Grace Renshaw
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David Williams II, trailblazing former vice chancellor and athletics director at Vanderbilt University, died Feb. 8
Williams was a professor of law. He had rejoined the law faculty after retiring from his role as vice chancellor and athletics director last fall. Read MoreFeb. 8, 2019
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V-Legal teaches non-law professionals to ‘think like a lawyer’
A new online program developed and taught by Vanderbilt law faculty offers professionals in other fields an in-depth introduction to the American legal system. Read MoreJan. 29, 2019
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Jessica Clarke proposes legal reforms to protect rights of nonbinary people
Clarke's Harvard Law Review article, "They, Them and Theirs," proposes examining the contexts in which law uses sex or gender categories to identify what interests they serve. Read MoreJan. 29, 2019
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VLS alum and students partner with Vanderbilt Medical team to support Medical/Legal Partnership
Retired trial lawyer Kent Halkett ’81 supports student volunteers providing pro bono legal support to low-income patients of the Shade Tree Clinic, through which students at Vanderbilt Medical School provide free care for uninsured patients. Read MoreJan. 21, 2019
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Samuel W. Bartholomew Jr. ’73 dead at 74
Bartholomew founded the law firm Stokes Bartholomew and led successful efforts to establish a hub airport in Nashville and bring NFL football to the city. Read MoreJan. 20, 2019
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Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Gary Cheek to lead Bass Military Scholars Program
The program will support up to 40 scholarships for military veterans pursuing graduate and professional degrees at the Law School, Owen Graduate School of Management, the Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and Peabody College. Read MoreJan. 20, 2019
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Jessica Clarke’s paper explores explicit bias in discrimination claims
Clarke argues that courts too often exclude or minimize evidence of explicit bias when considering discrimination claims in a recent Northwestern Law Review article. Read MoreJan. 18, 2019
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Sen. Jeff Flake calls for civility, tough leadership in Chancellor’s Lecture Series appearance
Chanellor Nicholas S. Zeppos, Sen. Flake, NPR producer Zoe Chace and Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Visiting Professor Jon Meacham engaged in thoughtful discussion that drew a capacity crowd to Vanderbilt's Langford Auditorium. Read MoreJan. 18, 2019
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Ingrid Wuerth on the D.C. Circuit’s release of its redacted opinion In re Grand Jury Subpoena
Professor Wuerth, Helen Strong Curry Professor of Law, discusses the opinion, which she says "does not decide the important question of whether the Foreign Sovreign Immunities Act affords immunity to foreign states and state-owned enterprises in criminal cases," in a post on the Lawfare blog. Read MoreJan. 14, 2019
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VLS students join pro bono legal team to help low-income victims of massive fraud scheme
Students support Social Security Disability Appeals of low-income Kentuckians whose benefits were revoked after their lawyer was convicted of fraud. Read MoreJan. 11, 2019