Alumni
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Justin P. Wilson ’70 featured in short film highlighting his work as Tennessee’s Comptroller of the Treasury
Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury Justin P. Wilson ’70 is the subject of this short film highlighting his work on behalf of the State of Tennessee. Justin left his partnership at Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis to serve as Tennessee’s Comptroller in… 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
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Franklin Trapp ’09 owns and operates Forestburgh Playhouse, historic New York State theater
Trapp acquired the historic theater, now the oldest continually operating summer stock theater in New York State, in 2014. Read MoreAug. 23, 2016
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VLS Appellate Clinic students secure “big victory for privacy rights”
2016 graduates Calvin Cohen, Larry Crane-Moscowitz, Alex Vey and Clayton Wiggins win Luis v. Awareness Technologies in decision handed down by Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Read MoreAug. 19, 2016
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Olympic swimmer and gold medalist Shannon Vreeland joins the Class of 2019
Vox Video features Shannon Vreeland '19 as she starts her 1L year at VLS. Read MoreAug. 18, 2016
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Mary Frances Lyle ’79 dies at 80
Lyle entered law school at 40 and then devoted her legal career to improving the lives of women and children. Read MoreAug. 16, 2016
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Joni Poitier ’05 honored by ABA as “Top 40” young lawyer
Poitier is an attorney with Moseley Princhard Parrish Knight & Jones in Jacksonville, Florida. Before joining the firm, she was a state prosecutor. Read MoreAug. 15, 2016