Alumni
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Darby Dickerson ’88 named dean of The John Marshall Law School
Dickerson joins John Marshall from Texas Tech University School of Law, where she has been dean since 2011. Read MoreOct. 20, 2016
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Sara Mayeux studies criminal law, advocates for social justice
“I think criminal courts are inherently interesting places,” said Mayeux, who began teaching at Vanderbilt Law School as an assistant professor this fall. Read MoreOct. 20, 2016
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Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Jeff Bivins ’86 sworn in by Gov. Bill Haslam
Darby Dickerson ’88 has been named dean of The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, effective January 1, 2017. Dickerson joins John Marshall from Texas Tech University School of Law, where she has been dean since 2011 and also holds the W. Frank Newton Endowed Professorship. From 2003 until… Read MoreOct. 7, 2016
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Cameron Norris ’14 (BA’11) will clerk for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in 2017
Norris previously clerked for judges on the D.C. and Eleventh Circuits. Read MoreSep. 22, 2016
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Jeffrey Bivins ’86 elected chief justice of Tennessee Supreme Court
Bivins was appointed to the Supreme Court by Gov. Bill Haslam in 2014. Read MoreSep. 14, 2016
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Justin P. Wilson ’70 featured in short film highlighting his work as Tennessee’s Comptroller of the Treasury
Darby Dickerson ’88 has been named dean of The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, effective January 1, 2017. Dickerson joins John Marshall from Texas Tech University School of Law, where she has been dean since 2011 and also holds the W. Frank Newton Endowed Professorship. From 2003 until… Read MoreSep. 14, 2016
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Dan Sharfstein appointed to Vanderbilt Law’s Tarkington Chair of Teaching Excellence
Sharfstein, a legal historian who co-directs the George Barrett Social Justice Program, has earned accolades for his teaching and scholarship. Read MoreSep. 12, 2016
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David Caywood ’62 (BA’59) dies at age 79
Caywood was a respected trial lawyer in Memphis, Tennessee. Read MoreSep. 8, 2016
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Law school community mourns the loss of Beth Chitwood, Class of 2018
Students, faculty and staff are invited to gather 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 29, in Blackacre for a candlelight vigil. Read MoreAug. 29, 2016
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Alistair Newbern and Jeffery Frensley ’95 join Middle District of Tennessee as magistrate judges
Newbern taught Vanderbilt’s Appellate Litigation Clinic; Frensley is a trial lawyer who served on the federal Criminal Justice Act panel of attorneys. Read MoreAug. 23, 2016