The International Legal Studies Program provides students with a strong intellectual and practical foundation for practicing law in today's global environment. The program offers students cutting-edge courses, exposure to world-renowned speakers and plenty of opportunities to gain hands-on experience.
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Sep. 19, 2017
Blumstein proposes that Republicans "pass a two-page bill clarifying that Congress did not intend to use its taxing power to enforce the individual mandate."
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Sep. 18, 2017
Professor Sitaraman's column focuses on the theme of his new book, “The Crisis of the Middle-Class Constitution: Why Economic Inequality Threatens Our Republic.” It appeared in the Sept. 16 Sunday Review section of the New York Times.
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Sep. 15, 2017
Amanda Rose, professor of law, who is president of the Vanderbilt Law School Chapter of Order of the Coif, has announced that 18 graduates of the Class of 2017 have been selected for membership in the Order of the Coif. Members of this prestigious organization are selected by faculty approval and represent the top 10...
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Aug. 22, 2017
The clinic will offer students hands-on opportunities to assist individuals who would otherwise not be able to afford legal assistance with matters such as applying for tax-exempt status and drafting lease agreements.
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Aug. 16, 2017
"Even if the United States leaves NAFTA, the president will still be bound to implement the agreement's rules on the terms dictated by Congress until Congress says otherwise," Meyer notes in a post on The Conversation.
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Aug. 16, 2017
Augusta Dowd ’82, Brian D. (Buck) Rogers ’94 and Lucian Pera ‘85 are serving one-year terms as presidents of the Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee state bar associations, and Joycelyn Stevenson ‘01 was named executive director of the TBA.
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Aug. 7, 2017
Thompson will work throughout the academic year to support HTI’s justice and advocacy efforts.
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Jul. 28, 2017
VLS students and graduates will serve federal clerkships with a Supreme Court justice; appellate judges on the Third, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Eleventh, D.C. and Federal Circuits; a special master of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims; and district courts in 17 states and D.C.; and two state supreme courts.
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Jul. 6, 2017
Professor Mikos' casebook is the first to focus on law, policy and authority issues related to marijuana users, their suppliers and third parties who interact with them.
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"Vanderbilt taught me the value of being engaged in your surroundings."
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Hired as an international intern by Holland and Knight in Jacksonville, Florida, recruited by partner Ricardo Bedoya, J.D. Class of 2003.
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“Being a foreign lawyer first and then a law student in the U.S., I felt like I lived the complete American law school experience.”
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Massive database shows state judges are not representative of the people they serve
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2017 Public Interest Law Initiative Fellow, Roger Baldwin Foundation, ACLU of Illinois
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New book explores intertwined history of race relations and property rights
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Clerk, Judge Julia Smith Gibbons, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Memphis
Clerk, Judge James K. Bredar, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Baltimore
Clerk, Judge R. Lanier Anderson III, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Macon, Georgia
2015 Summer Associate, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings and Neal & Harwell, Nashville
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Law Clerk, Judge Srikanth Srinivasan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 2017-18
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Clerk, Judge John Rogers, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2015-16
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Clerk, Judge Kenneth F. Ripple, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 2015-16
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