2018-2019 Impact ReportPHILANTHROPY GOES TO WORK AT TEMPLE LAW 2 Scholarships Provide Access 4 Fulfilling Conwell’s Mission 6 Sharing in Responsibility 8 Advocating for Trial Advocacy 10 Great Faculty Advance Student Success 12 Research Supports Community 13 Hose Scholarship FRONT COVER: Scholars in Temple’s DC-based Law and Public Policy Program gain valuable work experience at the intersection of law, politics, and policy. Gregory Mandel, Dean THANK YOU. Because of your ongoing support, Temple Law School is gaining national prominence, propelled by a vision for legal education that is nothing short of transformative. The entering class of 2019 is the most academically qualified class we have ever admitted, as well as one of the most diverse. We continue to recruit and welcome new faculty members whose work is as challenging as it is inspiring. And as a richly diverse faculty, we are more committed than ever to our common purpose: to put an exceptional legal education within reach for diverse, hard-working students with the talent and drive to lead our profession forward. You, as alumni and friends of Temple Law School, are vital partners in this effort. Your philanthropic commitment supports our mission in several critical ways. It permits us to invest in a world-class faculty and support great teaching through funds like the Reinstein Chair and the George P. Williams Teaching Award; it supports the many research and advocacy projects led by our faculty, including those at the Sheller Center for Social Justice; it ensures that our trial advocacy programs have the technology and resources to deliver a top-ranked advocacy education; and it enables us to attract students of exceptional promise from diverse backgrounds by offering scholarships and other financial support. EVERY GIFT MATTERS, and we are grateful for yours. Our ability to plan for the future with creativity and strategic vision depends on the longstanding philanthropic commitment of our alumni and friends. With gratitude,Scholarships Provide Access 2 WEISMAN SCHOLARSHIPS WEISMAN FELLOWSHIPS: ‘SUPPORTING THE STUDENTS, NOT AN AGENDA’ Industrious students choose Temple Law because they see the value of a high quality legal education enriched by a wide range of hands-on opportunities. Those valuable hands-on experiences often give students the edge they need when entering a chosen career. Ideally, those life-changing experiences are accessible to all. One highly successful alum—MARC WEISMAN ’77—has decided to help make equal access a reality for students in Temple’s Law and Public Policy Program, a program with a track record of creating future leaders. Students begin the highly competitive D.C.-based program with strategic summer internships. Some of the internships are paid, some are not. The idea of a donation to support students choosing unpaid internships sparked Marc’s interest. He wanted to target his gift—and know exactly what his dollars would accomplish. Since 2014, the MARC A. WEISMAN FAMILY FELLOWSHIP FOR THE TEMPLE LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY PROGRAM has enabled students to accept career-enhancing internships in public policy. Every year, eight students are provided the resources to accept meaningful placements that can be critical stepping stones to their chosen careers, without financial concerns driving their decisions. Marc says he funded the fellowships because he wants students to have the kind of satisfying career he has had since graduating from Temple Law, a career that segued from a legal practice into banking and finance, manufacturing, and technology. Today, as COO of the New York-based real estate company, JD Carlisle LLC, and president of Cheltenham Enterprises, a family investment firm, he says it is his responsibility to start giving back to institutions that will shape future leaders: “At a certain point, when you have the capability to help people, you should start.” Weisman Fellow Heather Swadley completed an internship at the Bazelon Center for Mental Health in 2019. “They’re a very impressive group of individuals, passionate about all different areas of law and public policy,” says Marc. “The legal discipline they choose is not important to me. I am supporting the students, not an agenda.” MICROSOFT FELLOWSHIPS Temple Law is an attractive destination for highly credentialed individuals seeking a quality legal education. A wide range of scholarships, made possible by generous alumni and other supporters, is one way Temple Law attracts a talented and professionally accomplished student body. FREDERICK HUMPHRIES ’86, who has served as Microsoft’s Director of State Governmental Affairs, is just one of many alumni who have found ways to support excellence in the student body. Fred first became engaged with Temple Law students when he was asked to participate in the D.C.-based Law and Public Policy Program. He hosted events at Microsoft’s D.C. office, and was impressed by what he saw. The students in the program were, in a word, “sharp.” Today, through the combined support of Fred and Microsoft, Temple Law offers MICROSOFT FELLOWSHIPS to promote diversity among students intending to focus on law and technology. The fellowships provide financial support to reduce the cost of tuition. In 2018, five Temple Law students were selected as the first class of Microsoft Fellows. “I’m excited and blessed to have been at Microsoft now for 15 years,” says Fred Humphries, a 2019 Temple University Gallery of Success inductee. “Intellectual property, cyber security, and privacy. These areas of law are expanding, rapidly. Supporting a diverse group of students who choose to explore these issues is critical to that growth, and it’s gratifying to be part of that.” MICROSOFT FELLOWSHIPS 3Fulfilling Conwell’s Mission 4 BARRACK SCHOLARSHIPS Leonard and Lynne Barrack are longtime supporters of Temple Law School. Their previous major gifts to Temple Law include the establishment of the Barrack Public Interest Fellowship Program and the Kohn and Weiner Professorships. The Barracks’ generosity also enabled the Law School to renovate College Hall (now renamed Morris and Sylvia Barrack Hall). With the mission of making an exceptional legal education accessible to a wide range of highly accomplished students, Temple Law School is dedicated to seeking creative solutions to help students overcome financial barriers. Joining Temple Law in this work are alumnus LEONARD BARRACK ’68 and his wife, Lynne. Initially awarded in 2016, the BARRACK SCHOLARSHIPS provide a tuition-free legal education to a group of extraordinary Temple Law students. Students selected for the highly competitive Barrack Scholarships began their first semester of a three-year-long journey with a huge burden lifted off their shoulders. The initial group of Barrack Scholars were fifteen diverse and highly accomplished individuals. At least three of the scholarship recipients were the first in their families to earn college degrees. Ten were proficient in at least one language in addition to English, and three were born outside the U.S., in Congo, Brazil, and Ukraine. The group included an investigator for the Pennsylvania Innocence Project, a reporter for Politico, an assistant rabbi, a president of a prison ministry organization, and a painter. BARRACK SCHOLARSHIPS 5 “Len and Lynne Barrack continue to support the Law School in deeply generous ways,” says Dean Gregory Mandel . “When we look at the Barrack Scholars, we are looking at the future of outstanding advocacy.” The 2018-19 academic year was the first in which there were Barrack Scholars in every graduating class. 6 CONWELL SOCIETY Sharing in Responsibility CONWELL SOCIETY DONORS HELP MAKE TEMPLE LAW WHAT IT IS TODAY The founder of Temple University, Russell Conwell, wrote in his oft-quoted “Acres of Diamonds” essay that when looking for diamonds, “dig in your own backyard.” “Temple Law has done exactly what an ‘Acres of Diamonds’ school should be doing: opening doors to a fine legal education,” says ERNEST E. JONES ’72, who along with his wife RAE SCOTT-JONES ’79, is a longstanding member of the Conwell Society, composed of dedicated leaders who contribute $1,000 or more annually to Temple Law. Ernest and Rae met at the Temple Legal Aid Office the first year it was established. “Temple gave us both the keys to a successful life,” says Ernest, who retired in 2013 as CEO of Philadelphia Workforce Development Corporation and, in his retirement, runs a small legal consulting firm for nonprofits. Rae retired from a successful career after prominent positions as chief counsel for the Philadelphia Convention Center and associate vice president of St. Joseph’s University. Ernest and Rae have been contributing to Temple Law continuously for more than thirty years. “We’ve always given what we could,” says Ernest. “Now we’re both basically retired, the mortgage is paid, and maybe we can do even more to open up opportunities for those who follow.” The Conwell Society funds opportunities for students and faculty, advances research, and supports up-to-date facilities. Dedicated donors like Ernest Jones and Rae Scott-Jones make Temple Law what it is today: a nationally recognized law school with a cutting-edge curriculum that prepares its graduates for successful, and impactful, careers. ENDOWED CHAIR HONORS ROBERT J. REINSTEIN Temple Law is proud to announce that the campaign to fund the ROBERT J. REINSTEIN CHAIR IN LAW was completed in 2019. The faculty chair stands as a permanent tribute to former dean and university vice president Robert J. Reinstein’s legacy of service to the Law School and the University. It is fitting that Robert Reinstein’s contributions to the Law School are recognized with the endowment of a faculty chair. During his tenure as dean from 1989 to 2008, the full-time faculty grew by twenty percent, with thirteen new faculty chairs and professorships. The endowment of a faculty chair enhances academic excellence by enabling the Law School to recruit and retain a distinguished legal scholar to the faculty. The holder of an endowed chair may receive support for research assistants and other resources. A growing number of endowed chairs expands Temple Law’s ability to bring exciting new faculty who broaden the students’ experience. Former students of Professor Emeritus Reinstein were instrumental in raising the funds to support the endowed chair. LESLIE ANNE MILLER ’94 , a Pennsylvania attorney and philanthropist who was general counsel of Pennsylvania under Governor Edward G. Rendell, says she made a significant contribution to the chair because of the core values of the professor and former dean: “While serving as dean, Bob represented the best of what Temple stood for. Those values continue to guide the law school to this day.” ROBERT J. REINSTEIN CHAIR 7 • Temple Law is #48 in the 2020 US News and World Report law school rankings. The only other regional law school ranked in the top 50 is the University of Pennsylvania. • In specialty rankings, US News and World placed Temple’s Trial Advocacy program #3 in the nation; Legal Research and Writing #11; Healthcare Law #16; International Law #19; and Tax Law #25. • Temple Law earned a “Best Value” rating from the National Jurist magazine. • In 2018, Above the Law placed Temple Law #28 for graduate employment/ outcomes. Celebrating Excellence Raising the BarNext >