罗伯特T. Eglet, one of the nation’s top trial lawyers and a 1988 graduate of the 麦克乔治法学院, 还有他的律师合伙人和妻子, 著名法律谈判专家特雷西. Eglet, are giving 博彩平台网址大全’s 法学院 one of the largest gifts in the history of U.S. 法学教育，学校今天宣布.

的礼物, 哪些会随着时间的推移而支付, includes $5 million in support of the school’s advocacy center and another $20 million for scholarships dedicated to first-generation students and students of color. 这份礼物是美国人收到的前15份礼物之一.S. 法学院, the third largest to a California 法学院 and the second largest in the 170-year history of California’s first university.

“My wife and I both strongly believe that it is important to give back when you can,” Eglet said. “We are excited that we have the ability to help students who would not otherwise be able to afford 法学院. 我们在法学院期间都依靠别人的帮助.”

麦克乔治获奖的倡导项目将被重新命名为 Eglet倡导和争议解决中心. 的礼物 will create three new endowed faculty chairs for the center and a fund that will cover competition fees and travel costs for every qualified team interested in competing as a member of one of McGeorge’s 模拟试验, 模拟法庭谈判或其他竞赛团队.

“I am so proud of the nationally ranked 模拟试验 program at McGeorge,” Eglet said. “我看到学生们在为即将到来的比赛做准备, 我真的印象深刻. Trial law is my passion, and I want to do something that will enhance McGeorge's 模拟试验 program.”

The 法学院’s highly ranked competitions programs provide opportunities for students to improve their trial and appellate advocacy skills and refine their talents in client counseling, 谈判, 和仲裁. 仅在过去的三年里, a McGeorge student won the national Top Gun competition for the 16 top student trial lawyers; McGeorge tied for seventh in the country in the American Bar Association Competitions Championship; McGeorge’s 谈判 team won the national and international ABA competitions; and McGeorge 模拟法庭 students won 13 best advocate awards and six best brief awards. 

U.S. 新闻 & 世界报道 麦克乔治排名第一. 8在全国范围内 在庭审辩护中.

“我想激励麦克乔治的学生进入民事审判实践，”Eglet说. “If I can inspire even one student here to passionately pursue a career in civil trial practice, 那么我就实现了我的目标.”

这位来自拉斯维加斯的律师领导着审判团队 Eglet亚当斯是美国最成功的出庭律师之一. Eglet为他的客户赚了超过1美元.仅在过去的10年里就有50亿美元的判决和和解. He has served as lead trial counsel in more than 130 civil jury trials with only four losses. 

Eglet is a recipient of the Thurgood Marshall Fighting for Justice Award for his tenacious effort against overwhelming odds and in achieving success in the fight for justice. He has been named one of the Top 100 Trial 法律yers in the United States by the National Trial 法律yers Association for 12 consecutive years and is a member of the Round Table, 美国最有影响力的100名出庭律师. He was named National 法律yer of the Year in 2010 and National Trial 法律yer of the Year in 2013. He is a recipient of the National 法律 Journal’s “Keith 给ns Visionary Award” for his work in achieving an $800 million settlement in the One October, 2017, MGM mass shooting case and is the only lawyer to be named Nevada Trial 法律yer of the Year twice.  In 2018, Eglet被邀请成为“倡导者的核心圈子”的成员, an invitation only group of the 100 best plaintiff trial lawyers in the United States.  Eglet目前是国家审判律师协会的主席.  

特蕾西一. Eglet 也是拉斯维加斯Eglet亚当斯公司的创始合伙人. 1993年，她在俄亥俄州开始了自己的律师生涯, then moved to Las Vegas in 1996 where she focused on injured persons in the areas of product defect and general negligence. 夫人. Eglet被认为是内华达州法律界的顶级谈判代表之一.  She has been honored as one of The Top 100 Trial 法律yers by the National Trial 法律yers Association and is a longstanding member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. 夫人. Eglet已经解决了数亿美元的灾难性伤害诉讼, 管理和调解了数以千计的病例, 并选出了多个陪审团这些陪审团的裁决金额超过五千万美元.

Pacific President Christopher Callahan called the gift “transformational” for the 麦克乔治法学院. “This extraordinarily generous gift will change the lives of McGeorge students for generations to come,卡拉汉说. “Robert and Tracy are amazing role models for all of us as they show the power philanthropy has to change the trajectory of the lives of students who are dedicating themselves to careers in the law.”

总统鼓掌 迈克尔·亨特·施瓦茨院长他与埃格莱特夫妇密切合作，设计了这一具有历史意义的礼物. 他打电话给院长, who was named three times to National Jurist Magazine’s list of Most Influential People in Legal Education, “真正有远见的领导者.” 

“Dean 施瓦兹 has dramatically transformed the McGeorge School in just four years at the helm,卡拉汉说, pointing to unprecedented successes that include the 法学院’s highest California bar exam pass rate in 25 years, four consecutive years of improving credentials for incoming students and the best job placement rate in the school’s history. “他是一位杰出的领导人.”

施瓦兹, 谁把麦克乔治最近的成功归功于学校的教职员工, 称Eglets“鼓舞人心”.” 

“我喜欢听他们谈论自己的案例. 他们很有勇气去纠正社会错误, 遏制滥用行为, 帮助他人,施瓦茨说. “The reason they have been successful and are able to make this extraordinary gift is because they relentlessly pursue justice.”

施瓦茨把这份礼物放在了上下文中. “The new need-based scholarships will help us address a systemic barrier to diversifying the 法学院 and the profession, and the advocacy center fund will help cement the institution as a leader 在庭审辩护中, 模拟法庭, 以及法律教育,施瓦茨说. 

埃格莱特的捐赠是法学院97年历史上最大的一笔捐款. McGeorge will receive an additional $5 million in matching funds from Pacific’s Powell initiative.