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Posted by: Kate Prince on Dec 28, 2020

A $500,000 endowment from the family of late Memphis attorney James S. “Jim” Gilliland Sr. has been given to the Legal Clinic at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys Law School, the Daily Memphian reports. Gilliland was a partner at Glankler Brown for 30 years before passing away in February at 86. The law school’s 30-year-old clinic, which allows law students to provide free legal services to underserved populations, will be renamed to the James S. Gilliland Legal Clinic. Although Gilliland was not an alum of the law school, University of Memphis President M. David Rudd said the endowment will extend “Jim’s wonderful legacy of justice and community-building while inspiring and supporting generations of law students to use their degrees in service of the public.”