Alumni
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Allen King named 2021 George Barrett Social Justice Fellow
King will develop an online intake system to help attorneys at Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors, a nonprofit immigration law office, serve more clients. Read MoreJun. 3, 2021
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Vel Lewis named 2021 George Barrett Social Justice Fellow
Lewis will work with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Washington, D.C., where she will serve in the U.S. Protection and Solutions Unit. Read MoreJun. 3, 2021
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Justin Ishbia ’04 elected to Vanderbilt University Board of Trust
Kathleen Justice-Moore and Adolpho Birch III, both Class of 1991, elected to second terms on the Board of Trust, and Birch was elected to a second three-year term as the board's secretary. Read MoreMay. 24, 2021
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A Sense of Belonging at Vanderbilt
The endowment of a permanent director of the Diversity, Equity and Community Office in honor of the late Professor Robert Belton enables VLS to build on its long-term commitment to diversity, inclusion and racial justice. Read MoreMay. 19, 2021
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Thomas Scott Davidson receives Class of 2021 Founder’s Medal for First Honors
Davidson was a Chancellor’s Law Scholar and received the Dean’s Leadership Award. He was 2020-21 managing editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review. He received the Law and Business certificate and plans to join Bass Berry & Sims in Nashville after graduation. Read MoreMay. 15, 2021
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23 members of the Class of 2021 recognized with academic and citizenship awards
Thomas Scott Davidson, who received the Founder's Medal for First Honors; Ramon Ryan, who received the Bennett Douglas Bell Memorial Award; and Alton Spencer Davies, who received the Weldon B. White Prize, are recognized at the Commencement ceremony. Read MoreMay. 12, 2021
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Clayton Wiggins ’16 represents the United States in criminal appeals as a Judge Advocate at the Department of the Navy’s Appellate Government Division
Wiggins, a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps, earned his law degree at Vanderbilt through the Funded Legal Education Program and was a military prosecutor stationed in Okinawa, Japan, before moving to his current position. Read MoreMay. 12, 2021
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Paul Edelman discusses the reapportionment of Congressional seats on Top of Mind radio program
Edelman explains why the number of seats in the House of Representatives is limited to 435 and the method used to reapportion seats among states every 10 years based on census results in a 20-minute interview with Julie Rose, host of the BYUradio program Top of Mind. Read MoreMay. 6, 2021
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Garrah Carter ’19: Litigation attorney by day, plant-based food-blogger and caterer by night
Carter is profiled in a Q&A on Voyage ATL, a lifestyle website that highlights local entrepreneurs. She discusses her health and wellness blog, BirdFoodie, which is devoted to encouraging Black people to eat healthy, plant-based foods, and her plant-based cookbook. Read MoreApr. 29, 2021
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15 members of the Class of 2021 complete Pro Bono Pledge
Vel Lewis ’21 was recognized for logging the highest number of pro bono hours—654—as a VLS student. Emily Burgess ’22 and Toni Cross ‘23 led their classes in pro bono hours worked with 561 and 70 hours, respectively. Read MoreApr. 28, 2021