Grace Renshaw
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Brian Fitzpatrick supports downsizing 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Law360 editorial
"There is a nonpartisan, good government reason for" splitting the 9th Circuit, Fitzpatrick writes: "Smaller circuits minimize outlier decisions in both directions." Read MoreAug. 1, 2017
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50 VLS graduates will serve 53 clerkships in 2017-18 or future terms
VLS students and graduates will serve federal clerkships with a Supreme Court justice; appellate judges on the Third, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Eleventh, D.C. and Federal Circuits; a special master of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims; and district courts in 17 states and D.C.; and two state supreme courts. Read MoreJul. 28, 2017
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Judge Randall Wyatt ’66 announces his retirement from the bench
Judge Wyatt has served as a judge in Davidson County's civil and criminal courts for 43 years. Read MoreJul. 21, 2017
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Jeffrey Levy ‘97 and Benjamin Raybin ‘10 win TBA’s Justice Joseph Henry Memorial Award for Outstanding Legal Writing
Levy and Raybin honored for articles published in the Tennessee Bar Journal in 2016. Read MoreJul. 21, 2017
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Augusta Dowd ’82 sworn in as president of Alabama State Bar
Dowd is a shareholder in White Arnold & Dowd in Birmingham, where she practices civil and complex litigation and white-collar criminal defense. Read MoreJul. 21, 2017
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Yoli Redero retires from VLS clinical legal faculty
Redero created and directed Vanderbilt’s Family Law and Domestic Violence Clinic Read MoreJul. 21, 2017
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James Cheek ’67 retires from VLS faculty
Cheek, who has taught both full- and part-time at VLS throughout his career, will continue his law practice at Bass Berry & Sims. Read MoreJul. 17, 2017
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Randall Thomas discusses results of study examining appraisal action petitions
Thomas and a team of three other researchers discovered that the number of appraisal action petitions, used by stockholders seeking relief when they believe the price offered in a merger where they are forced to sell their shares is too low, have risen dramatically over the past two decades. Read MoreJul. 13, 2017
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Rob Mikos’ casebook, Marijuana Law, Policy, and Authority, released by Wolters Kluwer
Professor Mikos' casebook is the first to focus on law, policy and authority issues related to marijuana users, their suppliers and third parties who interact with them. Read MoreJul. 6, 2017
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Larry Bridgesmith receives Tennessee Bar Association’s President’s Award
Professor Bridgesmith, who coordinates Vanderbilt's Program on Law & Innovation, honored for his work on TBA’s Special Committee on the Evolving Legal Market. Read MoreJun. 22, 2017