Alumni
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Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project, delivers Vanderbilt’s 2018 George Barrett Social Justice Lecture
Gelernt discussed his work as lead attorney in the Ms. L litigation, a case challenging the federal government’s practice of forcibly separating parents and children at the U.S. border. Read MoreOct. 15, 2018
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Jeremy D. Kernodle ’01 confirmed to seat on U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Kernodle was previously a partner at Haynes and Boone in Dallas, where he founded and chaired the firm's False Claims Act practice group. Read MoreOct. 12, 2018
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Eli Richardson ’92 confirmed to seat on U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
Richardson is a partner at Bass Berry & Sims in Nashville, where he focuses on government investigations involving allged white-collar crime or criminal civil violations. Read MoreOct. 12, 2018
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Article co-authored by J.B. Ruhl and Kyle Robisch ’14 selected for Land Use & Environmental Law Review
The Land Use & Environment Law Review is a peer-reviewed compendium of the best law review articles published in the previous academic year in the categories of environmental and land use law. The article by Ruhl and Robisch, “Agencies Running from Agency Discretion,” published in 2016, will appear in Volume 49 of LUELR, published annually by Thomsen Reuters. Read MoreOct. 3, 2018
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New federal courthouse in Nashville to be named in honor of Fred Thompson ’67
A groundbreaking ceremony for the new courthouse, to be completed by 2021, was held Sept. 28. Read MoreOct. 1, 2018
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Vanderbilt University’s new Bass Military Scholars Program to provide law scholarships
A $25 million gift from the Lee and Ramona Bass Foundation will provide scholarships for military veterans at five Vanderbilt schools, including VLS, the Owen Graduate School of Management, Peabody College, the School of Medicine and the School of Nursing. Read MoreSep. 13, 2018
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VLS hosts MLK symposium, “From Martin Luther King Jr. to Black Lives Matter: 50 Years of Struggle,” on Sept. 20
The MLK symposium in Flynn Auditorium will feature panel discussions sponsored by Vanderbilt's law, divinity and graduate schools and Peabody College and keynote addresses by Black Lives Matter cofounder Patrisse Cullors and Virginia Tech vice president Menah Pratt-Clarke '93 (PhD'97). Read MoreSep. 13, 2018
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David Williams stepping down as Vanderbilt vice chancellor and will return to teaching
Williams will establish a new Sports, Law and Society Program at VLS. Read MoreSep. 11, 2018
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Judge Howard Morrison of the International Criminal Court delivers the 2018 Jonathan I. Charney Lecture
Morrison’s term as the United Kingdom judge to the ICC began upon his election by the Assembly of States Parties in December 2011. His talk addressed the purposes of international criminal law and the relationship between international criminal cases and national jurisdictions. Read MoreAug. 28, 2018
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Robert L King nominated to be Department of Education’s assistant secretary for postsecondary education
King is a former chancellor of the State University of New York System. Read MoreAug. 22, 2018