NORTHWESTERN PRITZKER SCHOOL OF LAW — When Ernest Greer (JD ’91) met Jared Bartie (JD ’93) in the early 1990s, the two formed an instant connection. “I could tell he was a good guy,” Greer, who was a 3L at the time, says. “He was real and authentic, not trying to play to an audience.” Bartie, a 1L back then, says Greer took him under his wing and helped show him the Law School ropes. “I had the tools—the mental capacity and the work ethic—I just didn’t know the tricks of the trade or how to maneuver within Law School. The environment was somewhat foreign to me.” That early connection and mutual admiration has turned into three decades of friendship and mentorship—a relationship that has endured as the two alumni graduated law school and created families and built successful legal careers. Today, Bartie is a partner in the Corporate & Financial Services Department at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and chair of the firm’s Sports Transactions Practice in New York. He is a member of the Law School Executive Committee and the Northwestern Law Alumni ACTION Committee, and a founding donor of the African American History and Culture Endowed Scholarship. Greer is global co-president at Greenberg Traurig LLP in Atlanta, and a member of the Northwestern University Black Alumni Association. They both serve on the Law Board.