The Law School professorships have been funded by generous gifts from charitable foundations and private persons interested in the welfare of the Law School.

The Ball Professorship of Taxation was created by a grant from the Jessie Ball Dupont Foundation.

The John Stewart Bryan Professorship of Jurisprudence, created in 1980, was endowed by gifts from the Bryan family in honor of the late John Stewart Bryan, President of the College of William and Mary from 1934-42.

The William H. Cabell Professorship was established by alumni and a generous challenge grant in honor of the first recipient of the Batchelor of Law degree in North America in 1793 at William and Mary.

The Cutler Professorship was made possible by a grant of funds from the estate of the late James Goold Cutler of Rochester, New York.

The Mills E. Godwin, Jr. Professorship, created through gifts from friends of Mills E. Godwin, Jr., Governor of Virginia from 1966-70 and from 1974-78.

The Ernest Goodrich Professorship was created by a former student to honor the service and life of Ernest Goodrich of Surry, Virginia.

The Arthur B. Hanson Professorship was established to honor the late Arthur B. Hanson '39, of Washington, D.C.

The R. Hugh and Nolie A. Haynes Professorship was created through a testamentary gift by Nolie Haynes in remembrance of her husband, R. Hugh Haynes.

The Lee Professorship was established as a part of the Institute of Bill of Rights Law by a gift from Laura Lee in memory of her parents, Alfred Wilson Lee and Mary I. W. Lee.

The Marshall-Wythe School of Law Foundation Professorship of Law was established by the Trustees of the Marshall-Wythe School of Law Foundation.

The Rita Ann Rollins Professorship was created by the Rollins family in honor of their daughter.

The Tazwell Taylor Professorship was endowed by the late Tazwell Taylor of Norfolk, in memory of his father and grandfather.

The Dudley Warner Woodbridge Professorship was created by the gifts of alumni of the Law School in honor of the late Dudley Warner Woodbridge, a member of the law faculty and, for many years, Dean of the Law School.