Giving
Planning for the Future
Steve Novak’s Enduring Commitment to KU LawSteve Novak doesn’t spend his time considering his legacy, but he does think everyone should plan ahead.“I don’t want to be too cliché, but the old saying is true,” he explains with a laugh. “If you don’t create an estate plan, the state where you live…
Alumni Gift Turns Taxes Into Impact
How an IRA QCD Can Support KU Law Students As both a tax attorney and the dean of the KU School of Law, Stephen Mazza knows something about taxable income and funding the school. “We don’t want to get into the business of giving out tax advice,” Mazza joked. “But the tax benefits of…
Dean Establishes Opportunity Fund to Assist Successors
When University of Kansas School of Law Dean Stephen Mazza was a boy in Huntsville, Alabama, the legacy of his family’s giving towered over him.“When my great uncle immigrated from Italy and settled in Alabama he helped build the Catholic church in town with a significant donation,” Dean Mazza…
Law Scholarship Honors Memory of Former Professor Barkley Clark
A new scholarship fund at the University of Kansas School of Law will support future students while honoring the memory of a former professor. The scholarship honors the late Barkley Clark who served as a chaired professor of law from 1969 to 1985.His wife Barbara established the Professor…
Fund Established Honoring Alum’s Dupport of the Project for Innocence
The Paul E. Wilson Project for Innocence & Post-Conviction Remedies – previously known as The Defender Project - was founded at KU Law almost 60 years ago. Hundreds of students have participated in the program over the years and have won more than 70 direct appeals since its rebranding in 2008.…
Alum Creates First LGBTQ+ Scholarship for KU Law
A new scholarship fund at KU Law has been created to support students who are members or allies of the LGBTQ+ community. The fund, OUTLaws & Allies Scholarship for LGBTQ+ Equality, was founded by KU Law alum and current Board of Governors member Steve Young, L’84. It is the first of…
Alumni Gift Creates Labor Law Fund in Honor of Professor Raymond Goetz
From the late Professor Raymond Goetz, William Bevan III learned that objectivity and understanding are essential to being a good labor lawyer.“If you’re going to be really successful at it, you have to understand what’s motivating the people on the other side of the bargaining table or the other…
Alumni Rally Support for Reginald L. “Reggie” Robinson Law Scholarship
A group of KU Law alumni are encouraging their fellow Jayhawk lawyers to support a law scholarship established in memory of the late Reginald L. “Reggie” Robinson, L’87.Robinson, who earned his undergraduate and law degrees at KU, passed away in September 2020. Over four decades of teaching,…
Alumni Gift Establishes New Student Scholarship
A new scholarship fund at the University of Kansas School of Law will provide support to candidates who contribute to the diversity of the student body.Julia Gille Anderson and Jett Anderson, both L’82, established the Anderson Family Law Diversity Scholarship with a $75,000 gift commitment to KU…
Alumni Gift Boosts Student Emergency Fund
Jeff Stowell, L’01, and Carol Stowell have seen first-hand the strain some students have experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic. As Carol Stowell finished her nursing degree in December, she saw her younger student peers struggle to stay in school as they faced job loss, a sudden increased need…