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Endowed Professorships

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The firm has endowed professorships in its name at four of the leading law schools in the United States:

  • $1,500,000 endowment of The Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law Chair at Harvard Law School (currently Michael Klarman).
  • $1,250,000 endowment of The Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law Chair at Northwestern University School of Law (currently Dorothy Roberts).
  • $1,175,000 endowment of The Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law Chair at The University of Michigan Law School (currently vacant).
  • $1,000,000 endowment of The Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law Chair at The University of Chicago Law School (currently Eric Posner).

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