Vanderbilt Law News
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Megan Mitchell ’19 wins Regional Public Interest Award from Equal Justice Works
Mitchell is the winner for the South Region of the Equal Justice Works competition. Read MoreMay. 8, 2019
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Emily Lamm ’19 wins National LGBT Bar Association’s Greenberg Writing Contest
Lamm’s award-winning article, published in the Tulane Journal of Law & Sexuality, addresses a procedure for updating birth certificates. Read MoreMay. 7, 2019
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Article co-authored by Randall Thomas selected as one of the Top 10 Corporate and Securities Articles for 2018
“Delaware’s Retreat: Exploring Developing Fissures and Tectonic Shifts in Delaware Corporate Law,” co-authored by Thomas with James Cox, was presented by Thomas as the Pileggi Lecture in Law at Widener University Delaware Law School. Read MoreMay. 3, 2019
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Katie Cohen ’21 awarded Helton Fellowship for international pro bono legal service
The fellowship allows Cohen to work at Global Rights Compliance at The Hague this summer. Read MoreApr. 30, 2019
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Annie Cappetta and Eileen Bautista Fay named Class of 2021 Garrison Social Justice Scholars
Fay will spend this summer working at the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence; Cappetta will work at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which advocates for digital privacy and free speech, and South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center Read MoreApr. 29, 2019
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Mitchell Galloway ’19 selected for Department of Justice Honors Program
Galloway will join the Criminal Enforcement Section of the Tax Division of the U.S. Department of Justice based in Washington, D.C. Read MoreApr. 24, 2019
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23 students recognized for completing Vanderbilt’s Pro Bono Pledge
Students logged a combined 6,908 of pro bono legal work and community service as participants in Vanderbilt’s Pro Bono Pledge program. Read MoreApr. 24, 2019
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Lisa Bressman, Rebecca Allensworth, Kevin Stack, Chris Slobogin and Jenny Cheng honored with 2019 Hall-Hartman Outstanding Teaching Awards
The awards are based on a student poll and named in honor of late Professors Paul Hartman and Donald Hall. They recognize an outstanding professor in each first-year section and for small and large upper-level classes. Read MoreApr. 23, 2019
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Timothy Lupinacci ’91 assumes role of chairman and CEO of Baker Donelson
Lupinacci succeeds Ben Adams '81, who has served as the firm's chairman and CEO for a total of 21 years. Read MoreApr. 18, 2019
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Pro Bono Spring Break student teams support lending reform and property tax appeals in Atlanta
Six students worked at Atlanta Legal Aid with Equal Justice Works Fellow Darrius Woods ’17, supporting programs to reform predatory lending practices and provide property tax relief to low-income clients. Read MoreApr. 18, 2019