Vanderbilt Law News
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Music City Legal Hackers Take First Place at Georgia Bar Legal Hackathon
The Music City Hackers bring legal professionals and computer experts together to explore technology solutions for legal practice problems. Read MoreOct. 7, 2016
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Cameron Norris ’14 (BA’11) will clerk for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in 2017
Norris previously clerked for judges on the D.C. and Eleventh Circuits. Read MoreSep. 22, 2016
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Justin P. Wilson ’70 featured in short film highlighting his work as Tennessee’s Comptroller of the Treasury
Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury Justin P. Wilson ’70 is the subject of this short film highlighting his work on behalf of the State of Tennessee. Justin left his partnership at Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis to serve as Tennessee’s Comptroller in… Read MoreSep. 14, 2016
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Dan Sharfstein appointed to Vanderbilt Law’s Tarkington Chair of Teaching Excellence
Sharfstein, a legal historian who co-directs the George Barrett Social Justice Program, has earned accolades for his teaching and scholarship. Read MoreSep. 12, 2016
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Law school community mourns the loss of Beth Chitwood, Class of 2018
Students, faculty and staff are invited to gather 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 29, in Blackacre for a candlelight vigil. Read MoreAug. 29, 2016
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Alistair Newbern and Jeffery Frensley ’95 join Middle District of Tennessee as magistrate judges
Newbern taught Vanderbilt’s Appellate Litigation Clinic; Frensley is a trial lawyer who served on the federal Criminal Justice Act panel of attorneys. Read MoreAug. 23, 2016
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VLS Appellate Clinic students secure “big victory for privacy rights”
2016 graduates Calvin Cohen, Larry Crane-Moscowitz, Alex Vey and Clayton Wiggins win Luis v. Awareness Technologies in decision handed down by Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Read MoreAug. 19, 2016
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45 VLS graduates will serve clerkships in 2016-17 or future terms
Vanderbilt Law graduates will clerk for judges in federal and state courts in 17 states. Read MoreJul. 28, 2016
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Civil rights leader and former Oklahoma State Senator E. Melvin Porter ’59 dead at 86
Porter and classmate Fred Work became Vanderbilt’s first two African American graduates in 1959. Read MoreJul. 27, 2016