Equity, Diversity And Community
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Blumstein and Yadav appointed to Tennessee Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
James F. Blumstein, a noted expert in constitutional law and health law and policy, and finincial regulatory expert Yesha Yadav will serve four-year terms on the Tennessee Advisory Committee to the US. Commission on Civil Rights. Read MoreJul. 14, 2020
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Immigration Practice Clinic students work pro bono to support communities disproportionately affected by COVID-19
Cloe Anderson ’21, Grace Ko ’21 and Sarah Dvorak ’22 help draft resolution passed by the Nashville Metropolitan Council drawing attention to increased harassment and discrimination directed at Asian immigrants during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read MoreJul. 8, 2020
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Time to Act: A Message from Dean Chris Guthrie
The recent killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade and countless others form part of a long and tragic history of racial violence and injustice. It is time for us to act. Read MoreJun. 5, 2020
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Class of 2020 Student Awards announced by the Vanderbilt Bar Association
Elizabeth Holden received the Chris Lantz Award, Wesley Gonzalez the Damali K. Booker Award, Amber Banks the Philip G. Davidson Award, and Joey Blake and Kristine Knowles the Jordan A. Quick Award. Read MoreMay. 1, 2020
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Darby Dickerson ’88 is president of the Association of American Law Schools
Dickerson is the dean of UIC John Marshall Law School in Chicago. She was inducted into her one-year term as AALS president during the association's annual meeting in Washington, D.C. in January. Read MoreJan. 13, 2020
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VLS hosts MLK symposium, “From Martin Luther King Jr. to Black Lives Matter: 50 Years of Struggle,” on Sept. 20
The MLK symposium in Flynn Auditorium will feature panel discussions sponsored by Vanderbilt's law, divinity and graduate schools and Peabody College and keynote addresses by Black Lives Matter cofounder Patrisse Cullors and Virginia Tech vice president Menah Pratt-Clarke '93 (PhD'97). Read MoreSep. 13, 2018
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Adrielle Conner ’20 receives Bradley Arant Boult Cummings diversity scholarship
Rising 2L Adrielle L. Conner was awarded Bradley Arant Boult Cummings’ annual diversity scholarship as part of the firm’s ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion in the legal profession. Conner is working as a law clerk at Bradley’s Nashville office this summer. A native of Lakeland, Florida, she earned her… Read MoreJul. 2, 2018
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Research coauthored by Tracey George reveals lack of diversity in state court judges
"The Gavel Gap," co-authored by Tracey George with Albert Yoon, shows that more than half of state trial and appellate judges are white men, fewer than a third of judges are women, and fewer than two in 10 judges are a racial or ethnic minority. Read MoreJun. 27, 2016
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Judge Staci Yandle ’87: ‘From Blackacre to Black Robe’
Judge Staci Yandle (TERRY WYATT) By Grace Renshaw Judge Staci Yandle ’87 entered law school in 1983 unsure of her legal career goals. By the end of her first semester, “I knew what I didn’t want to do,” she recalled. “I did not want to work for a Wall Street… Read MoreApr. 11, 2016