Alumni
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Larry Bridgesmith receives Tennessee Bar Association’s President’s Award
Professor Bridgesmith, who coordinates Vanderbilt's Program on Law & Innovation, honored for his work on TBA’s Special Committee on the Evolving Legal Market. Read MoreJun. 22, 2017
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How Judges Wiped Out a Key Clause of the Constitution: A review of Jim Ely’s new book
George Leef's review of Professor Emeritus Jim Ely's book, The Contract Clause: A Constitutional History, appears in Forbes. Read MoreJun. 20, 2017
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94 VLS students receive 2017 summer stipends to support pro bono legal work
VLS students are working in judicial chambers, with government agencies and attorneys’ offices, and with nonprofit organizations in 20 states, Puerto Rico, D.C., and Brussels. Read MoreJun. 15, 2017
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Austin Holland ’17 selected for HUD Legal Honors Program
Holland plans to join the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as a litigator in the Legal Honors Program. Read MoreJun. 12, 2017
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Joycelyn Stevenson ’01 named executive director of the Tennessee Bar Association
Stevenson is a shareholder with Littler Mendelson in Nashville. Read MoreJun. 9, 2017
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Ben Raker ’17 Wins Two Writing Competitions, the Environmental Law Institute’s Henry Diamond Award and the Tennessee Bar Association’s Jon E. Hasting Memorial Award
Raker’s articles address two environmental law issues: how courts should handle conflicts between federal and state renewable power regulations and Tennessee’s approach to stormwater regulations. Read MoreJun. 7, 2017
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Stephanie Parker ’84 elected to Council of the American Law Institute
Parker, a partner of Jones Day based in Atlanta, will serve a five-year term on the Council, which determines projects and activities undertaken by ALI. Read MoreMay. 26, 2017
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Darrius Woods ’17 named Equal Justice Works Fellow for Atlanta Legal Aid Society
Larry Bridgesmith received the Tennessee Bar Association’s President’s Award at its annual convention June 22. He was honored for his work on the TBA’s Special Committee on the Evolving Legal Market, which is investigating the ways technology is changing the legal profession. As an adjunct professor of law at… Read MoreMay. 23, 2017
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Marian Mikhail and Carly Myers named Class of 2017 George Barrett Social Justice Fellows
Mikhail will start a new program at The Bronx Defenders. Myers will advocate for low-income people with disabilities at the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund in Berkeley, California. Read MoreMay. 17, 2017
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Twenty-two 2017 graduates honored with awards at Commencement
Laura Dolbow wins Founder’s Medal, signifying First Honors. Read MoreMay. 12, 2017