Vanderbilt Law News
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106 VLS students to work pro bono for judges, government agencies and law offices, and nonprofits in summer 2020
Rising 2Ls and 3Ls will work in federal and state judicial chambers, agencies and law offices, with prosecutors and public defenders, and with public interest and advocacy organizations. Read MoreMay. 20, 2020
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Funmi Akinnawonu named George Barrett Social Justice Fellow for 2020
Akinnawonu will work as an immigration attorney at the Mississippi Center for Justice in Jackson. She connected with the MCJ while working at the Southern Poverty Law Center in Jackson during summer 2019. Read MoreMay. 13, 2020
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Chris Serkin, Dan Sharfstein, Kevin Stack, Yesha Yadav, Ingrid Wuerth and Debra Lee receive 2020 Hall-Hartman Outstanding Teaching Awards
Hall-Hartman Awards are based on a poll of students in each first-year section and also honor outstanding teaching in large and small upper-level classes. Read MoreMay. 8, 2020
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Micah Bradley receives Class of 2020 Founder’s Medal for First Honors
21 2020 graduates honored for scholastic accomplishments, leadership and contributions to the Vanderbilt Law community. Read MoreMay. 8, 2020
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Amber Banks ’20 receives 2020 Equal Justice Works Regional Public Interest Award
Banks is one of eight 2020 law graduates honored for their exemplary commitment to public interest law and pro bono work. She was a Garrison Social Justice Scholar. Read MoreMay. 6, 2020
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Cort Thompson ’20 wins the American Society of International Law 2020 Richard Baxter Military Prize
Thompson’s paper, “Avoiding Pyrrhic Victories in Orbit: A Need for Anti-Satellite Arms Control in the 21st Century,” is forthcoming in the SMU Journal of Air Law and Commerce. Thompson is a Captain in the U.S. Army and will enter the JAG Corps after graduation. Read MoreMay. 5, 2020
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2020 graduates Joe Sandford and Willoe DeFuccio named Gideon’s Promise Fellows
Sandford will join the Knox County Public Defender’s Community Law Office in Knoxville, Tennessee; DeFuccio will join the Mecklenberg Defenders in Charlotte, North Carolina. Read MoreMay. 4, 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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16 members of the Class of 2020 complete Pro Bono Pledge
Amber Banks ’20 completed 611 pro bono hours as a VLS student. Eunice Lim ’21 and Jackson Hill ’22 were also recognized for leading their classes in pro bono hours with 299 and 99 hours, respectively. Read MoreMay. 1, 2020
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Hannah Miller ’20: Seeking Challenge and Service in the Law
Miller attended VLS with support from the Thomas W. Beasley Endowment Fund, which supports military veterans. She plans to join the U.S. Army JAG Corps and serve as a law clerk for Judge Amul Thapar on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit starting in 2023. Read MoreApr. 30, 2020