Akin Gump honors Vernon Jordan with Howard Law donation, fellowship - Reuters
Attorney and business executive Vernon Jordan attends the ceremonial swearing-in of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the State Department in Washington, February 2, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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(Reuters) - Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld on Thursday said it will donate $1 million to Howard University’s law library in honor of former partner and civil rights icon Vernon Jordan, who died in March.
The firm is also establishing a paid fellowship program named for Jordan, enabling two third-year Howard law students to spend a semester working in the firm’s public law and policy practice.
Jordan graduated from Howard Law in 1960 and went on to become executive director of the United Negro College Fund and president of the National Urban League. He joined Akin Gump in 1981, spending nearly four decades in the Washington office as a lawyer and lobbyist before his March 1 death at 85. He counseled multiple presidents, including Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton.
Jordon maintained ties with his alma mater, according to Howard Law Dean Danielle Holley-Walker. The university renamed its library the Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. Law Library just days after his death.
Jordan was a mentor to many, noted Tony Pierce, partner in charge of Akin Gump’s Washington office.
“Throughout his career, Vernon held a unique place at the nexus of the law, business and politics—and he did so while paving the way for me and so many others to follow in his footsteps and achieve success,” Pierce said in a statement.
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