Section: Impact
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Impact Winter 2025
New Fellowship to Fund LLM Public Service Opportunities Honors Longtime Assistant Dean for International Affairs Virginia Gordan
A new fellowship at Michigan Law will help fund important postgraduate opportunities for masters of law students, while honoring a longtime champion of international students. The Virginia Gordan LLM Public Service Fellowship is named for the first assistant dean for international affairs at Michigan Law.
Impact Winter 2025
Celebrating Three Decades of the Nannes 3L Challenge
In 1995, John Nannes, ’73, had an idea. Today, that idea—the Nannes 3L Challenge—continues to provide annual support to student organizations while fostering connections between classmates and bolstering philanthropy at Michigan Law.
Impact Winter 2025
Charles Knox, ’73, Honors His Father, the Hon. William W. Knox, ’35, Through a Legacy Gift to Michigan Law
Knox recently gave $200,000 to the Law School in honor of his father, William W. Knox, ’35, using two Charitable Gift Annuities (CGAs), a type of legacy gift. The gift establishes the Honorable William W. Knox Family Endowed Scholarship Fund.
Impact Winter 2025
Arn Tellem, ’79: Taking Chances and Giving Back
Arn Tellem, ’79, and his wife, Nancy Tellem, established the Arn Tellem Faculty Research Support Fund in 1999. They amended it in July 2025 by adding $500,000 and renaming the fund to the Arn and Nancy Tellem Faculty Support Fund.
Impact Winter 2025
Ashley M. Washington, ’10: Serving the Next Generation
Staying connected to Michigan Law is important to Ashley M. Washington, ’10, and her involvement with her alma mater comes in many forms. She has served on her class’s Reunion planning committee and, since graduation, has remained a loyal donor to the Law School Fund, Michigan Law’s primary discretionary fund.
Impact Winter 2025
Aaron Lewis, ’05: Embracing, and Extending, a Family Legacy
Aaron Lewis, ’05, comes from a long line of Michigan Law graduates. Lewis, a partner at Covington & Burling LLP in Los Angeles, recently made a $100,000 gift to the Wade Hampton McCree Jr. Scholarship Fund. The fund was established in 2006 by a gift from a 1971 Michigan Law graduate who had clerked for Lewis’s grandfather.
Impact Winter 2025
Gillian C. Steinhauer, ’76: Success in All Seasons of Life
Gillian C. Steinhauer, ’76, has developed a knack for finding her footing wherever she lands. Now, in retirement, she balances her personal travel and duties as a grandmother with her involvement at Michigan Law. Gillian recently amended a gift she made to the Law School in 2016, more than doubling the original amount.
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Roy Proffitt, Longtime Faculty Member and Administrator, Continues to Inspire Gifts to Michigan Law
The Law Quad has had no shortage of influential professors and administrators who have shaped generations of Michigan Law students. But even among that esteemed group, Roy Proffitt, JD ’46, LLM ’48, made an outsized contribution to the Law School community that continues to reverberate today.
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Bruce K. Posey, ’77: Bridging Generations of Academic Achievement
Bruce Posey rose through the ranks as a general counsel and governance specialist at multiple companies throughout his career—and the springboard was Michigan Law.