincerely, Davison M. Douglas, Dean James D. Penny ’83 Arthur B. Hanson Professor of Law Law School Campaign Chair 1 By the Numbers A new record for participation in a class gift 92% set by the Class of 2015 Years in a row you’ve helped us set new Annual Giving records Endowed scholarships made — THANK YOU! possible by the generosity of 18 95+ alumni & friends First-year student is a Students assisted former Major League 131101 organizations in 23 states, D.C., Baseball player and 13 countries thanks to 2015 William (“Bill”) Summer Public Service Fellowships, Bray ’15, J.D. ’18, made possible in part through the played 6 seasons generosity of alumni & friends with the Washington Nationals and Cincinnati Reds as a relief pitcher Courtesy of The Cincinnati Reds Pages of scholarship published from Oct. to Ma in our fve 1student-edited law journals Cost to veterans 5,980 $0for advice and counsel during the “Military Mondays” pilot program sponsored by Starbucks and the Puller eterans Benefts Clinic 2 Marshall-Wythe ranked in National Jurist’s 2015 assessment of the best law #19 schools for practical training Students and recent graduates received Number24 of countries judicial clerkships on in which Professor U.S. Courts of Appeals Paul Marcus has given 8 invited lectures or made conference presentations st place fnishes our Trial Team in the past 5 years (including 2015) at the prestigious Academy of Trial Lawyers Mock Trial 3Competition in Pittsburgh Professor has been a guest on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report Students 1 comprise our Professor Allison Orr Larsen J.D. Class of 2018 on Oct. 6, 2014 (to discuss 201 her article, “The Trouble with Amicus Facts”) 5 Students brought home 1st Professors once clerked for the place laurels in major writing U.S. Supreme Court competitions in 2014–2015 Nancy Combs (for Justice Kennedy) Kevin G. Bender ’16 Allison Orr Larsen (for Justice Souter) Colleen R. Smith ’15 Alan J. Meese (for Justice Scalia) Brian J. Focarino ’15 (for winning papers in Taylor Reveley (for Justice Brennan) two competitions) James Y. Stern (for Justice Kennedy) 2014–2015 Annual Report 3 3 Annual Giving 2006–2015 $2,306,830 2.4m $2,303,576 2.3m 2.2m 2.1m $2,073,222 2m $1,907,660 1.9m 1.8m 1.7m 1.6m $1,553,017 1.5m $1,382,052 1.4m $1,350,748 $1,364,278 $1,366,587 1.3m $1,268,234 1.2m 1.1m 1m .9m $ in millions .8m ’06 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ‘11 ’12 ’13 ’14 ’15 Fundraising Totals Endowments Growth 2012–2015 2012–2015 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2012 $40.9 million FY 2014 $52.8 million Annual Fund $1,907,660 $2,073,222 $2,303,576 $2,306,830 FY 2013 $45.7 million FY 2015 $53.9 million Gifts-in-Kind 241,679 283,819 14,828 1,714 Endowment Gifts 513,065 1,123,195 1,619,110 670,343 Capital (building) 142,996 101,050 572,356 1,656,955 Alumni Donors Total Giving $2,805,400 $3,581,286 $4,509,870 $4,635,842 2012–2015 FY 2012 1,752 FY 2014 1,891 FY 2013 1,799 FY 2015 2,175 4 3Ls Set All-Time School Record with 92 Percent Participation in Class Gift At graduation in May, Dean Douglas announced that the Class of 2015 broke the all-time Law School record for participation in a class gift, with a total of 92 percent of the graduating class making gifts or pledges. The previous record was 90 percent, held by the Class of 2014. thin can sa with some confdence that that is probably one of the highest, if not the highest, percentages of participation of any law school in the (above) Gift Chairs, from left, Brian Focarino, Claire Wheeler, and Peter Vogel announce the class gift total at graduation. United States,” Douglas said. “I think it (below) Dean Douglas made good on a promise to sit in a dunk tank on the last day of classes when class gift speaks volumes about the devotion of participation reached 91 percent. this class to their law school.” Knowing that fundraising also involves fun, Co-Chairs Brian Focarino, Peter Vogel, and Claire Wheeler came up with something special to energize their class and maximize participation. Dean Douglas sacrifced his iconic two-decade-old mustache when the graduating Class of 2014 exceeded the prior record. This year, the dean offered to risk sitting in a dunk tank when the 3L class did the same. Thanks to some well-placed fastballs from 3Ls, their last day of classes ended with one soaking-wet dean, an inspiring class gift effort, and a triumphant class of graduating lawyers who truly care about their school. Class of 2015 3L Gift Chairs Brian Focarino Peter Vogel Claire Wheeler Committee Ben Abel Lamya Moosa Henry Alderfer Vanessa Rogala Kristin Brandt Shane Rumbaugh Caroline DeHaan Colleen Smith eaa r Caleb Stone Kang He Drucilla Tigner Mike Hendricks eof er August Johannsen Jess Vara Chris Kaltsas Caitlin Whalan Jay Kane Debbie Wong Samantha Lovin Danny Yates 2014–2015 Annual Report 5 Reunion Giving CLASS OF 1970: The 2nd annual Red Hot Reveley Award for Outstanding Class Participation in a Reunion Gift was presented to members of the Class of 1970 at Alumni Weekend’s Reunion Dinner. The award, a portrait of William & Mary President Taylor Reveley painted to resemble “The King of Rock’n Roll,” goes to the reunion class that achieves the highest participation as of Alumni Weekend.
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