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2021 KU Law Annual Report

Donors contributed more than $4.5 million to support KU Law students and programs in the 2021 fiscal year. Read about some of the things made possible by those gifts in the 2021 KU Law Annual Report.

KU alumnus gives $2M gift for law, engineering schools

A gift from the estate of University of Kansas alumnus Dean Frisbie provides $1 million to the School of Law and $1 million to the School of Engineering. Frisbie, L'53, earned degrees from both schools.

Kansas City law firm establishes scholarship for underrepresented students at KU Law

Stueve Siegel Hanson, a Kansas City law firm has given a $1 million gift to establish a scholarship for Black students at the University of Kansas School of Law.

KU Law scholarship honors memory of Edward W. 'Ed' Dosh

The Edward W. Dosh Memorial Scholarship is intended to support students from Kansas, particularly from Labette County and the southeastern part of the state. Dosh was a 1977 KU Law graduate.

Law school alumna creates scholarship for southwest Kansas students

A new scholarship fund at KU Law will help provide opportunities to students from southwest Kansas.

Alumnus pledges $1 million for future needs at School of Law

When Michael Davis was a professor at the University of Kansas School of Law in 1971, he made a big impression on law student Christopher “Kit” Smith — so big that Smith and his wife, Diana, have pledged $1 million to create a fund at KU Law in Davis’ name.

Alumni gift establishes center for diversity and inclusion at KU Law

A new center for excellence at KU Law aims to foster diversity within the law school community. The Dru Mort Sampson Center for Diversity and Inclusion, launched in late fall 2019, will encourage community engagement while helping students adjust to the demands of law school.

Winter family accelerates $1.7M gift to law, athletics

For University of Kansas alumni Nancy and Wint Winter Sr., the only thing as satisfying as giving was seeing the good a gift could do. That satisfaction motivated Nancy Winter to give an outright gift of $1.7 million as part of an estate gift she and her late husband committed to KU in 2016.

Law firm supports students, funds scholarship

Wagstaff & Cartmell LLP in Kansas City, Missouri established the Wagstaff & Cartmell Law Scholarship with a $50,000 gift to KU Law. The fund will provide unrestricted support to the law school.

Alumnus creates fund to sustain KU Law faculty excellence

As a Kansas native and 1977 graduate of KU Law, James Riedy is committed to ensuring students from his home state have access to an outstanding legal education and local employment opportunities. He created the James A. Riedy Fellowship with a $100,000 pledge to KU Endowment.

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