Alumni

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 More

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 More

Students telephoned alumni and friends who gave $500 or more to VLS in 2021 to thank them personally for their generosity. Read More

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 More

Helen Strong Curry International Legal Studies Scholar Read More

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 More

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 More

Warnock is an associate with Covington in Washington, D.C. The team shc supported successfully won an order on provisional measures on behalf of Ukraine from the International Court of Justice. Read More

Blumstein, a New York native, challenged a residency requirement imposed by the state of Tennessee after moving to Nashville to join Vanderbilt's law faculty in 1970. When his challenge prevailed, Tennessee appealed the ruling. Blumstein argued the case, Dunn v. Blumstein, before the Supreme Court. On March 21, 1972, the high court issued a 6–1 decision in Blumstein’s favor, with Justice Thurgood Marshall writing the majority opinion. Read More

With support from the scholarship, Harris worked this summer as a consumer law intern for the Legal Aid Society for the District of Columbia supporting low-income clients whose income was negatively affected by the pandemic. Garrison Scholars receive supplemental scholarships and summer stipends to help them launch public interest law careers. Read More