Vanderbilt Law News
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Katie Sochacki ’18 and Dora Duru ’20 selected for 2018 law class of the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics
Sochacki and Duru will travel to Germany and Poland this summer through the prestigious FASPE program, which uses the conduct of lawyers and judges in Nazi-occupied Europe to examine ethics in the legal profession today. Read MoreMar. 30, 2018
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Dora Duru ’20 receives Helen Strong Curry International Legal Scholarship
Duru will participate in the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics Program and intern at the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Policy during summer 2018. Read MoreMar. 28, 2018
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Amber Banks ’20 receives Garrison Social Justice Scholarship
Banks will spend summer 2018 working at the Texas Civil Rights Project. Read MoreMar. 27, 2018
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VLS students help create a new nonprofit through Vanderbilt’s Transactional Pro Bono Spring Break
A six-student team helped the Appalachian Community Federal Credit Union create a new nonprofit. Read MoreMar. 27, 2018
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Jill Heaviside ’18 named Reproductive Justice Fellow by If/When/How
Heaviside will focus on reproductive justice policy and advocacy at SisterLove, an Atlanta-based HIV and reproductive justice nonprofit as the organization’s RJ-HIV Fellow. Read MoreMar. 23, 2018
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VLS Pro Bono Spring Break students successfully argue bond motions for immigrant detainees
Seven VLS students traveled to Lumpkin, Georgia, to work with attorneys from the Southern Immigrant Freedom Initiative on behalf of immigrant detainees. Read MoreMar. 21, 2018
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Julie Rooney ’18 wins Scribes Law-Review Award for VLR Note addressing privacy law
Katie Sochacki ’18 and Dora Duru ’20 are among 12 law students and early-career attorneys chosen for the 2018 Law Program of the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics. Sochacki and Duru will participate in a two-week program in Germany and Poland this… Read MoreMar. 21, 2018
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Panel to examine whether carbon tax can help address climate change
Representatives from the Manhattan Institute and the Partnership for Responsible Growth will join two Vanderbilt University professors for a conversation about carbon tax proposals at VLS March 21. Read MoreMar. 19, 2018
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Medical Legal Partnership conducts free Legal Needs Assessments for patients of the Shade Tree Clinic
Members of Vanderbilt’s Legal Aid Society volunteer at free medical clinic run by Vanderbilt Medical School students to identify needs for legal services and refer patients to legal aid resources. Read MoreMar. 16, 2018
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Robert Reder ’78 named VLS 2018 Distinguished Alumnus; Justice Cornelia Clark ’79 (BA’71) receives Distinguished Service Award
Reder and Clark will be honored at Vanderbilt’s annual Founders Circle Dinner April 13. Read MoreMar. 15, 2018