TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 23, 2019
Holly Thompson and Vanessa Zapata have been named Vanderbilt Law School’s 2019 George Barrett Social Justice Fellows. The one-year fellowships are awarded annually through the George Barrett Social Justice Program to up to two members of the graduating class who plan to launch careers in public interest law. Thompson will spend her year at Legal Aid of North Carolina, where she will focus on labor trafficking of migrant farmworkers. Zapata will advocate for individuals with intellectual and development disabilities as an attorney with the Tennessee Justice Center in Nashville.