Public Interest News
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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
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39 Vanderbilt Law students serve externships for course credit during summer 2015
VLS students are working in federal and state judicial chambers, in the offices of U.S. Attorneys and state attorneys general, and with corporations and advocacy organizations. Read MoreJun. 10, 2015
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72 Vanderbilt Law students receive 2015 summer stipends to support pro bono work
Students receiving Vanderbilt Law stipends are working pro bono during summer 2015 for 76 legal offices and organizations in 20 states, the District of Columbia and one foreign nation. Read MoreJun. 10, 2015
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Abby Moskowitz is Vanderbilt’s first Garrison Social Justice Scholar
New scholarship provides tuition and summer stipend support to students preparing for social justice careers. Read MoreMar. 30, 2015
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Vidhi Sanghavi '15 awarded Skadden Fellowship
Sanghavi will work at the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee to develop a legal advocacy program to help people with criminal convictions reenter their communities. Read MoreDec. 17, 2014