Public Interest News
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Public Interest Law conference addresses reform prosecutors, bail reform, access to justice and economic justice
Conference hosted by the George Barrett Social Justice Program features 20 leading advocates and scholars in the areas of immigration law, criminal procedure and economic justice. Read MoreNov. 6, 2018
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Randy Hiroshige ’20 J.D./M.T.S.
A broad array of innovative social justice topics and initiatives, including reform prosecutors, bail reform initiatives, access to justice for immigrants in detention, and programs aimed at overcoming barriers to wealth creation, were addressed at the Practicing Public Interest Law in the South Conference at Vanderbilt Law School Oct. Read MoreOct. 16, 2018
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Cara Suvall joins Vanderbilt’s law faculty as an assistant clinical professor of law
Suvall will teach the new Youth Opportunity Clinic, which will support to youth who are at risk for criminal legal involvement. Read MoreAug. 16, 2018
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105 VLS students receive 2018 summer stipends to support pro bono legal work
VLS students are working in 18 states, D.C. and the Netherlands for federal and state courts, government legal departments and nonprofits. Read MoreJul. 9, 2018
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45 VLS students receive course credit to support pro bono legal work in summer 2019
Students secured externships with federal and state courses, government agencies and legal nonprofits and in corporate legal offices. Read MoreJul. 9, 2018
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Kevin Coker and Sean Dowling named 2018 Gideon’s Promise Fellows
Coker will work at the Metropolitan Nashville Public Defender’s Office and Dowling for the Shelby County Defenders. Read MoreMay. 17, 2018
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Alana Seixas and Lynn Stopher named 2018 George Barrett Social Justice Fellows
Stopher will work at the National Immigrant Justice Center in Chicago; Seixas will work at the Children’s Law Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Read MoreMay. 17, 2018
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Kristen Clarke of the National Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law delivers 2018 George Barrett Social Justice Lecture
Clarke’s lecture, “Democracy under Attack: Race, Rights and Resistance,” addresses the role of lawyers in responding to racial injustice, voter suppression and other civil rights issues. Read MoreApr. 10, 2018
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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