The University of Cincinnati College of Law has been renamed the Donald P. Klekamp College of Law following a $43.2 million commitment from the Klekamp family in honor of their father, alumnus Donald Klekamp.
The gift will be invested over time to strengthen student scholarships, experiential learning, student success initiatives and the Corporate Law Center.
The commitment will strengthen student scholarships while preserving affordability; bolster experiential learning by supporting the Summer Public Interest Fellowship Program and an endowed professor of practice to lead experiential programs; enhance student success through advising and bar exam support; and expand the Corporate Law Center through leadership support, an endowed chair and funding for the Corporate Law Symposium and the Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic.
“This gift does not simply add resources — it transforms what is possible. It enables us to compete for top students, deepen our commitment to student success and elevate our Corporate Law Center into a nationally prominent program,” Dean Haider Ala Hamoudi said.
Donald Klekamp is a retired founding partner of the Cincinnati-based law firm Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL. In 1995, he established the Donald P. Klekamp Professorship of Law to support research and teaching. He was honored as a Greatest Living Cincinnatian in 2023.
