From The University of Maryland: The W. P. Carey Foundation has announced that it is donating $30 million to the University of Maryland School of Law. The gift is the largest in the school's history, one of the top 10 largest gifts to any law school, public or private, and one of the largest in the history of the University System of Maryland. The gift will enable the School of Law to strengthen its programs, with a special emphasis on faculty support, and increase the School's endowment. The School of Law will be named the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Lawin honor of W. P. Carey's grandfather, who was a graduate of the law school (Class of 1880) and co-founder of what is now the largest law firm in the world: DLA Piper (formerly Carey, Piper and Hall).