Highlights:

This year the Law School went "five for five" in faculty recruitment, making five offers to prospective new faculty and receiving five acceptances. Noted constitutional law scholar Erwin Chemerinsky leads the fabulous five, which also includes environmental law scholar Jim Salzman, noted labor and employment law specialist Catherine Fisk, and junior constitutional law scholars Neil Siegel and Jed Purdy, author of two acclaimed books. Professor Salzman will also have a faculty appointment at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences. Professor Chemerinsky will be the first faculty member to hold the Law School's new Alston & Bird Professorship.

The Law School also celebrated the appointment of three of its faculty to chaired professorships. Steven Schwarcz, the country's top legal scholar in asset securitization and structured finance, was named the first-ever Stanley A. Star Professor of Law. Larry Zelenak, a top tax scholar who was recruited last year from the Columbia law faculty, was named the first Pamela B. Gann Professor of Law. Jonathan Wiener, a specialist in global environmental issues and risk assessment analysis, was named the William R. and Thomas L. Perkins Professor of Law.

In late April, the Law School broke ground on phase one of its ambitious building renovation and construction project, which includes the complete demolition and remodeling of the two large classrooms that had not been recently updated and a new 25,000-square-foot addition along Science Drive that will accommodate faculty offices, program centers and journal offices. Renovation of the two classrooms will be completed in time for the fall 2004 semester, and the new addition is expected to be completed in time for classes in fall 2005.

Special achievements:

Jonathan Wiener	The Society for Risk Analysis presented its prestigious Young Risk Analyst Award to Professor Jonathan Wiener.
Robinson Everett	Professor Robinson Everett became the 28th recipient of the prestigious Judge John J. Parker Memorial Award, the highest honor bestowed by the North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA) upon its members.

Faculty and staff appointments:

• Erwin Chemerinsky, from the University of Southern California law faculty, Alston & Bird Professor of Law
• Catherine Fisk, from the University of Southern California law faculty, Professor of Law
• Andrew Foster, promoted to Assistant Clinical Professor
• Tracy Lewis, joint appointment as Professor of Law
• Jedediah Purdy, Assistant Professor of Law
• James Salzman, Professor of Law
• Neil Siegel, Assistant Professor of Law

School statistics:

Total number of law students: 736

• 359 Male
• 295 Female

41 states plus District of Columbia and 8 foreign countries represented

• 46 Male
• 34 Female

(plus 2 male SJD students)

Major gifts:

Stanley A. Star and the Star Family Foundation pledged $3,000,000 to the Law School to support building and renovation projects. The new Law School atrium will be named the Star Atrium in his honor.

The William A. Van Alstyne Professorship in the field of constitutional law was established in conjunction with The Nicholas Challenge through the generous contribution of $1,500,000 from J. Michael Goodson.

Robert H. and Joan Parsons Beber have established a Charitable Remainder Unitrust in the amount of $1,075,000 to provide funding for the new Law School garden, to be located on Science Drive directly in front of the Law School.

Anonymous Gifts

A pledged gift of $1,000,000 was given anonymously to support the Law School's building and renovation projects. Classroom 3043 will be named to honor the donor.

An alumnus, who wishes to remain anonymous, established the Evada Trust Professorship Endowment Fund in response to the Duke Endowment Challenge. This generous gift of $1,000,000 represents the first gift of this magnitude from an Asian alumnus.