• Donors
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• Directed giving
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• Annual unrestricted giving

Student Loan Funds

Loan Funds

Students may obtain loans for their legal education through the following loan funds. Need is not a factor in determining eligibility, although a student must be considered in good academic standing and must not have already exceeded their cost of attendance budget through other financial aid sources.

• Kenneth K. Branson & Ezra R. Whitla Memorial Fund
• Judge Clarence A. Burney Loan Fund
• John F. Hassig Memorial Loan Fund
• Law School Loan Fund
• Glenn E. and Helene Zimmerman McCann Law Scholarship Fund
• James B. Smith/Philip H. Dawson Student Loan Fund
• Elaine D. and Arthur L. Sparks Loan Fund
• James E. & Edna J. Sullivan Law School Loan Fund

Student Prizes and Awards

Numerous funds have been established to recognize student scholarship, excellence in lawyering skills, activities, leadership and service.

• Barber Emerson, LC Blue Book Relays
• Robert F. Bennett Student Award Fund
• William L. Burdick Prize
• Mary Anne Chambers Service Award
• G. Gary Duncan Scholastic Improvement Prize
• Robert E. Edmonds Prize for Corporation and Securities Law
• Family Fund
• Robert C. Foulston and George Siefkin Prizes for Excellence in Appellate Advocacy
• Hershberger, Patterson, Jones & Roth Energy Law Award
• Walter Hiersteiner Outstanding Service Award
• Hinkle Elkouri Law Firm, LLC Tax Procedure Award
• W. Ross Hutton Prize
• Lloyd M. Kagey Leadership Award
• Law Class of 1949 Leadership Award
• Janean Meigs Memorial Award in Law Fund
• Samuel Mellinger Scholarship, Leadership, and Service Award
• James P. Mize Trial Advocacy Award
• Larry R. O'Neal/Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Law School Award Fund
• Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy Client Counseling Competition Award
• Payne & Jones Lawyering Program Award
• Shapiro Award for Best Paper on Law and Public Policy
• Carl T. Smith Memorial Scholarship Award
• Sonnenschein Scholars Program
• C. C. Stewart Award
• Susman Godfrey Trial Advocacy Award
• UMB Bank Excellence in Trust Planning Award

Scholarship Funds

Scholarships are awarded to entering students based upon their undergraduate performance, activities, and/or financial need. Some include special restrictions. Second and third year students who exhibit special talents and leadership qualities and exceptional merit may apply for and receive scholarship support.

• The Mark H. Adams Memorial Scholarship
• The Warren D. Andreas Scholarship in Law
• The Richard A. Barber Scholarship
• The Judge Willard M. and Lucile H. Benton Memorial Scholarship
  
• The Blackwell Sanders Diversity Scholarship
• The Book Exchange Scholarships
• The Bremyer Summer Intern Scholarship
• The Judge Clayton & Cecile Goforth Brenner Scholarship in Law
• The Claude E. Chalfant Memorial Scholarship
• The John W. and Gertrude Clark Scholarship
• The Claude O. Conkey Memorial Scholarship
• The Glen W. Dickinson Scholarship in Law
• The William and Judy Docking Law Scholarship
• The Port and Mildred Early Scholarship
• The Judge A.M. Ebright Memorial Scholarship
• The Robert E. Edmonds Law School Scholarship
• The Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson and Kitch Law Scholarship
• Foulston Siefkin 2L Scholarships
• Foulston Siefkin Diversity Scholarship
• The Foulston & Siefkin Law Review Scholarship
• The Jordan and Shirley Haines Scholarship
• The Thomas H. Harkness KU Law School Scholarship
  
• The Darrell L. Havener Scholarship
• The Aldie Haver Memorial Scholarship in Law
• The Help of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Scholarship
• The Al J. and Sylvia M. Herrod Law Scholarship
• Hite Fanning & Honeyman Scholarship
• The Michael H. Hoeflich and Karen J. Nordheden Scholarship in Law Fund
• The Enos Hook Scholarship in Law
• The A. Bryce Huguenin School of Law Scholarship
• The Judge Walter A. Huxman Scholarship
• The Arthur M. Jackson Scholarship in Law
• The Elmer C. Jackson, Jr. Scholarship in Law
• The Margaret S. Jeffrey Scholarship Grant in Law
• The Kansas Women Attorneys Association Jennie Mitchell Kellogg Scholarship
• The Calvin & Janice Karlin Annual Scholarship
• Andrew Keenan Memorial Scholarship
• Kirk Family Scholarship
• The Dorothy Arlene Bates Kirk Scholarship Fund
• The Law Class of 1953 Scholarship
• The Law School Class of 1925 Scholarship
• Law School Scholarship Fund
• The John R. Light and Gary Olson Scholarship
• The Robert W. Loyd Scholarship in Law
• The Frank A. Lutz Scholarship
• The Jana Mackey Support for Public Advocacy Fund
• The Kenton Mai Memorial Scholarship
• The Minorities in Law Scholarships
• The Harriet and Mancel Mitchell Scholarship in Law
• The John R. Morse Law School Scholarship
• The Ronald C. Newman Scholarship
• The Major Eugene H. Nirdlinger Memorial Law Scholarship Fund
• The Bernard E. Nordling Scholarships
• The Norton, Hubbard, Ruzicka & Kreamer L.C. Scholarship
• Judge Earl E. and Jean Ann O'Connor Memorial Scholarship in Law
• The Charles H. Oldfather Scholarship
• The Joseph O. and Mary Louise Parker Scholarship
• The Olin K. and Mary Ruth Petefish School of Law Scholarship
• Polsinelli Shalton Welte Suelthaus Diversity Scholarship
• Polsinelli Shughart Scholarship
• The Charles B. Randall Memorial Scholarship
• The Raymond Rice Foundation Scholarships
• The Ross Foundation Law Scholarship
• The Judge Kay Royse Scholarship in Law
• The Judge J. C. Ruppenthal Law Scholarship
• The Vivian McAtee Schmidt Scholarship
• Robert A. and Janet Manning Schroeder Scholarships in Law
• The Elisha Scott Memorial Scholarship
• The Professor William R. Scott Scholarship
• The Seigfreid, Bingham, Levy, Selzer & Gee Law Scholarship
• The J. Frank and Carolyn Henry Shinkle Memorial Fund
• The J. Frank Shinkle Student Aid Fund
• The Shook, Hardy & Bacon Foundation Diversity in Law Scholarship
• The Shook, Hardy & Bacon Scholarships
• The Professor Earl B. and Mary Maurine Shurtz Tribal Lawyer Scholarship
• The Clarine Smissman J.D. and Edward Smissman Ph.D. Scholarship in Law Fund
• The Glee and Geraldine Smith Law Scholarship
• The William C. Spangler Law Scholarship
• The Judge Robert F. Stadler Memorial Scholarship
• The Evelyn, Richard and Blanche Thompson Scholarship
• The Leslie T. Tupy Memorial Scholarship
• Suzanne Valdez & Stephen McAllister Scholarship
• The Voss Kansas Law Scholarship
• The Wal-Mart Legal Diversity Scholarship
• The Frederick L. Ward Memorial Scholarship
• The Willard G. Widder Scholarship
• The Karl T. Wiedemann Scholarship in Law
• The Paul R. Wunsch Law School Scholarship

Student Competition Funds

Funds to support student opportunities to compete for KU Law in local, regional, national and international programs and competitions.

• Richard F. Mullins Moot Court Competition Fund
• Shughart, Thomson & Kilroy Fund
• Wolfe Family Foundation Moot Court Assistance Fund