Grace Renshaw
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12 members of the Class of 2022 recognized for completing Pro Bono Pledge
Students who take the pledge volunteer a minimum of 75 hours of pro bono legal work and community service during their law school careers. Seventeen members of the Class of 2023 were also recognized this spring for completing their pledge service. Read MoreApr. 29, 2022
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Miles Malbrough ’22 to address estate planning in Nashville’s Black community as Equal Justice Works Fellow
Malbrough will focus on preventing houses from becoming “heirs property” by promoting estate planning as an EJW Fellow at the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands. His two-year fellowship is funded by the Albert & Anne Mansfield Foundation. Read MoreApr. 28, 2022
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Miles Malbrough, Class of 2022
2022-24 Equal Justice Works Fellow, Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands Read MoreApr. 28, 2022
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Ingrid Wuerth cited in Lawfare discussion of legislative proposals to allow the seizure of frozen Russian assets
Wuerth's March 7 Lawfare blog post, "Does Foreign Immunity Apply to Sanctions on Central Banks?", and her Fordham Law Review article, "The Due Process and Other Constitutional Rights of Foreign Nations," are both cited extensively in UVA Law Professor Paul Stephan's April 26 Lawfare blog post, "Giving Russian Assets to Ukraine—Freezing Is Not Seizing." Read MoreApr. 28, 2022
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Energy expert Jim Rossi quoted in Missouri Intercept article about the shutdown of gas conglomerate’s pipeline
Spire Inc. has lobbied against the replacement of gas-burning appliances with electric ones, considered a crucial step in reducing U.S. carbon emissions, and sued the energy department to keep it from enforcing rules against installing dirty furnaces and boilers. “It’s one thing to share data, info, perspectives. It’s another thing to take a consistent self-interested perspective in lobbying for the gas industry and maybe against other uses of energy," Rossi said. Read MoreApr. 28, 2022
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Natalie Graves receives Philip G. Davidson III Memorial Award for Class of 2022
The Philip G. Davidson III Memorial Award is presented annually to the student, chosen by the Vanderbilt Bar Association Board of Governors, who is dedicated to the law and its problem-solving role in society, and who provides exemplary leadership in service to Vanderbilt Law School and the greater community. Read MoreApr. 27, 2022
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Students work at Tennessee Justice Center during Pro Bono Spring Break 2022
A student team headed by Raghav Gupta ’24 worked with attorneys at the Tennessee Justice Center to observe and interview pro se litigants. Read MoreApr. 27, 2022
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Students work at Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center during Pro Bono Spring Break 2022
A student team headed by Emma Harrison ’24 traveled to Whitesburg, Kentucky, to collaborate with attorneys at the Appalachian Citizen’s Law Center on cases involving mine safety and disability benefits for former coal miners. Read MoreApr. 27, 2022
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Profile: Chase Pritchett, Class of 2022
Pritchett will join the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice through the Attorney General's Honors Program. Read MoreApr. 27, 2022