Alumni
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Yufang (Ethan) Ma ’02 (MS’01) named one of China’s Top 15 IP lawyers for 2019 by Asian Legal Business
Ma is a partner at Orrick, focusing on intellectual property and trade secrets litigation, at Orrick in Shanghai. Read MoreJan. 2, 2020
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Fred Graham ’59, legal affairs reporter and Court TV anchor, dies at 88
Fred Graham pioneered coverage of Supreme Court rulings as the law correspondent for CBS News, was a substitute anchor for "Face the Nation," the "CBS Morning News," and "Nightwatch," and one of the first anchors of Court TV, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. Read MoreDec. 31, 2019
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Bill Purcell ’79 tapped to join Nashville’s Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency board
Purcell practices with Farmer Purcell White & Lassiter and teaches as an adjunct professor at Vanderbilt University. He served as Nashville's mayor from 1999 to 2007. Read MoreNov. 21, 2019
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Susan Kay ’79 honored with “Lifetime Achievement Award” by ACLU of Tennessee
Kay, who is associate dean for experiential education, has taught at VLS since 1980 and established the law school's first clinic. The award recognizes her lifetime dedication to criminal justice reform and legal advocacy, which includng successfully challenging Nashville's jail conditions. She was honored on Nov. 14. Read MoreNov. 14, 2019
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Alex Gardner ’19 wins Shannon Bybee Scholarship Award writing competition
The annual competition sponsored by the International Association of Gaming Advisors recognizes the best scholarly research paper in gaming law written by law students as part of their coursework. Gardner’s article addressed the history of parimutuel wagering. Read MoreNov. 14, 2019
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Top DoD lawyer Paul Ney JD/MBA ’84, delivers 2019 Charney Lecture
Ney stressed the importance of compliance with the rule of law in military operations in the 2019 Charney Distinguished Lecture in International Law Sept. 3, reported on by special counsel to the DoD Tom Lee on JustSecurity.org. Read MoreNov. 11, 2019
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Nashville Juvenile Court Judge Sheila Calloway ’94 (BA’91) featured in StyleBlueprint Nashville
Read an interview with Judge Calloway, who was a public defender and magistrate judge before being elected to a seat on Nashville's Juvenile Court in 2014. Read MoreNov. 11, 2019
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Michelle Zavislan Moreland ’15 joins family business in Pueblo, Colorado
Moreland has joined Southwest Motors, a regional car dealership founded by her father, Mike Zavislan. She and her father were recently featured in an article about the family business in the Pueblo Chieftan. Read MoreNov. 11, 2019
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Thank you, 2019 Reunion Volunteers!
A special thanks to all our dedicated alumni and student volunteers who made Reunion a success. Class of 1969 and Quinqs Chairs: Sam LePrell and Bill Ozier (BA’66) Committee: Carlton Asher, Tim Barnard, Joe Barker, Bob Brundige, Dave Heald, Jim Wildman (BA’62) Class of 1974 Chair: Colby Morgan Committee:… Read MoreOct. 23, 2019
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James Blumstein addresses voting rights in testimony before Senate subcommittee Sept. 5
Blumstein discussed the implications of his 1971 Supreme Court victory in Dunn v. Blumstein, which struck down a residency requirement imposed by the State of Tennessee, in testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. Read MoreOct. 4, 2019