Challenge met.

The law school’s Office of Development and Alumni Relations has reached its funding goal for the Carney challenge grant, thanks to the generosity of 73 donors who have provided pledges and gifts ranging from $10 to $250,000.

In January of 2015, Emory Law Professor William J. Carney and his wife, Jane, created a challenge grant of $1 million to benefit the law school’s Center for Transactional Law and Practice. The Carneys’ gift was established to allow the center to hire an assistant director and to enhance both its experiential programs and academic offerings. Katherine Koops was hired as the center’s assistant director in October 2015.

The Carney gift has provided a named professorship for Sue Payne, executive director of the center, making her the William and Jane Carney Professor of Transactional Law and Practice.

Dean Robert A. Schapiro said, “We are so grateful for the extraordinary generosity of Bill and Jane Carney and for Bill’s exceptional vision in conceiving and supporting the transactional law program. We are very proud that our alumni community and friends rose to Professor Carney’s challenge and were inspired to invest in this vital program. We are especially grateful to John Etheridge 82L, Ian Levin 92L, Randy New 76C 82L, and Paul Shlanta 83L for organizing events to help promote this important initiative.”

The gift is one of the largest named gifts from a professor ever given to Emory University.

 

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