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 side of a labor dispute,” Bevan said. Bevan, L’70, recently …
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 Endowment. The two KU Law graduates have always been appreciative of the …
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 for childcare, and other challenges. “We were really motivated to try to …
Law scholarship honors memory of Edward W. ‘Ed’ Dosh, L’77
A new scholarship at the University of Kansas School of Law will support future students while honoring the memory of a KU Law alumnus. The Edward W. Dosh Memorial Scholarship is intended to support students from Kansas, particularly from Labette County and the southeastern part of the state, or graduates of Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. The scholarship honors the …
Alumni gift creates new scholarship fund
A new scholarship fund at the KU School of Law will provide support to law students from diverse backgrounds. Nathaniel Davis, L’76, has established the Nathaniel and Floydie Crawford-Davis Memorial Law Scholarship with a $50,000 gift to KU Endowment. Davis named the scholarship after his parents, who were public school teachers in Greene County, Alabama. “I established the scholarship fund …
Hovey Williams establishes new student IP award
A new award fund at the University of Kansas School of Law aims to encourage first- and second-year students to pursue careers in intellectual property law. The Hovey Williams Award for Inclusion and Diversity in Intellectual Property is intended to support students interested in pursuing IP law and to promote diversity and inclusion in the field. Gifts from the Hovey …