Alumni
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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
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Laura Dolbow ’17 (BA’12) named Sharswood Fellow by University of Pennsylvania Law School
Dolbow graduated from Vanderbilt Law School in 2017. After law school, she was a law clerk for Judge Timothy B. Dyk of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and then for Judge Judith W. Rogers of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. After clerking, she joined Covington & Burling as an associate in Washington, D.C. Read MoreApr. 6, 2022
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Student Profile: Harnelle St. Cloud, Class of 2023
Helen Strong Curry International Legal Studies Scholar Read MoreApr. 5, 2022
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Benjamin Joseph ’21 named editor of the Tennessee Young Lawyer
Joseph is an assistant attorney general in the healthcare division of the Tennessee Attorney General's Office. He was recently appointed to the 2022-23 TBA Young Lawyers Division Board. Read MoreMar. 29, 2022
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Philip Morel, Class of 2021, Law Clerk, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
As a law clerk at FERC, Philip Morel works at the intersection of law and energy policy. He joined FERC's Office of Administrative Law Judges as a clerk after graduation. Read MoreMar. 24, 2022