Equity, Diversity And Community

As lawyers, this month calls on us to remember the essential role of the law in helping ensure that all people can be their fullest and brightest selves. Read More

Shaw argues that the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that Maine cannot exclude faith-based schools from a state program that pays for private school tuition in areas of the state that lack public schools could erode the Constitution’s Establishment Clause. Read More

Juneteenth marks a milestone of moral progress that began the journey toward legal and institutional equality for Black Americans. Read More

Pride Month events include a fundraiser for the Oasis Center's Just Us program June 18, a Pride Brunch Jun 19, a Pride Movie Outdoor Night June 22, and a shuttle to and from the Nashville Pride parade and festival June 25. Most events will be held at the K.C. Potter Center. Read More

The Social Justice Reporter will publish cutting-edge intersectional scholarship and expert perspectives on social justice, civil rights and public-interest lawyering after it launches next year. Its name acknowledges the legacy of the historic Race Relations Reporter, which was published at VLS from 1956 to 1972. Read More

This horrifying incident marks a further moment of loss and tragedy for the Asian community in our country that has suffered deeply over these recent years in repeated incidents of violence. Read More

We are horrified and heartbroken by the tragic events that took place in Buffalo. We mourn the lives lost to this heinous act of racist violence, and we send our deepest condolences to the families of the victims and their friends and communities. Read More

Malbrough will focus on preventing houses from becoming “heirs property” by promoting estate planning as an EJW Fellow at the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands. His two-year fellowship is funded by the Albert & Anne Mansfield Foundation. Read More

The Dean’s Lecture Series on Race and Discrimination for spring 2022 will conclude with Justice Liu's lecture in Flynn Auditorium from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 21. The public is invited to attend the lecture via Zoom. Read More

Judge Jackson is the first Supreme Court justice whose prior experience includes work as a federal public defender. Mayeux asserts that "given that several...justices previously worked as federal prosecutors, Jackson's confirmation injects a welcome measure of professional balance to the lineup" and that Jackson is the "first justice since Thurgood Marshall with meaningful criminal defense experience." Read More