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after Feil Family in Recognition of Four Million Dollar Gift Feil Family Foundation Brooklyn Law School’s new high-rise student residence will be named Feil Hall, in recognition of the generosity of the Feil Family Foundation, whose $4 million gift to Residence Hall Fund Dean Joan G. Wexler announced in December. “The opening of a new building is an important event in the life of any institution, but Feil Hall marks a turning point in the life of Brooklyn Law School.” Dean Wexler said. We deeply appreciate the Feil Family Foundation’s extraordinary generosity.” Designed by Robert A.M. Stern, the Dean of the Yale School of architecture, Feil Hall is located at 205 State Street, just three blocks from the Law School’s main building. Its 239 furnished apartments—a mixture of studios, one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units—will house about 360 students. All students will have their own bedrooms. All of the apartments have full kitchens and one or two private bathrooms, and many enjoy bird’s-eye views of Brooklyn, the New York Harbor and Manhattan. “We saw a pressing need and a strategy for responding to it that we were proud to support,” said Jeffrey Feil, President of the Feil Family Foundation and CEO of The Feil Organization, one of the largest privately owned real estate companies in the United States. He is a 1973 graduate of the law school and a member of its Board of Trustees. Currently, the law school, which has a student body of 1,500, houses some 150 students in eight smaller buildings that it owns in Brooklyn Heights. “I commuted to law school 30 years ago, and I understand the burdens that students who live off-campus face. Apartment housing of this caliber will attract students from all over the country and the world. It will create a sense of campus and community that will play an important role in ours students’ professional lives,” Feil said. Five other members of the Feil family are also Brooklyn Law School graduates: Jeffrey's nephews, Kenneth Jaffe ’89, Eric Derfner ’96, and Justin Derfner ’96 attended BLS, as id his cousins, Joanne Feil ’78 and Matthew Feil ’03. Jeffrey D. Forchelli Conference Center The top floor of Feil Hall, which has panoramic views of the Harbor and lower Manhattan, will be home to the Jeffrey D. Forchelli Conference Center, which will be the site of academic symposia and other law school events. It is named in honor of the generosity of Mr. Forchelli, a member of the Brooklyn Law School Class of 1969, and a founding partner of the Mineola-based firm of Forchelli, Curto, Schwartz, Mineo, Carlino & Cohn, LLP. “Providing a venue for the school’s important events is a way to give back to a school that has given so much to my family for three generations,” Mr. Forchelli said. For the Forchellis, too, Brooklyn Law School is very much a family affair. Four other members of the family are BLS graduates, including Jeffrey’s father, Don Forchelli ’31, his uncle, Vincent Forchelli ’40, his cousin, Charles Forchelli ’71, and his daughter, Nicole ’06. Geraldo's The first floor of the new residence hall will feature Geraldo’s, a high-tech student cyber-café. This comfortable hub of student life is named in honor of the generosity of broadcast journalist and television personality Geraldo Rivera, a member of the Class of 1969. “This room is a place where students can come together as a community and share ideas, and discuss and debate the issues that will shape their lives,” Mr. Rivera said. “I hope that from time to time I will be able to drop by and join in.” For further information, please contact the Law School’s Office of Communications at 718-780-0382.
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