L&E student McMichael earns position on 2012-2013 Vanderbilt Moot Court Board

February 2012

As one of the top 30 competitors, L&E student Benjamin J. McMichael earned a spot on the 2012-2013 Vanderbilt Moot Court Board. [Read more]

 

L&E students Druhan and McMichael earn positions on the Vanderbilt Law Review editorial board

February 2012

L&E student Virginia Blair Druhan has been selected as Executive Editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review for AY 2012-2013. L&E student Benjamin J. McMichael will be Articles Editor for VLR next year.

 

L&E student Caroline Cecot publishes note in Vanderbilt Law Review

January 2012

L&E student Caroline Cecot's note "Blowing Hot Air: An Analysis of State Involvement in Greenhouse Gas Litigation" has been published by the Vanderbilt Law Review (January 2012) (Vol. 65, No. 1).

 

Skiba on NPR's Here & Now

January 2012

Listen to Professor Paige Marta Skiba discuss pawn shops and consumer credit markets on NPR's Here and Now.

 

Hersch and Viscusi's work on the education of law professors hits the blogosphere

September 2011

Professors Hersch and Viscusi's recent paper "Law and Economics as a Pillar of Legal Education" has garnered attention from legal scholars in the blogosphere. Read more at Law, Rhetoric, & Debate and Legal Industry News.

 

Hersch and Viscusi cited in National Law Journal's "Plenty of Ph.D.s at Elite Law Schools"

September 2011

Professors Hersch and Viscusi recently found that more than a quarter of the faculty at the top 26 law schools, as determined by U.S. News & World Report, hold a Ph.D. Read more at the National Law Journal.

 

Law & Economics student Jennifer Bennett Shinall to present paper at SEA annual meeting

August 2011

Ph.D. candidate Jennifer Bennett Shinall is invited to present her paper "Legal Largesse or Big, Fat Failure: Do Weight-Based Discrimination Laws Improve Employment Outcomes for the Obese?" in a graduate student session at the Southern Economic Association annual meeting on November 21 in Washington, D.C.

 

Hersch discusses "The Bias against the Unemployed" in The New York Times' Room for Debate

July 2011

Professor Hersch joins the debate on a New Jersey law that prohibits employers from barring unemployed workers from applying for jobs. [Read the New York Times discussion] [Download Professor Hersch's segment]

 

Viscusi quoted by The Chicago Tribune

June 2011

Professor Viscusi, expert on the efficacy of warning labels, is quoted by Steve Chapman for The Chicago Tribune in "Big Brother Gets Really Ugly: New Cigarette Labels are Enough to Make You Ill." [Read the Chicago Tribune article]

 

Law & Economics student Jennifer Bennett Shinall accepts clerkship in U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

June 2011

Jennifer Bennett Shinall, who is expected to be the first graduate of the Ph.D. Program in Law & Economics, has accepted a clerkship in the chambers of The Honorable John Tinder, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Ms. Shinall is expected to graduate with her J.D. and Ph.D. and begin her clerkship in 2012.

 

Shewmake releases op-ed on California traffic lane policy in The Sacramento Bee

June 2011

Research Associate Sharon Shewmake and co-writer Lovell Jarvis offer a $68 million dollar solution for the California state budget in "Viewpoints: Don't Give Away Carpool Lane Access - Sell It." [Read the story]

 

Viscusi quoted by The New York Times 

March 2011

Professor Viscusi is quoted by Thomas Kaplan for The New York Times in "Lessons for Albany on Malpractice Limits." [Read more]

 

Hersch and Viscusi release study on job risks and wage compensation for immigrant workers

Fall 2010

Professors Hersch and Viscusi find that Mexican immigrants work in jobs with higher fatality risks and receive little wage compensation for these risks. Non-Mexican immigrants face similar labor market conditions as U.S. natives. [Read more]

 

Hersch to speak at AALS session on interdisciplinary legal education

Fall 2010

Professor Hersch will present a paper co-authored with Professor Viscusi at the session The Past, Present, and Future of Interdisciplinary Legal Education at the Association of American Law Schools annual conference in January 2011.

 

Hersch elected SEA Vice-President

Fall 2010

Professor Joni Hersch has been elected for a two-year term as a Vice-President of the Southern Economic Association. Congratulations, Professor Hersch!

 

Student Cecot joins Vanderbilt Law Review staff

Fall 2010

Law & Economics student Caroline Cecot joins the Vanderbilt Law Review staff for AY 2010-2011. Congratulations, Caroline!

 

Student Shinall wins Myron Penn Laughlin Award for published Note

Spring 2010

Law & Economics student and Vanderbilt Law Review Senior Articles Editor Jennifer Bennett Shinall has won the Myron Penn Laughlin Award for her Note "Slipping Away from Justice: The Effect of Attorney Skill on Trial Outcomes." [Download the Note]

 

Student Lim will be Articles Editor for Vanderbilt Law Review

Spring 2010

Law & Economics student Jinghui Lim will be Articles Editor for the Vanderbilt Law Review in AY 2010-2011. Congratulations, Jinghui!

 

Skiba's research cited in Seventh Circuit decision

February 2010

Professor Skiba's research with Jeremy Tobacman on predatory lending and payday loans was cited by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. [Read more]

 

Hersch cited by The Chicago Tribune

January 2010

Professor Hersch is interviewed by Dahleen Glanton of The Chicago Tribune, and her research on skin color and discrimination is cited in the article "Bigotry Takes on a Different Shade."

 

Viscusi quoted by The New York Times

August 2009

Read W. Kip Viscusi's take on the Welsh texting dangers video that has "gone viral." Viscusi explains that the graphic nature of the video may obscure the warning message.

 

Skiba's research featured in the Vanderbilt View

August 2009

Professor Skiba's research on the outcomes of lottery winners is featured in the Vanderbilt View's article "Fleeting Fortune," by Amy Wolf.

 

Cecot and Lim recognized in In Brief

July 17, 2009

Law & Economics students Caroline Cecot and Jinghui Lim are recognized for sharing the Archie B. Martin Memorial Prize, awarded by the Law School to the first-year student with the top GPA, in the July edition of In Brief.

 

Skiba's research quoted in Wall Street Journal

July 8, 2009

Professor Skiba's research is quoted in the Wall Street Journal's article "Lottery Researchers Skeptical about US Bailout Approach."

 

Hersch writes on sexual harassment for CSWEP

May 19, 2009

Learn what constitutes sexual harassment and what you can do about it if you are experiencing sexual harassment in the workplace. Read Professor Hersch's article for the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP) newsletter, "Sexual Harassment."

 

Law and Economics students attend ALEA meeting

May 15-16, 2009

Vanderbilt's four Law & Economics graduate students attended the American Law and Economics Association annual meeting in San Diego, California. The students attended sessions and met leading scholars in the field.

 

U.S. News and World Report cites Ph.D. Program in Law and Economics

April 22, 2009

U.S. News and World Report mentions the Ph.D. Program in Law and Economics in Diana Cole's article "For Economists, a Moment in the Sun."

 

Viscusi quoted by Associated Press

April 7, 2009

Professor Viscusi is interviewed by Erica Werner in "FACT CHECK: Do smokers cost society money?"

 

Heterogeneity of the Value of Statistical Life Conference

March 27, 2009

Professor Viscusi hosted the HVSL Conference at Vanderbilt Law School on Friday, March 27, 2009. Click here to read more about the conference.

 

Women's and men's earnings hurt by housework

March 3, 2009

View the Vanderbilt press release on Professor Hersch's study "Home Production and Wages: Evidence from the American Time Use Survey." This story was covered on April 10 by Nashville Public Radio.

 

Viscusi quoted in Congressional Quarterly Weekly

February 9, 2009

Professor Viscusi responds to a query about Cass R. Sunstein, the new head of OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.

 

Skiba's research featured in The New York Times

January 7, 2009

Professor Skiba's research with Scott Hankins and Mark Hoekstra was featured in The New York Times' Economix blog piece "Lotto Lessons for Homeowner Bailouts," by Catherine Rampell.

 

Skiba's study cited by The Los Angeles Times

December 24, 2008

Professor Skiba's research with Jeremy Tobacman has been cited by The Los Angeles Times in "More in Middle Class Using Payday Lenders," by Kim Christensen.

 

Skiba's research cited by Consumer Affairs

December 5, 2008

Professor Skiba's research with Jeremy Tobacman has been cited by Consumer Affairs in "Payday Loans Can Lead to Bankruptcy," by Mark Huffman.

 

Viscusi quoted on front page of Washington Post

July 19, 2008

Professor Viscusi has been quoted in the Washington Post front-page feature "Cosmic Markdown: EPA Says Life is Worth Less," by David A. Fahrenthold.

 

Viscusi quoted by Associated Press

July 10, 2008

Professor Viscusi has been quoted in the AP Impact story “An American Life Worth Less Today,” which highlights the Environmental Protection Agency’s reduction in the value of statistical life by nearly $1 million since 2003. Viscusi says the cut and the procedure by which the reduction was reckoned “don’t make sense.” Read the story at the Associated Press.

 

Skiba organizes three AEA sessions

June 23, 2008

Professor Skiba has organized three sessions that were accepted by the American Economic Association to fill highly competitive slots during its 2009 annual meeting. The sessions are: "Law and Economics of Crime," "Lotteries and Gambling," and "Rationality in Consumer Credit Markets." The latter will appear in the publication American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings. The AEA 2009 annual meeting will be held January 3-5 in San Francisco, CA.

 

Hersch in The Boston Globe

June 15, 2008

Professor Hersch's paper "Double Your Major, Double Your Return?" coauthored with Alison Del Rossi and forthcoming in the Economics of Education Review, is cited in the Ideas section of The Boston Globe.

 

Skiba quoted by American Banker

May 19, 2008

Professor Skiba was interviewed about the payday loan industry by the trade newspaper American Banker.

 

Viscusi writes for Forbes

January 7, 2008

Professor Viscusi wrote "A Price on Your Head" for Forbes magazine's On My Mind column.

 

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