Alumni
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VLS alum and students partner with Vanderbilt Medical team to support Medical/Legal Partnership
Retired trial lawyer Kent Halkett ’81 supports student volunteers providing pro bono legal support to low-income patients of the Shade Tree Clinic, through which students at Vanderbilt Medical School provide free care for uninsured patients. Read MoreJan. 21, 2019
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Samuel W. Bartholomew Jr. ’73 dead at 74
Bartholomew founded the law firm Stokes Bartholomew and led successful efforts to establish a hub airport in Nashville and bring NFL football to the city. Read MoreJan. 20, 2019
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Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Gary Cheek to lead Bass Military Scholars Program
The program will support up to 40 scholarships for military veterans pursuing graduate and professional degrees at the Law School, Owen Graduate School of Management, the Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and Peabody College. Read MoreJan. 20, 2019
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VLS students join pro bono legal team to help low-income victims of massive fraud scheme
Students support Social Security Disability Appeals of low-income Kentuckians whose benefits were revoked after their lawyer was convicted of fraud. Read MoreJan. 11, 2019
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Adrienne Kittos ’09 honored as Tennessee Bar Association’s Ashley Wiltshire Public Service Attorney of the Year
Kittos was legal director of Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors, which provides low-cost legal services to immigrants, for nine years. Read MoreJan. 10, 2019
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Angie Bergman ’13 honored as Tennessee Bar Association’s Harris Gilbert Pro Bono Volunteer of the Year
Bergman is an associate with Bass Berry & Sims in Nashville. She was honored for her pro bono representation of a client accused of murder. Read MoreJan. 10, 2019
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Cat Moon ’98 featured in online interview about new PoLI Institute at VLS
Moon was interviewed by Mary Juetten for a Forbes online Entrepreneurs interview about her new role as director of the PoLI Institute, which provides immersion courses for practicing attorneys and other legal professionals as an extension of the law school's Program on Law and Innovation. Read MoreJan. 8, 2019
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Allen Gates ’72 installed as president of the American College of Environmental Lawyers
Gates, who is a partner at Mitchell Williams in Little Rock, Arkansas, is one of four attorneys in Arkansas admitted to membership in thenational environmental law organization. He will serve a one-year term. Read MoreDec. 3, 2018
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Michael Vandenbergh elected fellow in the American College of Environmental Lawyers
Vandenbergh directs Vanderbilt University’s interdisciplinary Climate Change Research Network and co-directs the Energy, Environment and Land Use Program at VLS. Read MoreDec. 3, 2018
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VLS ranked among top 10 U.S. law schools by Princeton Review in three categories
VLS ranked second for Best Quality of Life, ninth for Best Professors, and eighth for Greatest Resources for Women in Princeton Review’s 2019 rankings, which list the top 10 law schools in 12 categories relevant to prospective students. Read MoreNov. 27, 2018