Attorneys Doing Good Things

• Publication year: 2011
• Pages: 11
• Citation: Vol. 80 No. 4 Pg. 11

Attorneys Doing Good Things No. 80 J. Kan. Bar Assn 4, 11 (2011) Kansas Bar Journal April, 2011

KBF Awards 4 Scholarships for the 2010-11 Academic Year

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.

— Anthony Robbins

Giving to others is not only for the recipient, but also for the one giving as well. The legal profession is full of wonderful people who give to their communities, places of worship, and other worthy charitable organizations, including the work of the Kansas Bar Foundation (KBF).

The KBF was founded in 1957 as the philanthropic arm of the Kansas Bar Association (KBA). The mission of the KBF is to serve the citizens of Kansas by funding projects that foster the welfare, honor and integrity of the legal system by improving its accessibility, equality, and uniformity. Those who give to the KBF give to exceptional civics educational programming K-12 as one of the many charitable groups. In recent years the KBF has established scholarships to be given to law students to further their education into law school.

The KBF has established four scholarships given to students in the 2010-11 school year.

The four scholarships are: Justice Alex M. Fromme Memorial Scholarship Award; Maxine S. Thompson Memorial Student Scholarship Award; Case, Moses, Zimmerman & Martin P.A. Law Student Scholarship Award; and the John E. Shamberg Memorial Law Student Scholarship Award. All four awards are an annual $1,000 scholarship.

The Justice Alex M. Fromme and the Maxine S. Thompson Memorial scholarships are given to those students planning to practice in Kansas and attend either Washburn University

KBF President Jim Oliver presents Adam Dees of the University of Kansas School of Law with the Maxine S. Thompson Memorial Scholarship.

KBF President Jim Oliver presents Whitney Casement of Washburn University School of Law with the Justice Alex M. Fromme Memorial Scholarship.

or the University of Kansas schools of law. Last year was the inaugural...