TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely on Aug 26, 2015

Vanderbilt Law School’s Social Justice program was named in honor of Nashville civil rights attorney George E. Barrett, a 1957 graduate of the law school who passed away in 2014. The George Barrett Social Justice Program, established by a gift from Vanderbilt law graduate Darren Robbins, will support students pursuing social justice careers. “I am so grateful to Darren and so honored to be able to recognize George’s tremendous legacy. This is a fitting recognition of George’s lifelong dedication to the public interest," Chris Guthrie, Vanderbilt Law School dean, said. Barrett filed one of his most significant cases in 1968, Geier v. Tennessee, which resulted in the desegregation of Tennessee’s state universities.