Law School Gets $ 250,000 Bequest

The Law School will soon launch a program to study conflicting international laws, thanks to a $ 250,000 bequest from former Law School faculty member Kurl H. Nadelmann, who died last year at the age of 83.

The endowment will be used for work "in the field of conflict of laws, giving preference to problems involving United States participation in international endeavors toward progressive unification of the rules of private international law," according to the will.

The will does not specifically designate how the funds should be used.

According to Story Professor of the Law School Arthur Von Mehrew, who is executor of Nadelmann's will, the endowment will probably be used to fund visiting scholars, conferences, publications, travel, and general research in the area of conflict of laws. He added, however, "There hasn't really been any thinking about that yet."

Law School Dean James Vorenberg '49 will oversee the distribution of funds, together with a foundation the will created for the purpose.

The money will not begin to flow for at least six months, according to Mehren, who is also a member of the foundation.

Vorenberg, in acknowledging the bequest, said that "the Law School will now be in a much stronger position in pursuing scholarship in this incredibly important field." The school previously had no funds specifically for the study of conflict of laws.

Nadelmann was an expert on the subject, and served as a member of several U.S. delegations to The Hague Conference on Private International Law.