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KENT LAWCAMPAIGN GIVING ACCESS TO JUSTICE A NEW HOME

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Quiet Phase Report 2011-13

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WelcomeA message from the Chair of the Kent Law Campaign

“Fantastic news”

And why is this fantastic news? Because, we have reached almost two thirds ofour Campaign target and so we can – and will – now go very LOUD indeed inorder to raise the remaining funds to make the new Law Clinic and Moot Courta reality.

Firstly, a high decibel “thank you” to everybody whose contributions arerecorded in the pages that follow; and most especially to:• Our numerous and generous donors, and particularly, of course our twomajor benefactors, The Hon Charles Wigoder and Dr Kennedy Wong;

• The Kent Law School’s amazing students for their award-winning effortson behalf of the Campaign;

• The University for its commitment to match pound for pound everythingthat we are able to raise;

• Our Patrons and my fellow Campaign Board members;• Staff from the Kent Law Clinic and the Kent Law School• Hilary Edridge and Anna Pollard from the Development Office, whoseunflagging optimism has kept our spirits up, when (just occasionally) wewondered whether it would really be possible to raise the philanthropicfunds we required.

Secondly though, an even more ear-splitting message to all of you who have notyet supported the Campaign, perhaps because you were, very understandably,waiting to see whether it really could succeed. Rest assured; it certainly will. So, hold back no longer! Please pledge or donate now by visiting the Campaignwebsite www.kent.ac.uk/lawcampaign. If that’s not possible, then at the veryleast, please join us at one of the Campaign events which we are planning tohold over the course of the next twelve months.

These will start with the Kent Law Campaign Public Launch on Wednesday6th November, 2013 in London at The Gherkin; will include a CanterburyLegal Walk in June, 2014 and will extend, and become part of, thecelebrations which the University is planning to mark its 50th Anniversary.

Thank you for your generosity, your continued support and for being part of thecommunity which continues to improve the University of Kent.

Professor Richard de FriendChair, Kent Law Campaign Board

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KENT LAW CAMPAIGN QUIET PHASE:2011 TO 2013 – THANK YOU FOR YOURSUPPORTCampaign BoardProfessor Richard de Friend (Chair), ColinMendoza (Deputy Chair), Elaine Colville,Hilary Edridge, Martin Edwards, ProfessorJohn Fitzpatrick, Peter Frawley, ElizabethHiester, David Hughes, James Laughland,Sir John Mummery DL, Jeremy Pendlebury,Anna Pollard, District Judge Michael WalkerCBE.

PatronsThe Rt Hon the Lord Justice Aikens, JudgeGeorge Arestis, Andrew Baillie QC, SirGeoffrey Chipperfield KCB, Lord Clarke ofStone-cum-Ebony, Jonathan Cohen QC, DrAmanda Cottrell OBE JP DL, Sir TerenceEtherton, His Honour Judge Jeremy GoldQC, Courtenay Griffiths QC, Dame RosalynHiggins DBE QC, Professor DavidMcLellan, Sir David Melville CBE, SirGeoffrey Nice QC, Dr Lucy Scott-Moncrieff,Dr Phil Shiner, Adrian Taylor, Dr KennedyWong DCL, Sir Robert Worcester KBE.

Campaigns TeamHilary Edridge (Head of Campaigns), AnnaPollard (Campaigns Manager), SimoneKraemer (Development Officer) and Anne-Marie Rigley (Stewardship Officer).

OverviewThe Kent Law Campaign, a £5millionfundraising project to build a new home forthe Kent Law Clinic and the Law School’sMooting Programme, is preparing to leavethe Quiet Phase of the campaign cycle andmove into the very exciting Public Phase.The Quiet Phase provided us with anopportunity to complete our plans, build astrong Kent Law School alumni communityand test potential donors’ receptiveness tosupporting the Law School’s goals. In anycapital campaign it is traditional to securehalf the funds required before the publiclaunch, so this initial work with alumni andfriends was crucial in securing ‘leadershipgifts’ and pledges. We are now pleased to

announce that we have exceeded the firstphase target of £2.5million and are planningto move into the next phase of theCampaign in the autumn.

FundraisingDuring the Quiet Phase of the Campaign,we have raised £3.3million (including GiftAid and the University’s match) throughgenerous gifts from our alumni, staff, friendsof the University, Trusts and Foundations,companies and our students. We would liketo thank everybody who has donated to theCampaign to date, your support really ishelping to bring our vision to reality.

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Donations of £1,000,000+

• The Hon Charles Wigoder (R78)

Donations of £100,000 to£999,999

• Dr Kennedy Wong (K81)

Donations of £10,000 to £99,999

• Elaine Colville (E72)• David Humphreys (K95)• James Laughland (D87)• The Law Society Charity• Sir John Mummery DL

Donations of £1,000 to £9,999

• Jonathan Cohen QC• Professor Richard de Friend (E67)• David de Saxe (R02)• Dame Rosalyn Higgins• John Hosking CBE• David Hughes (D73)• Kent Law Campaign Student Committee• Kent Law Campaign Young AlumniFundraising Group

• Mrs B Lakeman• Professor Sir David Melville CBE• Colin Mendoza (D79)• The Peter and Michael Hiller CharitableTrust

• Anna Pollard (K98)• Dr Mark Rake FRCP• R G Hills Charitable Trust• Natalie Salunke (E02)• Dr Martin Stellpflug (R89)

Donations of up to £999

• Margaret Anderson (R77)• Mikal Anderson (K02)• Dr James Appleyard• Pierre Binetter (D89)• Opeolu Biye (Medway 2008)• Brian Bowman (K69)• Peter Button (E80)• Elizabeth Cable (K89)• Martin Chandler (R77)• Sir Geoffrey Chipperfield KCB• Mark Chudleigh (R85)• Carolyn Clews (D78)• Dione Coumbe (E92)• Gabrielle Culmer (E95)• Simon Curran (K03)• Adam Demmon (K09)• Hilary Edridge• Darren Ellis• The Rt. Hon Sir Terence Etherton• Augustus Ferenczy (K87)• Professor John Fitzpatrick OBE• Ian Garner (E67)• Shiulie Ghosh (D86)• Lauren Gomer (E07)• Etambuyu Gundersen (W08)• Ryan Harris (E97)• The Headley Pitt Charitable Trust• Professor Didi Herman• JetStamps• Charlotte Kelly• Simone Kraemer (W08)• Arthur Lau (E09)• Charles Lord• Dean Manoranjan (Medway 2007)• Alison Marsh (D83)

• Elspeth McKinnon (E82)• Professor David McLellan (E91)• Felicity McMahon (R01)• Mitesh Modha (E00)• Ian Norman (K01)• Sefa Nyafli (D06)• Peterkin Ofori (Medway 2009)• Oliver Pannell (D07)• Roshni Patel (R07)• Jeremy Pendlebury (K76)• Jaymini Philp (K02)• Charlie Place• Laura Pollard (E08)• Michael Rudder (E92)• Daniel Shaw (E11)• Daniel M.Smith (K89) & Fumiyo Nemoto-Smith

• Georgios Solomonides (K84)• Weronika Sowa (R06)• Brian and Jean Tuck• Elizabeth Tullberg JP DL• Hannah Uglow• Robert Veltman (K02)• Susan Wanless• Carole Webb (R87)• Stephanie Wingrove (R08)• Alexander Wright (R06)

Corporate sponsorship

• CardsMadeEasy• Headley Brothers Limited• Heater Meals UK• London Road Press Ltd• Maypole Marquees Ltd

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Officer at the University) took part in askydive and as a team raised in excess of£3,000. Hannah Bignell (K10) swam theequivalent of the English Channel over 10days in a local swimming pool raising£1,500 and a team of 16 alumni, students,staff and friends took part in the ThreePeaks Challenge, a gruelling trek to climbthe three highest mountains in Scotland,England in Wales within 24 hours and raisedthe magnificent sum of £8,350. Other eventsincluded the Thames Path Challenge (a50km walk along the River Thames), the 30Day Challenge (giving up alcohol!) and asponsored walk from Canterbury toWhitstable.

Of her challenge, Hannah Bignell said: “Iwas the Chair of the Kent Law CampaignStudent Committee 2012/13 and decided toleave the University with a splash byswimming 22 miles in the local pool over aperiod of 10 days; this is equivalent to thewidth of the English Channel. The challengewas extremely tiring and I found it incrediblytough at times but I just knew that I had tokeep on swimming to achieve my personaland fundraising goals. The Law Campaignpresents amazing opportunities that will

benefit everyone who gets involved;students, colleagues and the community.The Clinic is an asset, not only to theUniversity of Kent, but to society and it givesstudents first-hand experiences of what lawis like in reality. The mooting programmeallows individuals to develop and enhancetheir advocacy skills. The result of thisproject will allow these invaluableexperiences to expand and grow and I feelhonoured to have been a part of it.”

Julia Mansi (E08) and Daniel Malynn (K07)will be taking part in a sponsored skydivelater this year, Emily Smith (Kent LawCampaign Student Committee Chair2013/14) and Callum Borg (2012/13Committee Member) have signed up to runthe Brighton Half Marathon in February2014 and Alice Scott (recent KLS graduate)will be running the Brighton Marathon inApril 2014. Preparations are currentlyunderway for a 5km fun run on campus anda 10km Legal Walk around Canterbury. Ifyou are interested in taking part in either ofthese events or would like to take part inyour own challenge event, please contactAnna Pollard, [email protected] or01227 824670.

1 Darren Ellis took part in a charity skydive2 The 2013 Telephone Fundraising Campaign Team3 Anna Pollard ran the 2012 London Marathon4 Natalie Salunke took part in a charity skydive5 Hannah Bignell swam the equivalent of the EnglishChannel over 10 days

6 The Three Peaks Challenge Team7 Sponsored walk from Canterbury to Whitstable

2013 Telephone FundraisingCampaignFor four weeks from the end of February,the University’s 2013 Telephone Campaigntook place with a team of current studentscalling approximately 2,000 alumni aroundthe UK to talk to them about their time atKent and ask for their support for variousstudent-focused initiatives.

A number of the callers were current KentLaw School students who specificallytargeted our law alumni to tell them aboutthe Law Campaign and seek their support.During this initiative £5,000 was raised forthe Campaign which has provided a greatdeal of energy and momentum as weprogress towards the public launch of theKent Law Campaign.

Sponsored eventsA number of our supporters have raisedsubstantial amounts of money throughtaking part in sponsored events. AnnaPollard (K98 and the University’s CampaignsManager) ran the 2012 London Marathonand raised over £3,500. Natalie Salunke(E02) and Darren Ellis (Corporate Events

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Chancellor’s Prize for her outstandingcontribution to a University initiative.

The University is proud of everything thatthese committees have achieved and wewould like to thank them for all their hardwork and dedication to the Campaign.

Gifts-in-KindMany organisations prefer to donate tocharities through gifts-in-kind and we aremost grateful to a number of companieswho have chosen to support the Kent LawCampaign in this way. CardsMadeEasy(2011 and 2012) and London Road PressLtd (2011) generously donated season’sgreetings cards to the Kent Law CampaignStudent Committee to sell in aid of theCampaign and Headley Brothers Limitedprovided 2013 calendars. Through theseinitiatives the students were able to raise£2,800. Heater Meals UK, The FalstaffHotel and Essentials (the campus shop)provided provisions for the Three PeaksChallenge and Maypole Marquees Ltdprovided t-shirts for our sponsored eventparticipants and our student committee. Wethank them for their generosity.

Used stamp appealIn December 2011, we launched an appealto collect used postage stamps which areexchanged for a donation to the Campaignby JetStamps. To date, we have raised £230through this initiative and urge you tosupport us by sending your used stamps toAnna Pollard, Campaigns Manager,Development Office, The Registry, TheUniversity of Kent, Canterbury, Kent. CT27NZ. Thank you.

Kent Law Campaign StudentCommittee and the Young AlumniFundraising GroupThese two committees were established toraise awareness of the Campaign amongstour current students and recent graduatesand they have set themselves a jointfundraising target of £50,000 (including theUniversity’s match). To date they haveraised £25,000 towards their goal.

During the Quiet Phase they have raisedfunds through comedy nights, quiz nights,pub nights, summer fetes, season’sgreetings cards and calendars, a cops androbbers party, bachelor of the year auctionand the inaugural Law Ball held at the KentCounty Cricket Ground. This event aloneraised £3,400 and was attended by 240students, staff, alumni, local lawyers andbarristers.

The work of the Student Committee hasbeen so exceptional that they wereawarded the “Best New Society/StudentLed Volunteering Group of the Year Award”at the annual Kent Union Awards held inMay 2013. Similarly, Hannah Bignell, Chairof the Committee, was awarded The

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1 Alberry’s cocktail night2 Kent Law Temple Society at the Law Ball3 KLS Director of Mooting, Per Laleng, meets a

custard pie at the Summer Fete4 Kent Critical Law Society host the “Bachelor of

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6 Freshers’ Quiz7 Cops and Robbers party8 Kent Law Campaign Student Committee 2012/139 Used stamp appeal

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EVENTS

During the Quiet Phase of theCampaign we have increased ouralumni relations activityconsiderably and have held aregular programme of events toinvolve our alumni, students andfriends of the University in ourexciting plans for the future. Theyhave included lectures in bothLondon and Canterbury, informalpub nights, formal networkingreceptions and sponsored events.

We were also pleased to hold the launchevent for the Kent Law School’s ProfessionalMentoring Scheme established by Kentalumna, Madelaine Power (K06). Thescheme pairs our current students withalumni in practise to offer informal guidanceand an objective viewpoint on the currentjobs market. The mentors are all drawn fromthe legal profession and have been able tooffer invaluable advice to our students.

Previous eventsOver the past two years we held thefollowing events:

4th May 2011Chancellor’s Luncheon for Law, TheAthenaeum, London

7th July 2011Informal Pub Night at The Old Bank ofEngland, London

30th September 2011Chancellor’s Luncheon for Law, The ReformClub, London

17th October 2011Friends of the County Day, Canterbury

20th October 2011KLS Reception at The Law Society, London

7th December 2011Andrew Baillie QC Lecture, Canterbury

13th December 2011Friends of the County Day, Canterbury

29th February 2012Young Alumni Group Comedy Night,London

1st March 2012Sir Terence Etherton Lecture, Canterbury

7th March 2012His Honour Judge Jeremy Gold QCLecture, Canterbury

9th June 2012Kent Law Clinic 40th Anniversary Party,Canterbury

10th June 2012Young Alumni Group’s Sponsored Walk toWhitstable

7th September 2012Informal Pub Night at The Jamaica WineHouse, London


26th September 2012Inaugural London Lecture given by LordJustice Goldring at 7 Bedford Row, London

17th October 2012Kent Law Temple Society’s Lecturers’ Moot,Canterbury

18th October 2012Edward Garnier QC MP Lecture,Canterbury

25th October 2012Lord Justice Aikens Lecture, Canterbury

7th November 2012The Rt Hon Lady Hale of RichmondLecture, Canterbury

8th November 2012Patrons’ Reception, President’s House,The Law Society, London

20th November 2012Sir Geoffrey Nice QC Lecture at Shepherd+ Wedderburn, London

6th December 2012Launch of the Professional MentoringScheme, Canterbury

18th January 2012Kent Law Campaign Student CommitteeLaw Ball, Canterbury

25th February 2012Sir Terence Etherton Lecture, Canterbury

16th May 2013Sir James Munby Lecture at LawrenceGraham, London

28-30th June 2013The Young Alumni Group’s Three PeaksChallenge

8th August 2013Informal Pub Night at The Old Bank ofEngland, London

Forthcoming eventsWe have started to build our calendar ofevents for the coming months and aredelighted to invite you to join us for some ofthem. Should you wish to attend any, pleasecontact Anna Pollard([email protected]) for moreinformation.

Thursday 17th October 2013Kent Law Society – Keith Tucker MemorialLecture given by Lucy Scott-Moncrieff,Canterbury campus. “Human Rights andthe myths surrounding the European Courtof Human Rights.”

Tuesday 22nd October 2013Kent Law School Panel Discussion on “TheFuture of the State” led by Professor DavinaCooper and Professor John Fitzpatrick,Canterbury campus.

Sunday 13th October 2013Kent Law Campaign Student Group’s “Runfor Justice” (5km Fun Run), Canterburycampus

Wednesday 30th October 2013Lecture given by Jonathan Cooper OBE(R84 and Honorary Graduate 2013),Canterbury campus. “Things can only getbetter: What next for Human RightsProtection in the UK?”

Wednesday 6th November 2013Kent Law Campaign Launch Event, TheGherkin, London

Thursday 21st November 2013Foundation Day Lecture given by DameRosalyn Higgins DBE QC (HonoraryGraduate 1996), Canterbury campus.“What may and may not an internationaljudge do?”

Thursday 5th December 2013Kent Law School Panel Discussion on “Thecritical law school in the 21st century”,Shepherd + Wedderburn, London.

June 201410km Canterbury Legal Walk in aid of theCampaign.


MILESTONES

September 2010Feasibility Study is carried out by Brakeley

December 2010Foundation gift of £500,000 is pledged byDr Kennedy Wong DCL (K81)

March 2011Young Alumni Fundraising Groupestablished

March 2011Kent Law Clinic wins “Best Contribution bya Law School” at the LawWorks & AttorneyGeneral Student Awards

June 2011First KLS E-newsletter is sent to 5,000 Lawalumni

October 2011The University agrees to match eachdonation the Campaign receives pound forpound

November 2011The first Kent Law Campaign charityseason’s greetings cards are produced

December 2011External Campaign Board established

December 2011Campaign website created

December 2011Used stamp appeal launched

29th February 2012First Campaign Board Meeting held

March 2012Circle of Patrons formed

March 2012Computer Generated Images of the newbuilding created

March 2012Kent Law School student wins “BestAdvocate Prize” in the final of the CPSSponsored Moot Competition

27th March 2012Kent Law Clinic wins “Best new Student ProBono Activity Award at the LawWorks &Attorney General Student Awards

22nd April 2012Anna Pollard takes part in the first sponsoredevent for the Campaign by running theLondon Marathon and raises £3,500

16th May 2012Full page article about the Campaignfeatured in Magistrate Magazine

26th May 2012Darren Ellis and Natalie Salunke take part ina sponsored skydive and raise £3,000

1st June 2012Professor Didi Herman becomes Head ofKent Law School

9th June 2012Kent Law Clinic celebrates its 40thAnniversary

June 2012Kent Law Campaign Facebook and Twitteraccounts set up

August 2012Kent Law School is ranked as one of thebest Law Schools in the world, placing 135overall and 16 in the UK

September 2012Kent Law Campaign Student Committeeestablished

26th September 2012The first University of Kent Lecture inLondon is held and is given by Lord JusticeGoldring

29th September 2012Natalie Salunke takes part in the ThamesPath Challenge and raises £1,600

October 2012Case for Support is printed


November 2012The first Kent Law Campaign charitycalendars are produced

6th December 2012Launch of the KLS Professional MentoringScheme

18th January 2013Inaugural Kent Law Campaign StudentCommittee Law Ball is held

February 2013First Kent Law Campaign telephonefundraising calls are made

March 2013Student Mediators win the award for“Outstanding New Mediation Programme”at the International Mediation Competitionin Dublin

25th March 2012Kent Law Campaign Student Group holdtheir elections for the 2013/14 committee

5th April 2013Full page article about the Campaignfeatured in Inline Magazine

15th May 2013Kent Law Campaign Student Committeewins “Best New Society/Student LedVolunteering Group Award” at the KentUnion Awards

20th May 2013Kent Law Clinic is shortlisted for the 2013The Lawyer Award for Ethical Initiative ofthe Year

22nd May 2013Hannah Bignell begins her 10 daychallenge to swim the distance of theEnglish Channel

31st May 2013Hannah Bignell, Chair of the Kent LawCampaign Student Committee, is awardedThe Chancellor’s Prize for her outstandingcontribution to a University initiative

6th June 2013£1million donation pledged by The Hon.Charles Wigoder

29th June 2013A team begins the Three Peaks Challenge,the first major sponsored event for theCampaign

4th July 2013First Project Group meeting held to discussplans for the new building

June 2014Construction of the new building willcommence

September 2015The building will be officially opened

Contact

Hilary Edridge, Head of CampaignsE: [email protected]: 01227 824041

Anna Pollard, Campaigns ManagerE: [email protected]: 01227 824670

Development OfficeThe Registry, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NZ

www.kent.ac.uk/lawcampaign

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