Student News
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Rachel Dodge Receives the Founder’s Medal for the Class of 2025
Rachel Michelle Dodge, from Greenville, South Carolina, is this year’s Founder’s Medalist for the Law School. Dodge earned a B.A. in History from Erskine College. She and her husband Vincent decided to pursue law school together and were drawn to Vanderbilt Law after visiting the school on Admitted Students Day. Read MoreMay. 21, 2025
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Vanderbilt Law School Commencement 2025
168 students were awarded a JD degree, 31 students were awarded a LLM degree, and 22 students were awarded a MLS degree at Commencement 2025 Read MoreMay. 13, 2025
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20 Members of the Class of 2025 Recognized at Commencement with Academic and Citizenship Awards
Class members received academic honors, journal awards, citizenship and leadership awards, or recognition from the Vanderbilt Bar Association Read MoreMay. 12, 2025
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Class of 2025: Jacqueline Tubbs is striving for a greater cause
Rachel Michelle Dodge, from Greenville, South Carolina, is this year’s Founder’s Medalist for the Law School. Dodge earned a B.A. in History from Erskine College. She and her husband Vincent decided to pursue law school together and were drawn to Vanderbilt Law after visiting the school on Admitted Students Day. Read MoreMay. 8, 2025
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Chloe Allen Named 2025 George Barrett Social Justice Fellow
The 2025 Barrett Fellowship will fund Allen's work with the Southern Environmental Law Center to deliver pro bono legal services Read MoreMay. 7, 2025
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2025 Branstetter Summer Fellows to Intern in Federal Attorney Generals’ Offices, State Law Offices, and Judicial Chambers
Branstetter Summer Fellows support litigation-minded law students working in internships with judicial chambers, government law, nonprofits Read MoreMay. 5, 2025
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Reflections on the Immigration Clinic’s Visit to the Nashville Public Library
Class for the Immigration Practice Clinic was held in the in the Civil Rights and Votes for Women Rooms of the the Nashville Public Library. Read MoreMay. 1, 2025
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Olivia Hatch Named Garrison Social Justice Scholar for Class of 2027
Rachel Michelle Dodge, from Greenville, South Carolina, is this year’s Founder’s Medalist for the Law School. Dodge earned a B.A. in History from Erskine College. She and her husband Vincent decided to pursue law school together and were drawn to Vanderbilt Law after visiting the school on Admitted Students Day. Read MoreApr. 30, 2025
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Lacey Shaffer ’27 Named 2025 Cheek Scholar
The scholarship, endowed by James H. Cheek III, J.D. ’67, is awarded each spring to a member of the current 1L class Read MoreApr. 28, 2025
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Ellie Olson ’25 Wins the 2025 Nagareda Prize for Article on Mass-Tort Bankruptcies
Note examines the corporate maneuver known as the “Texas Two-Step” and proposes a new interpretation of the Bankruptcy Code. Read MoreApr. 23, 2025