Alumni
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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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Natalie Graves receives Philip G. Davidson III Memorial Award for Class of 2022
The Philip G. Davidson III Memorial Award is presented annually to the student, chosen by the Vanderbilt Bar Association Board of Governors, who is dedicated to the law and its problem-solving role in society, and who provides exemplary leadership in service to Vanderbilt Law School and the greater community. Read MoreApr. 27, 2022
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Samantha Smith ‘22 selected for the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics law program
Smith is one of 14 law students selected for the program, through which they visit Germany and Poland and examine the conduct of lawyers in Nazi-occupied Europe. Read MoreApr. 21, 2022
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Emily Burgess ’22 (BS’19) uses law school experience to expand advocacy work
Burgess will serve as a law clerk for Judge Travis McDonough '92 of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. She is a Judge Martha Craig Daughtrey Public Interest Scholar and a Justice-Moore Family Public Interest Scholar. Read MoreApr. 18, 2022
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Alumni host receptions for admitted students in Atlanta, Chicago, D.C., New York and L.A.
Students who attend these receptions, held in major legal markets throughout the U.S., meet members of the VLS community and hear about their law school experiences and career paths. Read MoreApr. 14, 2022
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Student Ambassadors contact more than 300 donors during annual Thank-a-Thon
Students telephoned alumni and friends who gave $500 or more to VLS in 2021 to thank them personally for their generosity. Read MoreApr. 14, 2022