Legal Clinic News

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

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

    As a participant of the Vanderbilt Immigration Practice Clinic, I was able to put the knowledge acquired in various courses into practice by helping families and individuals with their immigration issues. Meeting with clients and learning about their stories and legal issues was a reminder of the reason I decided… 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

    As a participant of the Vanderbilt Immigration Practice Clinic, I was able to put the knowledge acquired in various courses into practice by helping families and individuals with their immigration issues. Meeting with clients and learning about their stories and legal issues was a reminder of the reason I decided… 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

    Clinic Alum Focus – Racial Justice Work

    As a participant of the Vanderbilt Immigration Practice Clinic, I was able to put the knowledge acquired in various courses into practice by helping families and individuals with their immigration issues. Meeting with clients and learning about their stories and legal issues was a reminder of the reason I decided… 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

    As a participant of the Vanderbilt Immigration Practice Clinic, I was able to put the knowledge acquired in various courses into practice by helping families and individuals with their immigration issues. Meeting with clients and learning about their stories and legal issues was a reminder of the reason I decided… Read More

    May. 24, 2021

  • Self-Care and Lawyering by Paula Davis

    Self-Care and Lawyering by Paula Davis

    As a participant of the Vanderbilt Immigration Practice Clinic, I was able to put the knowledge acquired in various courses into practice by helping families and individuals with their immigration issues. Meeting with clients and learning about their stories and legal issues was a reminder of the reason I decided… Read More

    May. 24, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

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

    As a participant of the Vanderbilt Immigration Practice Clinic, I was able to put the knowledge acquired in various courses into practice by helping families and individuals with their immigration issues. Meeting with clients and learning about their stories and legal issues was a reminder of the reason I decided… Read More

    May. 24, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

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

    As a participant of the Vanderbilt Immigration Practice Clinic, I was able to put the knowledge acquired in various courses into practice by helping families and individuals with their immigration issues. Meeting with clients and learning about their stories and legal issues was a reminder of the reason I decided… Read More

    May. 24, 2021

  • Vanderbilt University

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

    As a participant of the Vanderbilt Immigration Practice Clinic, I was able to put the knowledge acquired in various courses into practice by helping families and individuals with their immigration issues. Meeting with clients and learning about their stories and legal issues was a reminder of the reason I decided… Read More

    May. 24, 2021