Alumni
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Morgan Ricks discusses strength of Twitter complaint against Elon Musk
Ricks joined 'TechCheck' to discuss whether there are any holes in the Twitter complaint filing against Musk and more. Ricks is an expert in financial regulation. Read MoreJul. 13, 2022
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Leah Kehoe ’23 discusses her work on State Department grants in the International Law Practice Lab
"The International Law Practice Lab provided a unique opportunity to develop my technical understanding of international legal frameworks concerning counterterrorism policy while obtaining practical experience researching, analyzing and writing in a professional environment," Kehoe said. Read MoreJul. 7, 2022
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Wilson “Woody” Sims dead at 97
A leader in Nashville's legal and business communities for decades, Sims practiced law at Bass Berry & Sims in Nashville for more than 50 years starting in 1948. He also served as an intelligence officer in the Marine Corps in World War II and as a legal officer during the Korean Conflict. Read MoreJul. 5, 2022
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Brian Ruben named 2022 George Barrett Social Justice Fellow
Ruben will work with the Colorado Center on Law and Policy to support the development of an automated process for criminal record sealing. Read MoreJun. 24, 2022
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Natalia Wurst named Garrison Social Justice Scholar for the Class of 2024
Wurst is working this summer at Her Justice, a New York-based legal nonprofit that connects low-income women with legal needs to pro bono representation. Read MoreJun. 23, 2022
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Seventy-five Vanderbilt Law students working as interns for government and nonprofit legal employers this summer
VLS students are working for government and nonprofit legal employers in 15 states, Washington, D.C., and The Hague, Netherlands during summer 2022. Read MoreJun. 14, 2022
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Social Justice Reporter, new scholarly journal, to launch at Vanderbilt in 2022-23
The Social Justice Reporter will publish cutting-edge intersectional scholarship and expert perspectives on social justice, civil rights and public-interest lawyering after it launches next year. Its name acknowledges the legacy of the historic Race Relations Reporter, which was published at VLS from 1956 to 1972. Read MoreJun. 7, 2022
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Mikkaela Salamatin ’21 receives Honorable Distinction for Governance Insight Award from Investments & Wealth Institute
Salamartin accepted the award at the institute’s 2022 ACE conference for her article, “Balancing Innovation and Protection: Understanding the Landscape of DeFi Regulation,” which she wrote as a VLS student with support from Professor Michael A. Newton. Salamatin is an associate at Norton Rose Fulbright in New York. Read MoreJun. 3, 2022
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Ten Branstetter Summer Fellows to intern in federal Attorney Generals’ offices, state law offices and judicial chambers
Fellows receive stipend support to serve internship in government legal offices and judicial chambers. 2022 fellows will be interning in judicial chambers and in federal and state attorneys’ offices in six states. Read MoreJun. 1, 2022
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Gautam Rana ’97 nominated to serve as ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Slovak Republic
Rana is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service and currently serves as Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Algeria. Read MoreMay. 26, 2022