Brandy Drinnon
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Legislative Advocacy to Eliminate Youth Fines and Fees
This past year, the Youth Opportunity Clinic has participated in researching, drafting and advocating for legislation to eliminate youth fees and fines. This legislative advocacy effort grew from students’ clinic work helping young adult clients navigate the collateral consequences related to fees and fines that stem from delinquency or criminal… Read MoreMay. 2, 2022
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Collaboration and Community: Vanderbilt Law Clinics and the Elmahaba Center
This past year, the Youth Opportunity Clinic has participated in researching, drafting and advocating for legislation to eliminate youth fees and fines. This legislative advocacy effort grew from students’ clinic work helping young adult clients navigate the collateral consequences related to fees and fines that stem from delinquency or criminal… Read MoreMay. 2, 2022
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Lessons Learned in Trial Preparation, Joshua Stanton, Clinical Teaching Fellow
This past year, the Youth Opportunity Clinic has participated in researching, drafting and advocating for legislation to eliminate youth fees and fines. This legislative advocacy effort grew from students’ clinic work helping young adult clients navigate the collateral consequences related to fees and fines that stem from delinquency or criminal… Read MoreMay. 2, 2022
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The Horrors of the Asylum Process, Marina Yousef ’23
This past year, the Youth Opportunity Clinic has participated in researching, drafting and advocating for legislation to eliminate youth fees and fines. This legislative advocacy effort grew from students’ clinic work helping young adult clients navigate the collateral consequences related to fees and fines that stem from delinquency or criminal… Read MoreMay. 2, 2022
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Helping Immigrants Achieve Their Goals, Alvaro Manrique Barrenechea, LLM’19
This past year, the Youth Opportunity Clinic has participated in researching, drafting and advocating for legislation to eliminate youth fees and fines. This legislative advocacy effort grew from students’ clinic work helping young adult clients navigate the collateral consequences related to fees and fines that stem from delinquency or criminal… Read MoreMay. 2, 2022
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Clinics Help You Hit the Ground Running, Allen Shao King ’21
This past year, the Youth Opportunity Clinic has participated in researching, drafting and advocating for legislation to eliminate youth fees and fines. This legislative advocacy effort grew from students’ clinic work helping young adult clients navigate the collateral consequences related to fees and fines that stem from delinquency or criminal… Read MoreMay. 2, 2022
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On the Cover: Michael Vandenbergh discusses how private action can force corporations into greener practices
"Planet Earth's Future Now Rests in the Hands of Big Business," Time, April 14, 2022 Read MoreApr. 14, 2022
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LAVA president Jay Larry ’17 (BA’14) aims to strengthen ties among Vanderbilt’s LGBTQIA+ alumni
“I would not be the person I am today without Vanderbilt,” he adds. “Many formative experiences happened there that made me a better team player, better global citizen and more thoughtful about others and how I navigate the world.” Read MoreJun. 14, 2021
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Cloe Anderson ’21 receives the Carl J. Ruskowski Clinical Legal Education Award
This past year, the Youth Opportunity Clinic has participated in researching, drafting and advocating for legislation to eliminate youth fees and fines. This legislative advocacy effort grew from students’ clinic work helping young adult clients navigate the collateral consequences related to fees and fines that stem from delinquency or criminal… Read MoreMay. 24, 2021
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Four members of the Class of 2021 honored with VBA awards
VBA President Esther Lee, BLSA President Samantha Furman, Co-Counsel Mentoring Program President Asha Menon and Legal Aid Society President Kira Benton were recognized for student leadership, while three student organizations-the Voting Rights and Advocacy Society, the Investment and Securities Club, and the Law Students for Social Justice-were honored for their contributions to student life. Read MoreApr. 16, 2021