After 30 days, dozens of emails, and hundreds of phone calls, Penn Law successfully reached the finish line of its June Challenge by receiving gifts from 1,245 donors for a total of $960,922.
The June Challenge was issued anonymously by three graduates of the Law School, who promised to give $125,000 if the Law School received donations from 1,000 donors during the month of June. The challenge resulted in $32,000 per day in gifts to Penn Law for the month.
The 1,000th donation was made anonymously in honor of Raymond Trent, a librarian at Penn Law for the past 45 years, who curates a renowned collection of books, periodicals, articles, and audio tapes concerning the history, education and practice of black lawyers in the United States.
