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Franklin Pierce Law Center has received a $1 million gift to create the Mort Goulder Professorship of Legal Writing from the Goulder Family Foundation.

The Goulder Professorship will help train Pierce Law students to express legal concepts in clear, concise language. “This legacy gift, the largest single gift in Franklin Pierce Law Center’s 36-year history, will help us train students to express sound legal analysis in plain language that is appropriate for its audience. As a long-time member of the Board of Trustees, Mort envisioned Pierce Law’s continuing leadership in the transformation of legal writing curriculum. He wanted legal communications to be more accessible and understandable to non-legal communities. This gift will endow a professorship that will develop practical, plain language teaching materials for use, not only in our writing courses, but also across the entire curriculum. It is a wonderful legacy that will make our graduates even better lawyers.”

Goulder founded, directed, and later served as vice president of Sanders, which later grew into BAE Systems, a billion-dollar business in defense electronics. While there, he originated and managed the divisions that invented the word processor. From 1973 to 1977, he served as the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Warning. He also worked as a consultant and investor in the high-tech industry. In addition, he founded a small business investment corporation and The Breakfast Club, a group of high-tech entrepreneurs who invested in more than 50 start-ups.

Franklin Pierce Law Center is a private independent law school located in Concord, NH. A global leader in intellectual property law, its graduates benefit from an emphasis on practical teaching through a wide range of clinics, externships, and the unique Daniel Webster Scholar Honors program.