Law
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Arts and Science senior completes immersion experience in Morocco, earns prestigious award at Army ROTC Summer Training Camp
Grace Kirtley, a law, history and society major with a minor in Arabic, served in the key leadership role of platoon sergeant during an intensive training mission. Read MoreSep 29, 2023
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Final application deadline for online Master of Legal Studies Program is April 24
The final application deadline for Vanderbilt’s online Master of Legal Studies Program is April 24, 2023. Although applications for the program are reviewed on a rolling basis, applicants are encouraged to submit their application as soon as possible. Read MoreMar 6, 2023
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Priority application deadline for online Master of Legal Studies Program is April 3
The priority application deadline for Vanderbilt’s online Master of Legal Studies Program is April 3, 2023. Although applications for the program are reviewed on a rolling basis, those who submit their application by the priority deadline will receive an admissions decision sooner and have adequate time to complete the FAFSA. Read MoreMar 6, 2023
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Weaver Family Program in Law, Brain Sciences and Behavior established at Vanderbilt Law School
Vanderbilt Law School is launching a new interdisciplinary program, the Weaver Family Program in Law, Brain Sciences and Behavior, funded by a $3.85 million endowment from the Glenn M. Weaver Foundation. The new program will sponsor faculty research aimed at exploring law and human behavior across a broad spectrum of medical, biological and social science fields. Read MoreFeb 17, 2023
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Law School announces new online master of legal studies with staff scholarship
Vanderbilt Law School has announced a generous staff discount for its new online Master of Legal Studies program. The two-year MLS program is for busy professionals who are looking to deepen their understanding of the legal system and become more sophisticated and confident in navigating the law. Read MoreNov 9, 2022
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Heard Libraries and Wild Bunch to co-host panel on data privacy Oct. 6
Three Vanderbilt University professors from different academic fields—history, medicine, law and computing—will come together for a wide-ranging discussion on data privacy concerns on Thursday, Oct. 6. The discussion, which is free and open to the public, will be at 5 p.m. in the Central Library Community Room. Read MoreSep 28, 2022
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Watch: Lab-to-Table Conversation: ‘Biomedical Research Ethics and the Scientific Method’
Join Hassane Mchaourab, the Louise B. McGavock Professor and professor of molecular physiology and biophysics, as he explores biomedical ethics with leading experts in law, biomedical research and basic sciences on Thursday, Sept. 29, from 11 a.m. to noon. Read MoreSep 20, 2022
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Former EPA administrator to deliver inaugural Distinguished Lecture on Climate Change Governance Sept. 19
Carol M. Browner, who served as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from 1993 to 2001, will deliver the Energy, Environment and Land Use Program’s inaugural Distinguished Lecture on Climate Change Governance on Monday, Sept. 19, at 12:30 p.m. in Vanderbilt Law School’s Flynn Auditorium. Read MoreAug 31, 2022
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Office of Digital Education to raise the bar on Vanderbilt’s online and hybrid programs
Vanderbilt’s new Office of Digital Education, led by Mallika Vinekar, is revamping its partnership with faculty to establish online and hybrid academic programs that will expand access to the university’s educational offerings. Read MoreAug 8, 2022
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Vanderbilt Law School ranks 7th among ‘Best Law Schools for Black Students’
Vanderbilt Law School ranked seventh of 66 law schools in a listing of The Top 65 Law Schools for Black Students by Lawyers of Color, a nonprofit that publishes annual rankings of law students and legal employers. Read MoreJul 21, 2022
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Vanderbilt Alumni Association board announces new leadership, adds two members
The Vanderbilt Alumni Association has welcomed a new president and two other alumni leaders to its board. Read MoreJul 15, 2022
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‘Social Justice Reporter,’ new scholarly journal, to launch at Vanderbilt in 2022–23
Vanderbilt Law School will launch a new student-edited legal journal, the Social Justice Reporter, in 2022–23. The new journal will publish scholarship focusing on social justice, civil rights and public interest lawyering by leading researchers, practitioners, policymakers and law students. Read MoreJun 10, 2022
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Vanderbilt Law School announces $17.5M bequest from W. Weldon Wilson, JD’86, to extend scholarship program
Vanderbilt Law School Board of Advisors member W. Weldon Wilson, JD’86, and his wife, Elaine, have documented a $17.5 million bequest to support their existing Weldon Wilson Scholarship at Vanderbilt Law School. The scholarship was established in 2011 in honor of Weldon’s 25th reunion. Read MoreMay 11, 2022
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Moms who research moms: Spotlighting VU research on motherhood
They say motherhood is the toughest job you’ll ever love. That’s true for this group of Vanderbilt researchers, who’ve built successful careers around researching various aspects of parenthood while raising their own children. Read MoreMay 5, 2022
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Vandenbergh named 2022 Carnegie Fellow to tackle polarization and climate change
Vanderbilt University legal scholar Michael P. Vandenbergh has been named a 2022 Andrew Carnegie Fellow and has been awarded $200,000 to support his research into overcoming political polarization to address the causes of climate change and the issues it is creating. Read MoreApr 26, 2022
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Vanderbilt Law student selected for Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics law program
Samantha Smith, BA’19, JD’22, is one of 14 law students worldwide chosen for the 2022 law program of the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics. FASPE provides a unique historical lens to engage graduate students in professional schools and early-stage practitioners in an intensive course of study focused on contemporary ethical issues in their professions. Read MoreApr 22, 2022
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Law School’s Victor S. Johnson Lecture: ‘International Law and Women’s Human Rights in Afghanistan’ March 31
Karima Bennoune, Homer G. Angelo and Ann Berryhill Endowed Chair in International Law and Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Law at UC Davis Law School, will discuss “International Law and Women’s Human Rights in Afghanistan” on Thursday, March 31, at 12:30 p.m. in the Flynn Auditorium at Vanderbilt Law School. The annual Victor S. Johnson Lecture is free and open to the public. Read MoreMar 30, 2022
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Vanderbilt University professor Kimberly Welch awarded prestigious 2022 Dan David Prize
Kimberly Welch, associate professor of history and assistant professor of law at Vanderbilt University, has been awarded a 2022 Dan David Prize. The internationally renowned annual award, headquartered at Tel Aviv University, gives prizes of $300,000 each to nine early- to mid-career history scholars whose outstanding contributions expand knowledge of the past, enrich society in the present and promise to improve the future of the world. Read MoreMar 1, 2022
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Blumstein honored for service to Leadership Nashville
James F. Blumstein, University Professor of Constitutional Law and Health Law and Policy, was honored by Leadership Nashville for nearly 40 years of service as a program leader at its Shareholder Luncheon on Feb. 24. Read MoreFeb 24, 2022
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Housing Law Clinic students, faculty support national call to action to address eviction crisis
Vanderbilt is one of 99 law schools that responded to Attorney General Merrick Garland’s call to action to work in their local communities to address the housing and eviction crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic. In Nashville, students in the Housing Law Clinic directed by Associate Clinical Professor Jennifer Prusak worked with tenants facing eviction proceedings and through a coalition of community partners to advocate for tenants’ rights. Read MoreJan 31, 2022