December 16, 2002

Dear Friends:

The Holiday Season affords us the opportunity to pause and reflect on our own lives, our business associates and friends, and our community. An integral part of the Holiday Season is the tradition of giving Holiday gifts, helping those less fortunate in our community and recognizing worthy causes. Our firm has a longstanding commitment to community service. As a Charter Member of the International Society of Primerus Law Firms, we are recognized internationally as a law firm that meets exceptionally high standards for community service and providing our clients with superior work product and a high level of service.

Each year, we have tried to satisfy both the need for thanking you for your support and our desire to help important programs and institutions in our community. In keeping with this spirit, this Holiday Season we are providing a scholarship opportunity at the University of New England and making a capital campaign contribution to Boston University School of Law’s Building Capital Campaign where Peter Bennett currently serves as President of the Executive Committee and the Alumni Association.

Our UNE scholarship will provide financial assistance with a preference to a female or minority student at the College of Medicine of the University of New England, one of the top 50 medical schools in the United States. The mission of the University of New England is to educate men and women according to very high standards. The University achieves its vital mission through its uncompromising commitment to academic excellence, to a core foundation in the liberal arts, and to community service. We are proud to play a small part in UNE’s successful mission.

We hope our choice of Holiday gift meets with your approval. We very much appreciate our continuing relationship and offer our very best wishes for a happy, healthy, and successful 2003.

The Bennett Law Firm, P.A.