Alumni
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96 Vanderbilt Law students received 2019 summer stipends to support pro bono legal work
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 MoreAug. 2, 2019
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32 Vanderbilt Law students serve summer internships for course credit
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 MoreAug. 2, 2019
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Cat Moon ’00 named to the 2019 Fastcase 50
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 MoreJul. 10, 2019
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Rebecca Haw Allensworth named Tarkington Chair of Teaching Excellence
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 MoreJul. 5, 2019
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Holly Thompson and Vanessa Zapata named George Barrett Social Justice Fellows for 2019
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 MoreMay. 21, 2019
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Wesley Dozier ’19 (BA’16) named Equal Justice Works Fellow
Dozier will work at Just City, a legal nonprofit in Memphis that focuses on adults and teenagers involved with the criminal justice system. Read MoreMay. 14, 2019
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23 2019 graduates honored with awards at Commencement
Josh Landis (BA'14) received the Founder's Medal for first honors for the Class of 2019. Read MoreMay. 10, 2019
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Margaret Dodson ’16 honored as Pro Bono Attorney of the Year by Legal Aid Society of Tennessee
Dodson is an associate with Bass Berry & Sims in Nashville, She and fellow BBS associate Jeff Gibson were honored for their work on behalf of a disabled man threatened with the loss of medical coverage. Read MoreMay. 9, 2019
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2019 graduates Sam Heller and Jordyn McCarley named Gideon’s Promise Fellows
Heller will join the Hamilton County Public Defender’s office in Cincinnati, Ohio. McCarley will join the Nashville Public Defenders. Read MoreMay. 9, 2019
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Emily Lamm ’19 wins National LGBT Bar Association’s Greenberg Writing Contest
Lamm’s award-winning article, published in the Tulane Journal of Law & Sexuality, addresses a procedure for updating birth certificates. Read MoreMay. 7, 2019