Law Firm Challenge: Message from the Chair

A Message from Emily Nicklin, AB ’75, JD ’77,
Chair of the Law Firm Challenge

I am delighted to again serve as Chair of the Firm Challenge and look forward to working with my fellow alumni at firms around the country to make this year’s Challenge a success. Participating in the Challenge is an ideal way for those of us at law firms to support the Law School while showcasing our respective firms and strengthening the alumni networks within and between participating firms. 

Last year an impressive 60% of alumni at participating firms made a contribution to the Law School. This was an outstanding result for our inaugural Challenge, and I would like to extend my sincere thanks to those of you who contributed to last year’s Challenge, including the alumni at our nine winning firms.

I have no doubt that this year the competition will be even more fierce and the final results even more successful. I challenge each of the participating firms – including my own firm, Kirkland – to achieve the ambitious goal of 100% participation. To view your firm’s current rank in the Challenge, please visit the FY2012 Current Standings page.

Our collective efforts can and will make a powerful impact on our Law School. If you are at a participating firm, please help your firm achieve 100% participation by making a gift by June 30, 2012 – remember, a gift of any size and to any designation counts toward your firm’s participation rate. If your firm is not already participating in the Challenge, please take a moment to read about the Challenge and volunteer your services as a Firm Representative.   

The Challenge is an important component of the Law School’s fundraising efforts, but it is also a way for us to set an example, foster camaraderie and pride among our alumni, reconnect alumni to the Law School, and increase the participating firms’ visibility among current Law School students. To that end, the winners of the Challenge will receive special recognition on the Law School’s website, in The Record, and during on-campus interviewing, as well as the opportunity to “sponsor” and attend a Coffee Mess with students at the Law School free of charge.       

Brace yourself for a great competition!