Archive
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Criminal Justice Clinic Fellow Joshua Stanton works with students to represent criminal defendants in challenging times
Stanton works with Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs Sue Kay ’79 to supervise students in the Criminal Justice Clinic as they represent indigent clients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read MoreJan. 28, 2021
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“They, Them and Theirs,” Harvard Law Review article by Jessica Clarke, wins the Dukeminier Awards Michael Cunningham Prize
Clarke’s article has been reprinted in the UCLA Law Dukeminier Awards Journal, which annually recognizes the best legal scholarship on sexual orientation and gender identity issues. Read MoreJan. 28, 2021
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Allaire Urban Karzon, pioneering VLS professor, dead at 95
A trailblazing attorney whose career combined teaching and practice, Professor Karzon became the first tenured woman professor at Vanderbilt, where she taught tax law. Read MoreJan. 27, 2021
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Florence Howse Ridley (MA’51), renowned Chaucer scholar who endowed the Ridley Chair at VLS, dead at 99
Ridley earned her Ph.D. in medieval English at Harvard and then taught at the University of California Los Angeles for 34 years. She endowed the Elisabeth H. and Granville S. Ridley Jr. Chair in Law in 2018 in honor of her father, Granville Ridley Jr., LLB 1916, BA1914. Read MoreJan. 27, 2021
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10 alumni join the Vanderbilt Law School Board of Advisors
Jim Cuminale ’78, Associate Dean Scotty Mann, David Gelfand ’87 (BA’84) and Frank Garrison ’79 (BA’76) at an alumni reception held at Hudson Yards in New York City. Associate Dean for Development and Alumni Relations Scotty Mann has announced that 10 Vanderbilt Law School alumni joined the school’s… Read MoreJan. 21, 2021
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Jim Cuminale ’78 begins two-year term as president of Vanderbilt Law Board of Advisors
Previous president Sara Finley '85 will continue to sit on the Board of Advisors as a member. Read MoreJan. 21, 2021
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JETLaw Note by Ramon Ryan ’21 wins ABA’s 2020 K. William Kolbe Writing Competition
Ryan’s Note, “The Fault in Our Stars,” addresses environmental review of commercial satellite launches. The award, sponsored by the ABA’s Infrastructure and Regulated Industries Section, recognizes the best paper addressing specific industries providing important services. Read MoreJan. 18, 2021
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Register for upcoming ‘Disrupting Everyday Bias’ workshops
In order to mitigate the negative impact of bias, participants are introduced to tools and strategies to disrupt everyday bias and create situations to make decisions in a more conscious manner. This workshop supports the university’s ongoing efforts to address unconscious bias, and all staff are invited to participate in one of these sessions. Read MoreJan. 15, 2021
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Acclaimed novelist Dinaw Mengestu to speak at Vanderbilt’s 2021 MLK Day commemorative event
The virtual event, "At Home in the World: Place, Identity and the American Dream," will be hosted by Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and moderated by Clinical Professor of Law Karla McKanders. Read MoreJan. 12, 2021