Public Interest News
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Amber Banks ’20 receives Garrison Social Justice Scholarship
Banks will spend summer 2018 working at the Texas Civil Rights Project. Read MoreMar. 27, 2018
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VLS students help create a new nonprofit through Vanderbilt’s Transactional Pro Bono Spring Break
A six-student team helped the Appalachian Community Federal Credit Union create a new nonprofit. Read MoreMar. 27, 2018
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VLS Pro Bono Spring Break students successfully argue bond motions for immigrant detainees
Seven VLS students traveled to Lumpkin, Georgia, to work with attorneys from the Southern Immigrant Freedom Initiative on behalf of immigrant detainees. Read MoreMar. 21, 2018
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Medical Legal Partnership conducts free Legal Needs Assessments for patients of the Shade Tree Clinic
Members of Vanderbilt’s Legal Aid Society volunteer at free medical clinic run by Vanderbilt Medical School students to identify needs for legal services and refer patients to legal aid resources. Read MoreMar. 16, 2018
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Ten VLS students volunteer at Mississippi Center for Justice for Pro Bono Spring Break
Students worked for low-income Mississippi residents on education, expungement and heirship-related cases. Read MoreMar. 23, 2017
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Nathan Walsh ’16 named Vanderbilt Law’s first George Barrett Fellow
Walsh will advocate for homeless students with disabilities as a fellow with Disability Rights Tennessee. Read MoreMay. 17, 2016
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Anne-Marie Moyes ’03 featured in New York Times story about wrongful conviction
Moyes' work to exonerate a wrongfully convicted prisoner is chronicled in a graphic story by Patrick Chappatte in the New York Times. Read MoreMay. 5, 2016
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Social Justice Program to be named for renowned civil rights attorney George Barrett ’57
Darren Robbins '93 made a gift to endow the Social Justice Program in Barrett’s name. Read MoreAug. 26, 2015
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2015 graduates Clarke Agre and Nakeisha Jackson named Gideon’s Promise Fellows
Agre and Jackson will work as public defenders in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, and Knox County, Tennessee. Read MoreJul. 14, 2015
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Spring Miller named Vanderbilt Law School’s inaugural Assistant Dean for Public Interest
Miller will create public interest opportunities for Vanderbilt Law students and facilitate graduates’ entry into public interest law careers and fellowships with government and nonprofit organizations. Read MoreJul. 10, 2015