Alumni
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Three members of Class of 1994 take the bench
1994 VLS grads Tamara Ashford, Rupert Byrdsong and Sheila Calloway all nominated or elected to the bench. Read MoreNov. 7, 2014
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Matt Murfree III JD'69, BA'66 dead at 70
Murfree was a community leader in Rutherford County throughout his legal career. Read MoreNov. 7, 2014
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Leonard Lance ’77 and Luke Messer ’94 re-elected to Congress
Lance represents New Jersey’s 7th District and Messer Indiana’s 6th District. Read MoreNov. 5, 2014
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Greg Abbott '84 elected governor of Texas
Abbott will be sworn in as Texas’ 48th governor in January. Read MoreNov. 5, 2014
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Andree Blumstein '81 appointed Tennessee solicitor general
Blumstein will oversee appellate litigation in state and federal courts and advise Attorney General Herbert Slatery. Read MoreOct. 24, 2014
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November 2014 Law@Vanderbilt Class Notes Highlights
Three members of the Class of 1994 — Tamara Ashford, Rupert Byrdsong and Sheila Calloway (BA’91) have been appointed or elected to judgeships. Tamara W. Ashford was nominated in September 2013 by President Barack Obama to a 15-year term on the U.S. Tax Court in Washington, D.C. Ashford currently… Read MoreOct. 17, 2014
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Matthew Downer ‘14 wins 2014 Gellhorn-Sargentich writing competition sponsored by ABA
Downer is the second Vanderbilt Law graduate in the past two years to win the prestigious award Read MoreOct. 10, 2014
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October 2014 Law@Vanderbilt Class Notes Highlights
Three members of the Class of 1994 — Tamara Ashford, Rupert Byrdsong and Sheila Calloway (BA’91) have been appointed or elected to judgeships. Tamara W. Ashford was nominated in September 2013 by President Barack Obama to a 15-year term on the U.S. Tax Court in Washington, D.C. Ashford currently… Read MoreSep. 25, 2014
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Noted civil rights lawyer George E. Barrett, Class of 1957, dead at 86
Barrett was “a powerful voice for social justice, civil rights and civil liberties” in Nashville for more than 55 years. Read MoreAug. 27, 2014
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19 members of the Class of 2014 selected for Order of the Coif
Order of the Coif members are selected by faculty approval and represent the top 10 percent of the class. Read MoreAug. 26, 2014