Grace Renshaw
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$17.5M bequest from W. Weldon Wilson ’86 will extend scholarship program
Wilson and his wife Elaine have documented a $17.5 million bequest to support their existing Weldon Wilson Scholarship at VLS. The scholarship was established in 2011 in honor of Weldon’s 25th reunion. Weldon Wilson is vice chair of Resolution Life Group Holdings, a global life insurance group focusing on the acquisition and management of portfolios of life insurance policies. Read MoreMay. 11, 2022
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Climate Change Research Network scholars Michael Vandenbergh and Jennifer Cole featured on Free Range podcast
Listen to Mike Livermore's interview with Climate Change Research Network director Michael Vandenbergh and social psychologist Jennifer Cole, a post-doctoral fellow of the CCRN, who discuss political polarization and its impact on climate change policy on the Free Range podcast. Read MoreMay. 4, 2022
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Ryan Buchanan ’05 sworn in as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia
Buchanan joined the Department of Justice in 2010 at an assistant U.S. attorney in Birmingham, Alabama. He has worked as a federal prosecutor in Atlanta since 2013. Read MoreMay. 4, 2022
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Nick Prendergast has won the Chris Lantz Award for the Class of 2022
The Chris Lantz Award recognizes a member of each graduating class for demonstrating a dedication to developing a sense of community among his classmates with a strong capacity for leadership and commitment to legal studies. Read MoreMay. 4, 2022
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Kahlil Epps has won the Jordan A. Quick Memorial Award for the Class of 2022
The Jordan A. Quick Memorial Award is given annually to the student judged to have made the greatest contribution to the quality of life at VLS through leadership with the Vanderbilt Bar Association. Epps served VBA president in 2021-22. Read MoreMay. 4, 2022
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Jeffrey Usman ’03 appointed to the Tennessee Court of Appeals, Middle Division
Usman is an associate professor of law at Belmont University College of Law, where he has taught for 10 years. He was a senior law clerk on the Tennessee Supreme Court and an assistant attorney general in the Tennessee Attorney General's Office before joining the Belmont Law faculty. Read MoreMay. 4, 2022
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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