Alumni
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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
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Katie Cohen ’21 awarded Helton Fellowship for international pro bono legal service
The fellowship allows Cohen to work at Global Rights Compliance at The Hague this summer. Read MoreApr. 30, 2019
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Annie Cappetta and Eileen Bautista Fay named Class of 2021 Garrison Social Justice Scholars
Fay will spend this summer working at the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence; Cappetta will work at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which advocates for digital privacy and free speech, and South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center Read MoreApr. 29, 2019
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Mitchell Galloway ’19 selected for Department of Justice Honors Program
Galloway will join the Criminal Enforcement Section of the Tax Division of the U.S. Department of Justice based in Washington, D.C. Read MoreApr. 24, 2019