The Loyola University School of Law this summer announced the creation of the Kendall Vick Endowment for Public Law. The endowment is being made possible through a $600,000 grant from the Kendall Vick Public Law Foundation. The namesake of both is Kendall Vick, a professor who taught at Loyola in the 1960s.

In 1988, the law school created the Public Law Center, which is jointly operated with Tulane Law School. The school’s commitment to public law will be furthered through this grant. The grant is intended to support internships, special projects, legislative drafting, instructing and administrative assistance, public information presentations and international training.

Vice chair of the university’s Board of Trustees and Chair of the Kendall Vick Public Law Foundation Jerome Reso said that the foundation was impressed with Loyola’s proposal and that the Endowment for Public Law was “consistent with Kendall Vick’s desire to encourage students to consider careers as lawyers in the public sector.”

University President the Rev. Bernard Knoth, S.J., said that the endowment “will be a fitting symbol of Loyola’s heritage of service to others, the foundation’s mission, and our partnership with the foundation to promote excellence in public law.”