Alumni
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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
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Lawrence Epstein ’92 (BA’89) elected to the Vanderbilt Board of Trust
Adolpho Birch III '91 re-elected to a second five-year term. Epstein is COO for the Ultimate Fighting Championship and president of IKE Gaming Inc. Birch is senior vice president of labor policy and league affairs for the National Football League. Read MoreApr. 24, 2019
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Timothy Lupinacci ’91 assumes role of chairman and CEO of Baker Donelson
Lupinacci succeeds Ben Adams '81, who has served as the firm's chairman and CEO for a total of 21 years. Read MoreApr. 18, 2019
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Pro Bono Spring Break student teams support lending reform and property tax appeals in Atlanta
Six students worked at Atlanta Legal Aid with Equal Justice Works Fellow Darrius Woods ’17, supporting programs to reform predatory lending practices and provide property tax relief to low-income clients. Read MoreApr. 18, 2019
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Adolpho Birch III ’91 shares his path to professional success during campus talks
Birch is senior VP of labor policy and league affairs for the National Football League. He participated in five events, including a panel discussion moderated by Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos, “College Athletics, the Draft and the Business of Professional Sports,” April 23 and 24. Read MoreApr. 15, 2019
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Dalton family commits $12.75 million to support the Law and Business Program
The commitment from former Vanderbilt Board of Trust chairman Mark Dalton ’75 and his family includes a bequest that will endow the program, which prepares students to enter legal practice with a solid understanding of business law, corporate management and accounting principles, in perpetuity. Read MoreApr. 15, 2019
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Aisha McWeay ’09, executive director of Still She Rises Tulsa, featured in Essence Q&A
McWeay was named executive director of Still She Rises Tulsa, an initiative of the Bronx Defenders that represents mothers in the criminal justice system, in January. Essence magazine published this interview with McWeay March 19. Read MoreApr. 9, 2019
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Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos to step down Aug. 15
Zeppos will return to the law faculty after a year-long sabbatical. Read MoreApr. 4, 2019