Alumni

Chief Justice Roberts fielded questions from Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit addressing his work at the Supreme Court and his legal career prior to becoming a judge. Read More

Members of the Order of the Coif are selected by faculty approval and represent the top 10 percent of their graduating class. Read More

Former U.S. Army field artillery office Devin T. Adams and former U.S. Navy special operations naval aviator Alyssa Hartley are among the first cohort of Bass Military Scholars. The scholarship program supports military veterans seeking professional degrees in Vanderbilt's law, medical, nursing, education and business schools. Read More

Gates is a partner with Mitchell Williams Selig Gates & Woodyard in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he and his therapy dog, Lucy, are also active in the volunteer group ABLEPaws. He is president of the American College of Environmental Lawyers. Read More

Students are working in the legal departments of federal and state agencies, and in judicial chambers, prosecutors' and public defenders offices, for legal nonprofit organizations and in corporate legal departments. Read More

Students received course credit for their work in the legal departments of federal agencies and judicial chambers, with U.S. Attorney’s and states’ attorneys general offices, for legal nonprofit organizations and in corporate legal departments Read More

The annual ranking by Fastcase.com honors "the law's smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries and leaders." Moon was honored for her role as Director of Innovation Design at Vanderbilt Law School, where she supports the Program on Law and Innovation. Read More

The three-year chair recognizes faculty for their contributions in the classroom. Allensworth, who teaches Contracts and Antitrust Law, is a four-time winner of the student-selected Hall-Hartman Award for Outstanding Teaching. Read More

Thompson will focus on labor trafficking at Legal Aid of North Carolina; Zapata will advocate for medical care and support for adults with disabilities at the Tennessee Justice Center. Read More

Dozier will work at Just City, a legal nonprofit in Memphis that focuses on adults and teenagers involved with the criminal justice system. Read More