Baylor Law School kicks-off the inaugural Firm Challenge

The Firm Challenge affords law firms comprised of eight or more Baylor Lawyers an opportunity to participate in a friendly competition of giving with your fellow Baylor Lawyers at other firms. The goal of the Firm Challenge is for 100% of the alumni in participating firms to make a gift of any amount to Baylor Law School. Winning firms receive prominent signage in the Career Development Office and public recognition in the Docket Call, Rocket Docket and on Baylor Law's website. We invite your firm to be a founding firm in Baylor Law's first ever Firm Challenge! For more information, email Berkley Knas or call Berkley at 254.710.4346.

A heartfelt thank you to the following firms who joined the Baylor Law School Firm Challenge

Founding Firms:

Beard Kultgen Brophy Bostwick Dickson & Squires LLP
Firm Leader: Julia Jurgensen, JD '02

Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
Firm Leader: Skip McBride, JD '68

Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP
Firm Leader: David Iler, JD '85

Harris, Finley & Bogle, P.C.
Firm Leader: Barbara Hargis, JD '86

Hartline Dacus Barger Dreyer LLP
Firm Leader: Abby Foreman, JD '06

K&L Gates LLP
Firm Leader: Jon Dotson, JD '02

Looper Reed & McGraw P.C.
Firm Leader: Pat Souter, JD '91

Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell
Firm Leaders: Brit Nelson, JD '92 & Clay Allen, JD '10

Naman, Howell, Smith & Lee, PLLC
Firm Leader: Hayes Fuller, JD '79

Potter Minton, P.C.
Firm Leader: Allen Gardner, JD '04
Achieved 100% Giving Participation!!

Winstead PC
Firm Leader: Alex Valdes, JD '02

Firms Who Achieved 100% Participation!!

Potter Minton, P.C.
Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C.
Winstead PC

The Firm Challenge begins Summer 2011 and runs through May 31, 2012.

Any gift made between June 1, 2011 and May 31, 2012 counts towards this year's Firm Challenge.

The winners will be: 1) firms with the highest participation percentage, and 2) firm with the most dollars raised. The winners will be recognized with prominent signage in the Career Development Office and additional recognition through the Docket Call, Rocket Docket and on Baylor Law's website.

Each firm is represented by a "Firm Leader," a member of the firm who has taken the lead in inspiring the firm's Baylor Lawyers to achieve the 100% giving challenge. The Law School's Alumni Relations Team will assist the Firm Leader in promoting the Firm Challenge within the firm.

Our main funding priorities are the following:

Law School Dean's Excellence Fund

Law School Endowed Scholarship Fund

Law School Faculty Fund

Baylor Law Alumni Endowed Scholarship Fund

R. Matt Dawson Endowed Professorship in Trial Practice

Participants may desire to establish new endowed scholarships or give to current endowed scholarships. For a list of current endowed scholarships, click here.

To make a gift online, click here.

Suggested Gift Amounts:

Partners & Associates: $100 for each year you have been out of Baylor Law

Recent Graduates (5 years out): $150 +

We also encourage partner matching associates' gifts.

Four Reasons to Get Your Firm Involved:

1. Increase your firm's engagement with Baylor Law School

2. Strengthen your firm's awareness among current students

3. Donate to the Baylor Law Faculty Fund; General Endowed Scholarship Fund; Dean's Excellence Fund and any other giving alternative.

4. Compete against Baylor Lawyers at other firms & achieve 100% Firm Participation!!

We invite all firms with eight or more Baylor Lawyers to join the Firm Challenge. Here are the easy steps to join:

Step 1: Contact Julie Corley, Director of Development, or Berkley Scroggins, Director of Alumni Relations.

Email Julie
Email Berkley

Call Julie direct at 254.710.8799
Call Berkley direct at 254.710.4346

Step 2: Select a Firm Leader. The Firm Leader is a member of your firm who will work hand-in-hand with Berkley Scroggins to promote the Firm Challenge within your firm.

Step 3: Inspire 100% of the Baylor Lawyers in your firm to make a gift to Baylor Law!

Step 4: Watch your firm's and competing firms' progress online!

Step 5: WIN the Firm Challenge by achieving 100% Participation or having the highest giving amount! Any gift to a current or new endowed scholarships counts. For a list of current endowed scholarships, click here.

To make a gift online, click here.

As the winner, you'll receive prominent signage in the Career Development Office and public recognition in the Docket Call, Rocket Docket and on Baylor Law's website.

We Invite You to Join the Firm Challenge & Achieve 100% Firm Participation!
The Challenge is ON!