Law School

The first-ever Vanderbilt Giving Day, planned for April 21, will be a 24-hour campaign that draws alumni, students, parents, faculty, staff and fans together to advance the mission of the university. Read More

Vanderbilt Law School professor Brian Fitzpatrick, who clerked for the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, discusses the man and how the conservative justice revolutionized a movement in the Supreme Court in terms of how cases are analyzed and debated. Read More

Learn how to play the steel drums, watch a performance of "King Lear," and much more during the Vanderbilt Osher Lifelong Learning winter classes, open to all adults 50 and older. Read More

A Vanderbilt Law School professor says there is a second constitutional battle brewing in the Fisher v. UT-Austin Supreme Court case regarding the use of race in college admissions. Read More

Vanderbilt staff and students filled 10 barrels of clothing to benefit homeless veterans in support of Operation Stand Down Tennessee’s annual Fall Stand Down event. Read More

To describe James Alexander Jr. as a self-motivated achiever doesn’t begin to scratch the surface of this remarkable young man who is enrolled in the dual-degree program offered by Vanderbilt Law School and Vanderbilt Divinity School. Read More

Two candidates with close ties to Vanderbilt University were elected to office within the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County on Sept. 10. Read More

A custom-designed gold shipping container at The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons will become the "Vanderbilt Portal to Mexico City" Sept. 18 through Oct. 12 for the Nashville community to engage across cultures with one-on-one conversations. Read More

Nashville Mayor Karl Dean was the guest speaker Aug. 31 for an undergraduate public policy studies class taught by former Mayor Bill Purcell, an adjunct professor of public policy at Vanderbilt. Read More

The Osher Lifelong Learning classes at Vanderbilt this fall draw from professors' research in areas that include earth science, Hebrew Bible, music history, urban planning and more. Read More

The newly named George Barrett Social Justice Program at Vanderbilt Law School pays tribute to the late civil rights attorney through a generous gift to endow the program by 1993 alumnus Darren Robbins. Read More

An in-depth exploration of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Clean Power Plan to significantly reduce carbon emissions from power plants is the topic of a two-day conference being held May 18-19 at Vanderbilt University Law School. Read More

Vanderbilt awarded Founder’s Medals to its top scholars at Commencement, May 8. Read More

Vanderbilt law professor Daniel Gervais will work with negotiators in Switzerland to reach an agreement on protecting the geographic identifiers of products such as champagne. Read More

A shooting in South Carolina illustrates how recording technology is changing the fallout of some police-suspect interactions. Read More

Professor of English Roy Gottfried is stepping down as Vanderbilt's faculty marshal after many years of service at Commencement. Read More

Hear from policymakers, scholars and practitioners on the health, energy demand and economic effects of the EPA’s developing Clean Power Plan. Read More

Vanderbilt Law Professor Paige Marta Skiba is available to speak about payday loans. Read More

As more soldiers leave the military and seek to enter the business world, Vanderbilt has emerged not only as a leading choice by military students but as one of the elite B-schools that has embraced those students most enthusiastically. Read More

"Re-Visioning Justice in America," an April 17-19 public conference on prison reform sponsored by Vanderbilt Divinity School's Cal Turner Program, will feature keynote talks by Michelle Alexander, Bryan Stevenson and Howard Zehr. Read More