Legal Clinic News

  • 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

    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,… 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

    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,… 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

    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,… Read More

    May. 2, 2022

  • Marina Yousef '23

    The Horrors of the Asylum Process, Marina Yousef ’23

    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,… 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

    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,… 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

    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,… 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

  • Vanderbilt University

    Housing Law Clinic director Jennifer Prusak addresses importance of legal representation for renters facing eviction

    In a column published online at The Conversation, Prusak explains why providing more tenants facing evication with access to a lawyer could be the key to keeping more people in their homes. Prusak is an associate clinical professor of law. She launched Vanderbilt's Housing Law Clinic in spring 2021. Read More

    Sep. 29, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

    Dean Chris Guthrie joins with deans of more than 40 U.S. law schools in support of AG Garland’s call to the legal community

    Law deans express a commitment to ensuring that families and individuals facing eviction have access to legal representation, counseling and assistance. Read More

    Sep. 1, 2021