Singing for Summer Salaries:
What Could Happen in 2008?
Bring your cash and checks to the annual Singing for Summer Salaries fundraiser
on Feb. 19 at noon in the Moot Court Room.
Reichard Rocks 2007 Singing for Summer Salaries
Professor Cynthia Reichard's cheeks flushed cherry red as she approached center stage of the Law School's Moot Court Room. Then the former rocker-turned Legal Research and Writing professor propped her guitar on her knee and thrilled the crowd with"I Think I'm Gonna Die and I Know I'm Gonna Flunk," a song she penned during her years at Indiana Law.
Reichard, a 1984 alumna, was this year's lucky—or unlucky—Singing for Summer Salaries winner. The annual event raises funds for Indiana Law student scholarships. The Public Interest Law Foundation offers monies to students spending the summer working for nonprofit organizations or action groups.
For two weeks, cash was deposited into jars bearing the names of professors and deans willing to stand up and sing. The final day of the collection, students, faculty, and staff poured into the Moot Court Room to make final bids until the professor garnering the most money—Reichard totaled more than $1,800—croons for the crowd.
Competition was fierce this year as contenders with low totals dropped from the running. Students dug for change or cash, and high-rolling professors brought out the big guns. In the end, professor Luis Fuentes-Rowher narrowly escaped, coming in just shy of the win.
With the School's matching donation, the event's efforts will total more than $8,000. And though Reichard's lyrics pay a humorous tribute to the difficulty of law school, funds raised to see her sing them can help meaningful experiences for some of the more than 40 percent of first-year students who will complete a public interest internship this summer.