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1. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL ANNUAL REPORT 2011-2012
Gifted.Generations.
University of Minnesota Law School
Mondale Hall
229 19th Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
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JENNA CIESLAK ’12 & ANNE FUCHS ’12
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL ANNUAL REPORT 2011-2012

2. > Message from the Dean and Board of Advisors Chair
Dear Friends, Historically, the Law School’s funding
relied on the State of Minnesota. Those days
We are proud of the University of are over. The State now provides less than
Minnesota Law School’s tradition of providing 6% of our budget. As we move to financial
an exceptional legal education to some of the self-sufficiency, the generosity of alumni
world’s most gifted students. Our School and and friends has become an essential tool in
its world-class faculty are preparing those preserving our tradition of excellence.
students to succeed in the face of a changing Thanks to your generous contributions,
legal economy. The Law School and its our GENERATIONS fundraising campaign is
students must succeed in the future as they at 67% of its $70 million goal. The campaign
have for generations. assures that we will continue to attract and
We are preserving our strong foundation support the very best students with new
in legal theory, doctrine, writing, and analysis. scholarships and programs.
But this does not mean we are stuck in the We are grateful to those who have
past. Minnesota’s Law School is at the cutting stepped forward, establishing new endowed
edge of legal education. We have increased scholarship funds. We are also proud of the
our focus on experiential learning, we have new tradition exemplified by the Class of
strengthened our career counseling services, 2012, 48% of whom have pledged to support
4 and we have created new programs and post- the Law School with annual gifts in their first 5
graduate fellowships to support our students’ five years after graduation. Graduates Anne
career goals. Fuchs and Jenna Cieslak, who spearheaded
• Our exciting “Law in Practice” course that commitment, are featured on the cover.
places 1L students in simulated “law They exemplify the caliber of students we
firm” practice groups. Students receive graduate each year.
individualized attention from active Thanks to your ongoing support, and our
practitioners and volunteer district court time-honored mix of gifted students and
judges as they manage both litigation and faculty, the future of this Law School is bright.
transactional files from start to resolution. Thank you for your critical role in our success.
• Our Leadership Foundations program Together we will continue to excel in the
introduces students to fundamental future as in generations past.
leadership skills and allows them to test their
aptitudes and strengths. Sincerely,
• Our bold new Corporate Institute has
strengthened the School’s and our students’
ties to the local and national business
communities. David Wippman
• The new Robina Public Interest Scholars Dean and William S. Pattee Professor of Law
Program provides our students a seamless
path from admission to careers in public
service.
The Law School’s ability to initiate Judge James Rosenbaum (’69)
programs like these, and adapt to changing Chair, Board of Advisors JUDGE JAMES ROSENBAUM ’69
times, is possible only because of the CHAIR, BOARD OF ADVISORS
DEAN DAVID WIPPMAN
generosity of donors like you.

3. > Faculty, Program, and Student Support
JOHN MATHESON
LAW ALUMNI DISTINGUISHED
PROFESSOR OF LAW; DIRECTOR,
CORPORATE INSTITUTE
John and Bruce Mooty Chair in Law and Robina Public Interest Scholars Program
Business In July the first installment of the
This new chair was created by father and Robina Foundation’s five-year grant to the
DEAN MATHESON ’08 son John (’44) and Bruce (’80) Mooty and
the John W. Mooty Foundation Trust. The two
GENERATIONS campaign totaling $3,501,623
allowed initiation of a four-component
ATTORNEY, ALLERGAN, INC.,
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA practice business law at Gray Plant Mooty, the program to support Law School students’
area of law they have worked in their entire paths to careers in public service law. The
careers. They established the chair to help Robina Public Interest Scholars Program
the Law School recruit outstanding business provides scholarships; relevant experience
law scholars and provide incentives for them including volunteering, mentoring, summer
to remain, to encouraging junior faculty to internships, and public interest course work;
develop their careers, and to provide funds year-long postgraduate fellowships to help
that supplement other sources of faculty graduates launch their careers; and loan
support. The chair is an important initiative repayment assistance to graduates continuing
in the Law School’s goal of expanding in public interest work.
connections between the Law School and
the business community. Generations Campaign Strategic
6 Initiatives Fund 7
This new fund to support the strategic
initiatives prioritized in the GENERATIONS
Professor John Matheson is an campaign got underway with a generous
gift from John W. Windhorst Jr. (‘65). At
internationally recognized expert in corporate the Dean’s discretion, additional gifts go to
and business law and is now sharing his support four selected areas: Business Law;
expertise in the recently established Law, Science and Technology; International
and Comparative Law; and Criminal Justice
Corporate Institute. Since joining the Law Law.
School in 1982, he has received numerous
teaching awards, a Burton legal writing Business Law Initiatives Fund
Led off with an initial commitment from
award, and induction into the University’s
Kaplan Strangis & Kaplan, this fund was
Academy of Distinguished Teachers, the created to support business law strategic
first Law School professor so honored. initiatives, enhance the Law School’s
corporate and finance curriculum, and
Professor Matheson has taught thousands of
promote student leadership development
ADAM MATHESON ’11 students the value of a Law School education, opportunities.
LAW CLERK, JUDGE THOMAS M. including his sons: Adam (’11) is a law clerk
SIPKINS (’73), MINNESOTA FOURTH
JUDICIAL DISTRICT for Judge Thomas M. Sipkins (’73) of the
Minnesota Fourth Judicial District Court, and
Dean (’08) is an attorney at Allergan, Inc.,
Irvine, California.

4. Faculty, Program, and Student Support
Jacob E. Pritzker Disability Law Fund Law School Diversity Scholarship Fund
Fred (’76) and Renee Pritzker created Enriching the diversity of the student body
this fund in honor of their 27-year-old son, is a top priority for the Law School. This fund
Jacob, who has physical and developmental was created to allow donors who wish to
disabilities. Their gift provides stipends for support minority scholarships to so designate
two summer internships per year with the their gifts. Funds are pooled and used to aid
Minnesota Disability Law Center or other in supporting admitted students from under-
nonprofit organization offering disability law represented populations.
services.
Dan and Kim McDonald Scholarship Fund
James C. O’Neill Scholarship Through a grant from Dan (’85) and Kim
This scholarship honoring James C. O’Neill McDonald, this new scholarship was created
(’57) was established through a gift from the and endowed to support, as possible, diverse
Margaret H. and James E. Kelley Foundation students with science or technology-related
to support students who have demonstrated backgrounds and an interest in intellectual
high academic achievement and financial property law. Dan previously initiated a
need. In accordance with the donors’ wish scholarship in the name of his law firm,
to provide the greatest possible benefit to Merchant & Gould, but he and Kim wanted
each scholarship recipient, only one award is to personally help Law School students,
planned each year. If the amount available for especially in today’s climate of reduced
distribution exceeds the cost of tuition in the budgets. They hope to continue making
year awarded, a second scholarship may be donations to their scholarship fund for years
8 awarded. to come. 9
Justice John E. Simonett Scholarship
This scholarship to support law students
Renee and Fred Pritzker (’76) was created with an initial gift from Greene
Espel in memory of John E. Simonett (’51),
established the Jacob E. Pritzker Disability
who served on the Minnesota Supreme
Law Fund to provide stipends for summer Court from 1980 until he reached mandatory
internships with the Minnesota Disability Law retirement age in 1994. After stepping down
from the bench, he practiced mediation
Center or other practical experience in disputes
and arbitration at Greene Espel until 2006.
regarding the rights of people with disabilities. Simonett was an adjunct professor of
This past summer the first two students appellate advocacy at the Law School for 12
years and received the University’s highest
received stipends. Alex Dyste (’14) of the
ALEX DYSTE ’14 Detroit area received her B.A. from Michigan
alumni honor, the Outstanding Achievement
Award.
STUDENT
State University and wants to work for a non-
profit organization, ideally in family, Indian, Law School Summer Internship Fund
Charles H. Gauck (’63) created a fund to
or disability law. Sandra Pierzchala (’14) of support summer internship positions to help
Chicago attended the University of Illinois at law students gain valuable work experience in
SANDRA PIERZCHALA ’14 Urbana-Champaign. Last summer she worked the legal community.
STUDENT
with clients on a wide range of disability law
cases as a law clerk, improving her confidence
FRED PRITZKER’76 and interviewing and counseling skills.
PRITZKER OLSEN PA

5. > Chairs’ Report
Dear Partners in Excellence, We are also impressed with the results
of our Partners at Work program, thanks
It has been an honor serving as the 2011-12 to the dedicated hard work by our many
Partners in Excellence Annual Fund National volunteer agents. A record 62% of alumni
Chairs, and we are grateful to the many at participating firms and companies made
alumni and friends who gave generously to gifts to the Law School, setting the bar high
the University of Minnesota Law School this for the rest of the alumni community. Law
past year. firms and corporations with five or more Law
Collectively, through gifts of all sizes, we School alumni are eligible to participate in
contributed an incredible $862,615 in vital, Partners at Work, and we hope that many
unrestricted support to the Law School’s more of them will join the program in future
Partners in Excellence Annual Fund. While years.
our donations touch every aspect of the Thank you again for your partnership
stellar legal education the Law School and support. It has been a pleasure serving
continues to provide its students, a majority as chairs this year. We hope that you will
went directly to scholarships, a core priority continue to support our alma mater again this
for the school. year, and that even more alumni and friends
44 With state funding for the Law School will follow our lead. Together, we will ensure 45
now providing less than 6% of its overall that future generations have access to the
budget—and dedicated solely to the Law same excellent legal education we received
Library, a resource shared with the University and that the Law School’s long tradition of
and broader community—it is more urgent excellence continues for years to come.
than ever that we all do whatever we can to
support our alma mater each year. We are Sincerely,
truly grateful to those of you who heeded
our calls for support and stepped forward as
donors in FY12.
Among all our donors, we are perhaps Chris Chaput (’85)
most heartened and excited by the support
and generosity shown by the members of
the Class of 2012—our newest alumni. This
past spring, over 48% of the graduating class Jean Chaput (’60)
participated in the 3L pledge drive, each
committing to donate to the Law School for
CHRIS CHAPUT’85 the first five years after graduation. In spite
PARTNERS IN EXCELLENCE of the challenges presented by the legal job
ANNUAL FUND NATIONAL CHAIR
market, nearly half of the graduating class
participated. Their support demonstrates
JEAN CHAPUT ’60 the transformative impact that the Law
PARTNERS IN EXCELLENCE School continues to have on its students,
ANNUAL FUND NATIONAL CHAIR
as it has had on past generations since its
founding in 1888.

6. > Three Ways To Give
Partners In Excellence Annual Fund (Checks should be made payable to the
Annual giving directly supports University of Minnesota Law School. Gifts will
students and all aspects of their legal be processed by the University of Minnesota
education. It provides the Law School with Foundation on behalf of the Law School.)
essential dollars for program operations,
enhancements, and other opportunities that Major Gifts
arise during the year. Each year, fewer of the Major gifts are donations of $50,000 or
costs of the Law School are covered by the more and may be pledged over a period of
State of Minnesota, making gifts of all sizes up to five years. Major gifts support not only
to the Partners In Excellence Annual Fund current programs but also both endowment
increasingly vital. and capital needs. Major gifts are vital to
the Law School’s ability to maintain its
Online: www.giving.umn.edu/lawannual position as a top-tier school by attracting and
Phone: 612-626-8671 retaining the highest quality faculty, offering
Mail: University of Minnesota Law School a program that is continually evaluated for its
Attn: Office of Advancement relevance and effectiveness, and providing
229 19th Ave. South the scholarship funds to attract the best and
46 Minneapolis, MN 55455 brightest students who will continue the Law 47
School’s tradition of excellence.
Planned Gifts
Generation after generation, Law School Establishing planned gifts can be as simple
as filling out beneficiary designation forms
students and alumni have been active in
for retirement accounts or life insurance
supporting and affecting change for human
policies. Bequests from a will or provisions
rights. Tenzin Pelkyi (’15) and Congressman in a revocable trust agreement are among
Keith Ellison (’90) share a passion to end the the most common planned gifts. Life-income
Chinese government’s oppressive policies gifts such as charitable gift annuities and
charitable remainder trusts provide you or
targeting Tibetans. This past spring, Pelkyi and
other loved ones with an income stream for
a Minnesota delegation met with Ellison’s
life or a term of years along with support for
congressional staff, Minnesota Senator Al the Law School. Including a gift for the Law
Franken, and California Senator Dianne School through your estate planning can
Feinstein to lobby for rights and protection of allow you to give more than you ever thought
possible.
Tibetans. The passage of S. Res. 356 to protect
Tibetans and grant unlimited access to Tibet by For more information about giving:
foreign journalists and diplomats was later contact us directly or visit our website at
TENZIN PELKYI ’15 passed in the Senate. Congressman Ellison co- www.law.umn.edu/alumni/support.html.
STUDENT
KEITH ELLISON’90 sponsored an identical resolution in the House.
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, MINNESOTA
FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT