Alumni
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Aschkan Abdul-Malek, JD/MBA ’06, featured in Entrepreneur magazine for Kabul health-care start-up
Abdul-Malek launched Alem-Health in 2014 to connect Afghan hospitals with foreign specialists. His company expanded to Lagos, Nigeria, this year. Read MoreAug. 5, 2016
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45 VLS graduates will serve clerkships in 2016-17 or future terms
Vanderbilt Law graduates will clerk for judges in federal and state courts in 17 states. Read MoreJul. 28, 2016
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Civil rights leader and former Oklahoma State Senator E. Melvin Porter ’59 dead at 86
Porter and classmate Fred Work became Vanderbilt’s first two African American graduates in 1959. Read MoreJul. 27, 2016
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27 VLS students are working in legal offices for course credit in summer 2016
VLS students will receive course credit for their summer work in federal and state judicial chambers, in the offices of U.S. Attorneys and state attorneys general, and with corporations and advocacy organizations. Read MoreJul. 25, 2016
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84 VLS students receive 2016 summer stipends to support pro bono work
Students are working in judicial chambers and with government agencies, attorneys general, district attorneys, public defenders and public interest organizations with VLS support. Read MoreJul. 25, 2016
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Article by Emily Taylor ’16 on “Waters of the United States” to Be Published in Environmental Law Reporter
Article Taylor completed as a semester-long research project supervised by Clean Water Act expert J.B. Ruhl to be published in the peer-reviewed journal of the Environmental Law Institute. Read MoreJul. 15, 2016
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Lauren Kilgore ’11 listed as “Best of the Bar” in Nashville Business Journal
Kilgore's 2016 listing marks the second year in a row she has been selected for the honor. She practices media and entertainment law at Shackelford Bowen McKinley & Norton. Read MoreJun. 14, 2016
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Lucian Pera ’85 takes office as Tennessee Bar Association president-elect
Pera is a partner in the Memphis office of Adams and Reese. He will serve as TBA's president in 2017-18. Read MoreJun. 14, 2016
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Jay Tobin J.D./M.B.A.’82, GC of Dave & Buster’s, featured in Texas Lawyer
Tobin guided Dave & Buster's through its $100 million initial public offering in 2014 (subscription required). Read MoreJun. 1, 2016