Legal Clinic News

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt Law Students Work for Three Legal Advocacy Organizations over 2023 Pro Bono Spring Break

    Student teams worked on projects to provide end-of-life resources for low-income clients, support indigent criminal defense, and offer civil legal services to formerly incarcerated women Read More

    Apr. 17, 2023

  • Photo of the outdoor steps leading to the Vanderbilt Legal Clinic Offices.

    Clinical Alumni Spotlights

    Ten Vanderbilt Law students worked for three legal nonprofit organizations to support their missions of providing vital legal services to indigent and low-income clients over Spring Break 2023. North Mississippi Rural Legal Services Emma Harrison ’24 led a team that included Tasia Harris ’23, Nicholas Summers ’25, and Lauryn… Read More

    Apr. 11, 2023

  • Turner Family Community Free Enterprise Clinic: 2021-22 Annual Review

    Turner Family Community Free Enterprise Clinic: 2021-22 Annual Review

    The Turner Family Community Enterprise Clinic launched in 2018 as an experiential course at Vanderbilt Law School. Students enrolled in the Clinic gain transactional lawyering skills and experience through the representation of entrepreneurs and community organizations in Middle Tennessee. The clinic’s goals are to teach substantive law and practice strategies, give students the opportunity to apply their skills in the public interest, and facilitate inclusive economic and community development. This report covers the work of students under the direction of Associate Clinical Professor Lauren Rogal in the 2021-22 academic year. Read More

    Sep. 23, 2022

  • Legislative Advocacy to Eliminate Youth Fines and Fees – Assistant Clinical Professor of Law Cara Suvall

    Legislative Advocacy to Eliminate Youth Fines and Fees

    Ten Vanderbilt Law students worked for three legal nonprofit organizations to support their missions of providing vital legal services to indigent and low-income clients over Spring Break 2023. North Mississippi Rural Legal Services Emma Harrison ’24 led a team that included Tasia Harris ’23, Nicholas Summers ’25, and Lauryn… Read More

    May. 2, 2022

  • Photo of the outdoor steps leading to the Vanderbilt Legal Clinic Offices.

    Collaboration and Community: Vanderbilt Law Clinics and the Elmahaba Center

    Ten Vanderbilt Law students worked for three legal nonprofit organizations to support their missions of providing vital legal services to indigent and low-income clients over Spring Break 2023. North Mississippi Rural Legal Services Emma Harrison ’24 led a team that included Tasia Harris ’23, Nicholas Summers ’25, and Lauryn… Read More

    May. 2, 2022

  • Lessons Learned in Trial Preparation – Joshua Stanton, Clinical Teaching Fellow

    Lessons Learned in Trial Preparation, Joshua Stanton, Clinical Teaching Fellow

    Ten Vanderbilt Law students worked for three legal nonprofit organizations to support their missions of providing vital legal services to indigent and low-income clients over Spring Break 2023. North Mississippi Rural Legal Services Emma Harrison ’24 led a team that included Tasia Harris ’23, Nicholas Summers ’25, and Lauryn… Read More

    May. 2, 2022

  • Marina Yousef '23

    The Horrors of the Asylum Process, Marina Yousef ’23

    Ten Vanderbilt Law students worked for three legal nonprofit organizations to support their missions of providing vital legal services to indigent and low-income clients over Spring Break 2023. North Mississippi Rural Legal Services Emma Harrison ’24 led a team that included Tasia Harris ’23, Nicholas Summers ’25, and Lauryn… Read More

    May. 2, 2022

  • Alvaro Manrique Barrenechea, LLM’19 – Helping Immigrants Achieve Their Goals

    Helping Immigrants Achieve Their Goals, Alvaro Manrique Barrenechea, LLM’19

    Ten Vanderbilt Law students worked for three legal nonprofit organizations to support their missions of providing vital legal services to indigent and low-income clients over Spring Break 2023. North Mississippi Rural Legal Services Emma Harrison ’24 led a team that included Tasia Harris ’23, Nicholas Summers ’25, and Lauryn… Read More

    May. 2, 2022

  • Photo of Allen Shao King, class of 2021 doing legaql clinic work during the pandemic. Pictured here with two colleagues from TN Justice for our Neighbors.

    Clinics Help You Hit the Ground Running, Allen Shao King ’21

    Ten Vanderbilt Law students worked for three legal nonprofit organizations to support their missions of providing vital legal services to indigent and low-income clients over Spring Break 2023. North Mississippi Rural Legal Services Emma Harrison ’24 led a team that included Tasia Harris ’23, Nicholas Summers ’25, and Lauryn… Read More

    May. 2, 2022

  • Vanderbilt University

    Spring Miller, Karla McKanders and Scott Jeffrey JD/PhD ’23 featured in Tennessee Voices podcast

    Miller, McKanders and Jeffrey discuss their public interest legal work with David Plazas, director of opinion and engagement for USAToday Network Tennessee, in this 20-minute podcast. Miller is the Assistant Dean and Martha Craig Daughtrey Director of Public Interest, McKanders directs the Immigration Practice Clinic, and Jeffrey will earn his J.D. and Ph.D. in law and economics in 2023. Read More

    Dec. 10, 2021