Alumni
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George Barrett Distinguished Practitioner in Residence Jameel Jaffer addresses the impact of social media companies on free speech
Jaffer directs the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University. He previously oversaw the ACLU’s work in the areas of free speech, privacy, technology, national security and international human rights. Read MoreNov. 12, 2018
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Claudia Jack ’83, former Maury Country public defender, dies at 75
Jack served as Maury County's public defender for 20 years. She is remembered as "compassionate, humble and possing a willingness to drop everything it meant helping somebody else in need." Read MoreNov. 12, 2018
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Gautam Hans launches First Amendment Clinic at VLS
Funded through a grant from The Stanton Foundation, the clinic will give students opportunities to development and use legal strategies while working on cases addressing First Amendment rights. Read MoreNov. 7, 2018
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Public Interest Law conference addresses reform prosecutors, bail reform, access to justice and economic justice
Conference hosted by the George Barrett Social Justice Program features 20 leading advocates and scholars in the areas of immigration law, criminal procedure and economic justice. Read MoreNov. 6, 2018
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Suzanna Sherry discusses birthright citizenship in the Bloomberg Law podcast
Professor Sherry discusses the purpose and history of the 14th Amendment and President Trump's assertion that he can end birthright citizenship in American with an executive order in an interview with Bloomberg's June Grasso. Read MoreNov. 1, 2018
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Samar Ali ’06 (BS’03) receives 2018 White House Fellows Impact Award
Ali, who practices as international counsel at Bass Berry & Sims in Nashville, was a 2010-11 White House Fellow, during which she worked on bilateral negotiations with Europe and the Middle East, served on the White House American-Arab "Kitchen Cabinet," and advised on the U.S. response to the Arab Spring in 2011. Read MoreOct. 29, 2018
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Steve Humphrey ’66 makes Wesleyan University’s “Baseball Wall of Fame”
Humphrey led Wesleyan's baseball team to a Little Three title in his senior year, 1963. After earning his J.D. at Vanderbilt, he returned to his home state of Connecticut, where he spent 43 years practicing at Robertson & Cole. Read MoreOct. 26, 2018
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VLS ranks 10th among U.S. law faculties for scholarly impact
Updated ranking of top 50 law schools by team headed by Gregory Sisk of University of St. Thomas Law assesses scholarly impact based on citations of faculty publications. Read MoreOct. 26, 2018
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Nashville immigration attorney Elliott Ozment ’75 dies at 71
Read Ozment's featured obituary in The Tennessean. He founded and headed Ozment Law and represented District 60 in the Tennessee House of Representatives early in his legal career. Read MoreOct. 18, 2018
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Thank you, 2018 Reunion Volunteers!
We are grateful to the 60 alumni and student volunteers whose hard work made Reunion 2018 such a terrific weekend! Read MoreOct. 17, 2018