LEADERSHIP DONORS IN PROFILE
In grateful recognition of major gifts made to the University of Pennsylvania Law School in Academic Year 2010-2011.
Dean Stewart Adler W'79, L'83 and S usanna Lachs CW'74, ASC'76 Dean Adler and Susanna Lachs have directed a portion of a 2007 University pledge to Penn Law School, where it will provide critical support for the Law School's new JD/MBA Program. Mr. Adler is CEO and co-founder of Lubert-Adler Partners, L.P., a private equity real estate investment company. He is also a member of the executive board of the Wharton School's Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center and a member of the Board of Overseers of Penn Design. Ms. Lachs, a former trial lawyer, is a Penn Library Overseer and a member of the boards of the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies and Penn Hillel. She is also a member of the Trustees' Council of Penn Women.
Ballard S pahr LLP Ballard Spahr LLP has made a significant gift to establish the Arthur Makadon Appellate Advocacy Program. The gift is a tribute to the firm's former chair, Arthur Makadon L'67. The program will provide funding for faculty who teach appellate advocacy and students who compete in national moot court competitions. Makadon, who served as chair of the 500-laywer firm from July 2002 to July 2011, was instrumental in developing the firm's premier litigation practice.
Peter Detkin E E’82, L’85 Peter Detkin has made a major gift to establish the Detkin Intellectual Property and Technology Legal Clinic. The aim of the clinic is to give students practical, hands-on experience in the patent and licensing process and to build on University research to bring products to market. The Detkin clinic will be operated in collaboration with Penn's Center for Technology Transfer, and will also involve extensive crossdisciplinary collaboration between Penn Law and Penn's Schools of Engineering, Medicine, Business (Wharton), Arts and Sciences, and other Penn departments and programs involved in the patenting and licensing processes, as well as related research. Mr. Detkin, whose career combines law and technology, made the gift to give Penn students an opportunity to learn how IP is handled in the real world, preparing them to enter the workplace or to start their own companies, as he did. Mr. Detkin is an IP entrepreneur and founder and vice chairman of Intellectual Ventures, an invention investment firm. He also serves on the board of overseers for Penn's School of Engineering and Applied Science. Prior to joining Intellectual Ventures, Mr. Detkin spent eight years at Intel Corporation where he was a vice president and assistant general counsel.
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