Randy and Melvin Berlin: Professorship in business law

Randy Lamm Berlin (JD '91) and her husband, Melvin, are establishing the Randy L. and Melvin R. Berlin Clinical Professorship in Business Law.

Randy Lamm Berlin (JD '91) and her husband, Melvin, have been strong boosters of the law school, most notably through their support of the Shakespeare and the Law program, which Ms. Berlin founded and sponsors annually, and the Law and Literature course, which she created and teaches. With a new gift of $500,000, the Berlins are taking their generosity in a new direction:

The School of Law's Business Law Center Clinic offers students an opportunity to apply practical training in business transactions. The clinic provides low-cost legal services to entrepreneurs and small-business owners in the Chicago area.

"We deeply appreciate Randy and Melvin Berlin's support," says Dean David Yellen. "Their generosity will enable us to expand and enhance our programs for students interested in business law."

Joseph L. Stone, director of the Business Law Center Clinic, has been awarded the professorship. Stone is of counsel to the Chicago firm of Seyfarth Shaw and a former partner in the firm of D'Ancona and Pflaum.

The Berlins' history of gifts reflects their interests in multiple facets of law education. "The Law and Literature program speaks to the heart and mind of law education," says Ms. Berlin. "Loyola is noted in the fields of trial advocacy, child law and health law, and I felt that business and transactional law is another important area in which we could help make the law school preeminent."