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Dax Eric López ’01 nominated to seat on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Judge López currently sits on the State Court of Dekalb County, where he presides over civil and criminal matters. Read More

Aug. 3, 2015

Kimberly Bell ’12 named to National Black Lawyers’ Top 40 Under 40

Bell is a litigation associate with Balch & Bingham in Birmingham, Alabama. Read More

Jul. 15, 2015

Two 2015 graduates, Clarke Agre and Nakeisha Jackson, are named Gideon's Promise Fellows

2015 graduates Clarke Agre and Nakeisha Jackson named Gideon’s Promise Fellows

Agre and Jackson will work as public defenders in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, and Knox County, Tennessee. Read More

Jul. 14, 2015

Jake Byl J.D./Ph.D. '15 and Neil Issar '16

Jake Byl JD/PhD ’15 and Neil Issar JD ’16 win first prizes in ABA’s 2015 Energy Law and Endangered Species student writing competitions

Byl’s paper, “Easements with Ecosystems: A Conservation Tool for Endangered Species,” won first prize in the ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Resources Endangered Species Committee’s competition, and Issar’s paper, “Going Toe-to-Toe with Hydro: Conflicts Between Hydropower and Other Sources of Renewable Power,” placed first in the section’s Energy Law competition. Read More

Jun. 24, 2015

48 Vanderbilt Law students and recent graduates secure 51 clerkships

Vanderbilt Law graduates will serve in 50 federal appellate and district and state clerkships during 2015-16 or in future terms. Read More

Jun. 15, 2015

Cameron Norris ’14 honored by Food and Drug Law Institute’s 2014 Austern Memorial Competition

Norris’ article, “Drugs, Devices & Discovery: Using Fee-Shifting to Resolve the Twombly/Iqbal Problem for Parallel Claims Under the FDCA,” won second place in the FDLI competition’s “Short Papers” category and placed third in the ABA's 2014 Tort Trial & Insurance writing competition. Read More

Jun. 12, 2015