Legal Clinic News

  • Vanderbilt University

    Samantha Furman ’21 – Reflection: The Criminal Practice Clinic and Police Brutality

    From an early age, I have had mixed feelings about law enforcement.  The fact is many police officers perform their jobs with dignity and pure intentions. I have always understood what police officers were supposed to represent: protection, dependability, and service to the community. However, from my vantage point,… Read More

    May. 24, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

    Clinic Alum Focus – Racial Justice Work

    From an early age, I have had mixed feelings about law enforcement.  The fact is many police officers perform their jobs with dignity and pure intentions. I have always understood what police officers were supposed to represent: protection, dependability, and service to the community. However, from my vantage point,… Read More

    May. 24, 2021

  • Professor Lauren Rogal discussing a case with students in the Turner Family Community Enterprise Clinic.

    Transactional Lawyering for Black Lives

    From an early age, I have had mixed feelings about law enforcement.  The fact is many police officers perform their jobs with dignity and pure intentions. I have always understood what police officers were supposed to represent: protection, dependability, and service to the community. However, from my vantage point,… Read More

    May. 24, 2021

  • Self-Care and Lawyering by Paula Davis

    Self-Care and Lawyering by Paula Davis

    From an early age, I have had mixed feelings about law enforcement.  The fact is many police officers perform their jobs with dignity and pure intentions. I have always understood what police officers were supposed to represent: protection, dependability, and service to the community. However, from my vantage point,… Read More

    May. 24, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

    Funmi Akinnawonu ’20: 2020 George Barrett Social Justice Fellow, Mississippi Center for Justice, Jackson

    From an early age, I have had mixed feelings about law enforcement.  The fact is many police officers perform their jobs with dignity and pure intentions. I have always understood what police officers were supposed to represent: protection, dependability, and service to the community. However, from my vantage point,… Read More

    May. 24, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

    Faculty Spotlight – Meet Professor Jennifer Prusak, Director of the Housing Law Clinic

    From an early age, I have had mixed feelings about law enforcement.  The fact is many police officers perform their jobs with dignity and pure intentions. I have always understood what police officers were supposed to represent: protection, dependability, and service to the community. However, from my vantage point,… Read More

    May. 24, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

    Jackson Hill ’22 – Race and Future Dangerousness in the Texas Death Penalty

    From an early age, I have had mixed feelings about law enforcement.  The fact is many police officers perform their jobs with dignity and pure intentions. I have always understood what police officers were supposed to represent: protection, dependability, and service to the community. However, from my vantage point,… Read More

    May. 24, 2021

  • Spring 2021 Housing Law Clinic students and faculty Zoom image

    Housing Evictions During COVID-19

    From an early age, I have had mixed feelings about law enforcement.  The fact is many police officers perform their jobs with dignity and pure intentions. I have always understood what police officers were supposed to represent: protection, dependability, and service to the community. However, from my vantage point,… Read More

    May. 24, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

    Cloe Anderson ’21 receives the Carl J. Ruskowski Clinical Legal Education Award

    From an early age, I have had mixed feelings about law enforcement.  The fact is many police officers perform their jobs with dignity and pure intentions. I have always understood what police officers were supposed to represent: protection, dependability, and service to the community. However, from my vantage point,… Read More

    May. 24, 2021

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

    The Vanderbilt Legal Clinic Then and Now: Celebrating 50 Years of Providing Community-Based Advocacy and Lawyering

    From an early age, I have had mixed feelings about law enforcement.  The fact is many police officers perform their jobs with dignity and pure intentions. I have always understood what police officers were supposed to represent: protection, dependability, and service to the community. However, from my vantage point,… Read More

    May. 24, 2021