Vanderbilt Law News
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23 members of the Class of 2021 recognized with academic and citizenship awards
Thomas Scott Davidson, who received the Founder's Medal for First Honors; Ramon Ryan, who received the Bennett Douglas Bell Memorial Award; and Alton Spencer Davies, who received the Weldon B. White Prize, are recognized at the Commencement ceremony. Read MoreMay. 12, 2021
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Clayton Wiggins ’16 represents the United States in criminal appeals as a Judge Advocate at the Department of the Navy’s Appellate Government Division
Wiggins, a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps, earned his law degree at Vanderbilt through the Funded Legal Education Program and was a military prosecutor stationed in Okinawa, Japan, before moving to his current position. Read MoreMay. 12, 2021
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Paul Edelman discusses the reapportionment of Congressional seats on Top of Mind radio program
Edelman explains why the number of seats in the House of Representatives is limited to 435 and the method used to reapportion seats among states every 10 years based on census results in a 20-minute interview with Julie Rose, host of the BYUradio program Top of Mind. Read MoreMay. 6, 2021
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15 members of the Class of 2021 complete Pro Bono Pledge
Vel Lewis ’21 was recognized for logging the highest number of pro bono hours—654—as a VLS student. Emily Burgess ’22 and Toni Cross ‘23 led their classes in pro bono hours worked with 561 and 70 hours, respectively. Read MoreApr. 28, 2021
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Vanderbilt law grads serving in 52 clerkships for 2020-21 or future years
Thirty-three members of the Class of 2020 secured 35 clerkships in federal appellate, district and bankruptcy courts, and six secured clerkships in state courts, including the Delaware Court of Chancery. Read MoreApr. 28, 2021
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Ramon Ryan ’21 tackles new frontier with space law
Ryan's JETLaw Note, "The Fault in Our Stars," became a catalyst for oversight action in Congress. He plans to join Bass Berry & Sims after graduation and will serve as a clerk for Judge Todd Hughes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. in 2023. Ryan was JETLaw's editor-in-chief as a 3L. Read MoreApr. 27, 2021
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Kira Benton ’21 to join Still She Rises Tulsa criminal defense team
Still She Rises Tulsa is a holistic legal advocacy organization serving indigent mothers with an array of legal services, including criminal defense, family law and civil legal services. Benton worked as an intern for the organization during summer 2020. Read MoreApr. 23, 2021
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Reaction to today’s verdict, a message from Dean Chris Guthrie
Twenty-three members of the Class of 2021 received academic honors, journal awards, citizenship and leadership awards, or recognition from the Vanderbilt Bar Association. Award recipients recognized in the Commencement program are listed below: Academic Awards Thomas Scott Davidson received the Founder’s Medal for First Honors. Alton Spencer Davies of Louisville,… Read MoreApr. 20, 2021
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Margaret Schmucker ’94 featured in “The State of Texas vs. Melissa,” a documentary about death row inmate Melissa Lucio
Schmucker has been working on Lucio’s case for 10 years. The documentary about her case was an Official Selection of the 2020 Tribecca Film Festival and is now available on Hulu. Read MoreApr. 20, 2021
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VLS students work pro bono for TN Free Legal Answers as part of attorney teams
Emily Burgess ’22 and Anya van Soestbergen ‘22 worked with Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services to launch a new volunteer program through which students work on attorney teams to answer legal questions. Read MoreApr. 20, 2021