Career Services
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J.B. Ruhl encourages new lawyers to start “hacking around”
Ruhl details how young lawyers can meet community needs through "legal hackathons" in an article in TYL, the American Bar Association's publication for young lawyers. Read MoreFeb. 17, 2017
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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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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 MoreJul. 14, 2015
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New social justice scholarship endowed by Amy and Frank Garrison available to first-year law students
Garrison Social Justice Scholars will receive supplemental scholarships and summer stipends to support preparation for careers in social justice and public interest law. Read MoreJan. 29, 2015
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Vidhi Sanghavi '15 awarded Skadden Fellowship
Sanghavi will work at the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee to develop a legal advocacy program to help people with criminal convictions reenter their communities. Read MoreDec. 17, 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
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Law and Economics graduate Jennifer Bennett Shinall joins Law Faculty
Jennifer Bennett Shinall, the first graduate of the Ph.D. Program in Law and Economics, joins the faculty at Vanderbilt Law School as Assistant Professor of Law. Professor Shinall clerked for Judge John Tinder of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit after receiving her J.D. and Ph.D. in… Read MoreAug. 11, 2014
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James Balser '16 receives Helton Fellowship from American Society of International Law
Balser will work with the No Peace Without Justice International Criminal Justice Program's Syrian Accountability Project in Gaziantep, Turkey. Read MoreJun. 18, 2014
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70 Vanderbilt Law students receive 2014 summer stipends to support pro bono work
Seventy Vanderbilt Law students received summer stipends to support their volunteer work in positions with government agencies; the chambers of federal and local judges; federal and state district attorneys and public defenders’ offices; and public interest and advocacy organizations. Students receiving Vanderbilt law stipends are working pro bono during summer… Read MoreJun. 16, 2014