Grace Renshaw
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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
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How Judges Wiped Out a Key Clause of the Constitution: A review of Jim Ely’s new book
George Leef's review of Professor Emeritus Jim Ely's book, The Contract Clause: A Constitutional History, appears in Forbes. Read MoreJun. 20, 2017
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94 VLS students receive 2017 summer stipends to support pro bono legal work
VLS students are working in judicial chambers, with government agencies and attorneys’ offices, and with nonprofit organizations in 20 states, Puerto Rico, D.C., and Brussels. Read MoreJun. 15, 2017
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47 VLS students pursue externships for course credit during summer 2017
Students are working in unpaid legal positions in 13 states, Puerto Rico, D.C. and China. Read MoreJun. 15, 2017
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Austin Holland ’17 selected for HUD Legal Honors Program
Holland plans to join the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as a litigator in the Legal Honors Program. Read MoreJun. 12, 2017
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Joycelyn Stevenson ’01 named executive director of the Tennessee Bar Association
Stevenson is a shareholder with Littler Mendelson in Nashville. Read MoreJun. 9, 2017
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Ben Raker ’17 Wins Two Writing Competitions, the Environmental Law Institute’s Henry Diamond Award and the Tennessee Bar Association’s Jon E. Hasting Memorial Award
Raker’s articles address two environmental law issues: how courts should handle conflicts between federal and state renewable power regulations and Tennessee’s approach to stormwater regulations. Read MoreJun. 7, 2017
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Stephanie Parker ’84 elected to Council of the American Law Institute
Parker, a partner of Jones Day based in Atlanta, will serve a five-year term on the Council, which determines projects and activities undertaken by ALI. Read MoreMay. 26, 2017
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Darrius Woods ’17 named Equal Justice Works Fellow for Atlanta Legal Aid Society
Darrius Woods has been named an Equal Justice Works Fellow by Equal Justice Works. His two-year fellowship, which will pay his salary and benefits to work full-time at the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, is funded by Home Depot and the international law firm Eversheds Sutherland. Woods plans to… Read MoreMay. 23, 2017