Vanderbilt Law School announced March 13 that alumni Clay and Lara Travis committed $10 million to fund key priorities at the school. Priorities include free speech efforts through the First Amendment Clinic and the Law School’s “Respectfully Dissent” debate series, support for student-parents and student veterans, funding for merit-and need-based scholarships and building renovation.
Lara and Clay Travis started their journey at Vanderbilt Law School in 2001, meeting in their first year when Clay Travis was recruiting players for a coed softball team. Clay Travis graduated in 2004, going on to complete his MFA in Creative Writing at Vanderbilt and become a radio and television host, writer and founder of sports commentary website Outkick.
In a comment to The Hustler, Clay Travis explained how Lara Travis’ experience influenced the couple’s goal to support students at Vanderbilt. Lara Travis, now a legal advisor, left the law school after her first year to complete a M.Ed. in human development and counseling from Vanderbilt. She returned to the law school in 2023 to obtain her J.D…