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Eighteen Vanderbilt Law graduates honored with awards
Release Date: May 12, 2012
Karen Usselman Lindell receives the 2012 Founders Medal.
Vanderbilt Law Review April 2012 issue released
Release Date: May 01, 2012
This issue includes three articles, an essay and three notes.
Rose, adjunct professor of law, receives Fulbright grants
Release Date: May 01, 2012
Rose will be awarded up to two Fulbright grants over the next five years to teach comparative immigration law at educational institutions abroad.
Sean Seymore is University of Tennessee’s Inaugural Distinguished Honors Alumnus in Residence
Release Date: Apr 24, 2012
Seymore also honored with UT’s Accomplished Alumnus Award
Will Airhart ’12 wins TBA’s Jon E. Hastings Memorial Award for writing on environmental law
Release Date: Apr 20, 2012
Airhart’s paper, “After AEP: The Climate Change Tort and the Social Cost of Carbon,” wins prestigious TBA writing competition.
Tosin Fadarey '13 awarded 2012 Peggy Browning Fellowship
Release Date: Apr 20, 2012
Fadarey will serve 10-week summer fellowship working at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in Washington, D.C.
Cheng, George, Sharfstein, Sherry and Vandenbergh honored for outstanding teaching with Hall-Hartman Awards
Release Date: Apr 16, 2012
Annual awards recognize excellent teaching in three 1L courses, one upper-level course and one seminar.
Conflicting expert witnesses can give inaccurate view of science, an interview with Assistant Professor Rebecca Haw
Release Date: Apr 10, 2012
Haw, an expert on antitrust law and the intersection of science and the law, offers two suggestions on how to address this issue.
Lisa Bressman named to the David Daniels Allen Distinguished Chair in Law
Release Date: Apr 03, 2012
Bressman is a renowned scholar of administrative law and statutory interpretation who currently serves as the law school’s associate dean for academic affairs.
Erin O’Hara O’Connor named to the Milton R. Underwood Chair in Law
Release Date: Apr 03, 2012
O’Connor is a leading scholar in the field of conflict of laws.
Andrew Kaufman '74 to head UCLA's Milken Institute of Business Law and Policy
Release Date: Apr 03, 2012
Kaufman founded and formerly headed Kirkland & Ellis's debt financing group and taught transactional law at Vanderbilt.
Suzanna Sherry honored as 2012 Harvie Branscomb Distinguished Professor
Release Date: Apr 02, 2012
Sherry honored for creative scholarship and stimulating and inspiring teaching.
Judge John Powers ’53 (BA’51) dead at 82
Release Date: Apr 02, 2012
Judge Powers remembered for his work ethic and sense of humor
Alistair Newbern appointed to Metro Human Relations Commission
Release Date: Mar 29, 2012
Newbern, who is an assistant clinical professor of law, will serve as one of 17 human relations commissioners for Metro Nashville.
Ruth Johnson '75 wins 2012 Nashville Athena Award
Release Date: Mar 28, 2012
Johnson honored for outstanding skills in business, leadership and community service
Exonerated former death row inmate, John Thompson, to speak at law school
Release Date: Mar 21, 2012
“Killing Time: An 18-year Odyssey from Death Row to Freedom,” a talk by John Thompson, will be held on March 27.
Daniel Sharfstein wins 2012 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize
Release Date: Mar 16, 2012
Prize recognizes Sharfstein for his book, "The Invisible Line: Three American Families and the Secret Journey from Black to White"
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder exhorts Vanderbilt students to seek liberty and learning
Release Date: Mar 16, 2012
U.S. Attorney General Holder delivered the Cecil Sims Lecture at Vanderbilt University March 16.
Andrea Perry '00 wins Athena Young Professional Leadership Award
Release Date: Mar 15, 2012
Perry is a member with Bone McAllester Norton in Nashville.
Zeterrika Tanner '13 and Wendy Wright '13 awarded Bradley Arant Boult Cummings Diversity Scholarships
Release Date: Mar 13, 2012
Two Vanderbilt 2Ls awarded $5,000 scholarships by Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
Darrin Williams ’93 elected speaker of Arkansas House of Representatives
Release Date: Mar 12, 2012
Williams is serving his second term in the Arkansas House representing District 36.
Vanderbilt forum to examine threats to religious liberty
Release Date: Mar 05, 2012
Moderated by Carol M. Swain, professor of political science and law, the event will include presentations by James F. Blumstein of Vanderbilt, Robert P. George of Princeton University and Michael Paulsen of St. Thomas School of Law.
Klick and Rabon win ABA’s Law Student Tax Challenge
Release Date: Feb 27, 2012
First Vanderbilt team to enter competition wins first place and best written submission.
Chet Gerdts '78, member of Vanderbilt Law's Board of Advisors, dies at 58
Release Date: Feb 22, 2012
Gerdts served as general counsel of PricewaterhouseCoopers US.
Vanderbilt Law School hosts national First Amendment Moot Court Competition
Release Date: Feb 16, 2012
Judges include seven Vanderbilt Law alumni.
Vanderbilt team places first at the regional 2012 Jessup International Moot Court competition
Release Date: Feb 13, 2012
The team will compete in the international competition in March in Washington, D.C.
Article by Sean Seymore selected among best intellectual property works of 2011
Release Date: Feb 13, 2012
“Rethinking Novelty in Patent Law” to be included in Thomson-West’s 2012 Intellectual Property Law Review.
Robert Belton, trailblazing scholar of employment law, dead at 76
Release Date: Feb 10, 2012
Professor Belton retired from a distinguished 34-year career at Vanderbilt in 2009.
Daniel Sharfstein awarded AALS’s 2012 Scholarly Paper Prize
Release Date: Feb 09, 2012
In “Atrocity, Entitlement and Personhood: The Value of Violence in Property Law,” Sharfstein examines the impact of violence on Americans’ perceptions of property rights.
Adele El-Khouri '13 and Scott Farmer '13 win 2012 Bass Berry & Sims Moot Court competition
Release Date: Feb 06, 2012
Problem required competitors to grapple with two unresolved questions in First Amendment law.
Two En Banc Articles cited in U.S. Supreme Court opinion in Golan v. Holder
Release Date: Feb 01, 2012
The articles by Daniel Gervais and Elizabeth Townsend Gard were published in October 2011 as part of En Banc's Roundtable series.
Gervais establishes www.tripsagreement.net to serve as TRIPS resource repository
Release Date: Jan 31, 2012
New site offers TRIPS resources as well as a database of U.S. and Canadian copyright cases
William Ozier '69 elected chair of Tennessee Chamber of Commerce
Release Date: Jan 25, 2012
Ozier will serve during 2012.
Academy Sports Outdoors general counsel Wade Turner '97 profiled in Texas Lawyer
Release Date: Jan 25, 2012
Turner heads Academy's legal department.
Mike Pescatello '69, member of Vanderbilt's Board of Advisors, dies at 67
Release Date: Jan 25, 2012
Pescatello was senior vice president at Northern Trust, based in San Francisco.
Ellen Wright Clayton named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Release Date: Jan 25, 2012
AAAS elects as Fellows those whose "efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its application are scientifically or socially distinguished."
High court’s GPS decision sidesteps larger privacy question
Release Date: Jan 24, 2012
United States v. Jones case leaves much unsettled says Chris Slobgin, Milton R. Underwood Chair in Law
Wendee Hilderbrand honored with TBA's Pro Bono Volunteer of the Year Award
Release Date: Jan 24, 2012
Hilderbrand honored for her work on behalf of death row inmate Edward Jerome Hardison.
Amy Sanders, Class of 2013, presents at 2012 AALS conference
Release Date: Jan 18, 2012
Sanders’ presentation was part of a panel discussion on “Balance in Legal Education” moderated by Julie Sandine, Vanderbilt Law School’s assistant dean of student affairs.
Internet anti-piracy legislation is flawed, says Vanderbilt intellectual property expert Daniel Gervais
Release Date: Jan 18, 2012
Unless amended, Gervais contends, SOPA would undermine search engines
Law school hosts discussion about password sharing ban February 1
Release Date: Jan 17, 2012
Panel discussion will feature representatives of the Recording Industry Association of America, Barnes & Nobel, and law firm Neal & Harwell.
Energy and administrative law scholar Jim Rossi to join Vanderbilt Law faculty
Release Date: Jan 17, 2012
Rossi's appointment as professor of law announced by Dean Chris Guthrie.
Scotty Mann named Assistant Dean of Development and Alumni Relations
Release Date: Jan 17, 2012
Mann will lead Vanderbilt Law School's fundraising, stewardship and alumni relations activities.
Vijay Padmanabhan helps tread the line between detainees’ safety and human rights
Release Date: Jan 11, 2012
Padmanabhan argues for new rules to determine if someone can be detained and a new mechanism to transfer those who are released to a safe place.
Daniel Gervais and Ellen Wright Clayton to head research initiative addressing orphan and tropical diseases
Release Date: Jan 08, 2012
Team from Vanderbilt and Melbourne universities awarded research grant by Melbourne-Vanderbilt Partnership.
Civil rights activist D’Army Bailey to speak at Vanderbilt Law
Release Date: Jan 04, 2012
Jan. 12 address celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. memory
Jason Hall '02 named director of Missouri Department of Economic Development
Release Date: Jan 02, 2012
Hall's appointment was announced by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon.
Derek Smith '92 appointed to Tennessee's 21st Judicial District Circuit Court
Release Date: Dec 16, 2011
Smith was previously deputy district attorney for the 21st Judicial District.
G. Daniel Shealer Jr. '84 appointed general counsel of Johns Hopkins
Release Date: Dec 15, 2011
Shealer will serve as vice president and general counsel of the Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation and the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
New England Journal of Medicine article co-authored by James F. Blumstein and I. Glenn Cohen addresses constitutionality of Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion mandate
Release Date: Dec 07, 2011
Blumstein and Cohen discuss the challenge to the ACA.
Terry Maroney appointed to faculty of Vanderbilt’s Center for Medicine, Health and Society
Release Date: Dec 01, 2011
Maroney's work focuses on the role of emotion in law.
Research shows potentially serious failures in Model Penal Code
Release Date: Dec 01, 2011
Results of work by a team of five scholars, including law professor Owen Jones and neuroscientist Rene Marois, cast doubt on assumptions about juror abilities.
Anne Davis '81 to head new office of the Southern Environmental Law Center
Release Date: Nov 24, 2011
Davis previously headed Nashville task force on environmental sustainability.
Doug Henry '51 honored with MTSU's Joe Nunley Award
Release Date: Nov 22, 2011
Henry honored for service during World War II and in Tennessee state government.
Ellen Clayton appointed to Institute of Medicine Committee on Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors
Release Date: Nov 21, 2011
Clayton is the Craig Weaver Professor of Pediatrics and a professor of law at Vanderbilt.
Joni Hersch finds workers receive higher pay for risk of sexual harassment on the job
Release Date: Nov 17, 2011
Hersch's findings published in the May 2011 American Economic Review.
Ingrid Wuerth appointed to State Department Advisory Committee on International Law
Release Date: Nov 15, 2011
Wuerth directs Vanderbilt's International Legal Studies Program.
Innovative Vanderbilt J.D./Ph.D. joint degree combines neuroscience and law
Release Date: Nov 15, 2011
Applications for second class now being accepted.
Chris Slobogin's book, co-authored with Mark Fondacaro, offers "A Plea for Preventive Justice" for juveniles
Release Date: Oct 24, 2011
"Juveniles at Risk: A Plea for Preventive Justice" published by Oxford University Press
Darlene Marsh '88 elected president of American College of Mortgage Attorneys
Release Date: Oct 14, 2011
Lawrence R. Ahern III '72 named ACMA Fellow
Larry Reeves named Associate Dean and Director of Vanderbilt's Alyne Queener Massey Law Library
Release Date: Oct 12, 2011
Reeves' appointment was announced by Vanderbilt Law Dean Chris Guthrie and Connie Vinita Dowell, Dean of Libraries
2011 Johnson Lecture by Michael Olivas addresses implications of Hernandez v. Texas desegregated Texas juries
Release Date: Oct 06, 2011
Michael Olivas of the University of Houston Law Center delivered the 2011 Victor S. Johnson Lecture on September 26.
Gulf of Mexico Fund Trustee Kent Syverud discusses "Lessons of the Deepwater Oil Spill" in talk
Release Date: Sep 29, 2011
Dean Syverud's talk was sponsored by the Cecil D. Branstetter Litigation and Dispute Resolution Program.
Robert Lee Sullivan, Class of 1977, dead at 59
Release Date: Sep 19, 2011
Sullivan was a partner in Loeb and Loeb in Nashville.
Twenty 2011 graduates selected for Order of the Coif
Release Date: Sep 16, 2011
Vanderbilt announces new members of the Order of the Coif, which represents the top 10 percent of the class.
Jim Redwine '81 receives ABA Section on Environment, Energy and Resources Stewardship Award
Release Date: Sep 12, 2011
Redwine honored for achieving a settlement to support environmental remediation of former GM plant sites.
Lucian Pera '85 begins three-year term as ABA treasurer
Release Date: Aug 30, 2011
Pera is a former chair of the ABA Board's Finance Committee and has represented the Tennessee Bar Association in the ABA's House of Delegates since 1991.
Landmark law and neuroscience network expands at Vanderbilt
Release Date: Aug 24, 2011
Owen Jones leads $4.85 million grant for new Research Network on Law and Neuroscience
Larry May advocates for international court to protect detainees in new book
Release Date: Jul 20, 2011
In "Global Justice and Due Process," May argues that governments that detain individuals without due process are violating centuries of legal precedent.
59 students awarded summer stipends to work in public interest & government positions
Release Date: Jul 19, 2011
Vanderbilt Law students are serving in government and public interest positions and corporate law offices in 12 states, D.C., and 8 foreign nations.
Henry Callaway III '83 receives the prestigious American Bar Association Pro Bono Publico Award
Release Date: Jul 18, 2011
Callaway is honored for his work with the Mobile Bar Association's Volunteer Lawyers Association and on a state level to increase free or low-cost access to legal services.
39 Vanderbilt Law graduates secure judicial clerkships
Release Date: Jul 18, 2011
Recent graduates will clerk in 14 states, D.C., and the Virgin Islands
Danny Van Horn '97 sworn in as president of the Tennessee Bar Association
Release Date: Jul 15, 2011
Van Horn, the youngest TBA president to date, was sworn in by Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Cornelia Clark '79.
Daniel Sharfstein awarded Alphonse Fletcher Sr. Fellowship by Fletcher Foundation
Release Date: Jul 06, 2011
Sharfstein will chronicle Southern lawyers who argued against integration in the courts in the decade following the Brown v. Board of Education decision.
William H. Roach Jr. ’72 named chairman of American Heart Association
Release Date: Jul 06, 2011
Roach is a retired partner of McDermott Will & Emery
David Gerregano '95 named Deputy Commissioner of Tennessee Department of Revenue
Release Date: Jul 06, 2011
Gerregano is responsible for legal services, tax policy and administrative hearings.
Carol Swain's new book, "Be the People," released by Thomas Nelson Inc.
Release Date: Jun 30, 2011
Law and political science professor Carol Swain combines research, opinions and scripture in a conservative analysis of current controversial issues.
Ganesh Sitaraman joins Vanderbilt's law faculty as an assistant professor
Release Date: Jun 28, 2011
Professor Sitaraman was previously the Public Law Fellow and a lecturer at Harvard Law School.
Rebecca Haw joins Vanderbilt’s law faculty as assistant professor after Climenko Fellowship
Release Date: Jun 24, 2011
Haw studies antitrust law and will teach Antitrust Law and a seminar on the use of experts in legal decision-making at Vanderbilt.
Yesha Yadav joins Vanderbilt’s law faculty as assistant professor of law
Release Date: Jun 24, 2011
Professor Yadav enters legal academy after serving in the Legal Vice-Presidency of the World Bank.
Richard Nagareda's analysis of class commonality influences Wal-Mart v. Dukes decision
Release Date: Jun 22, 2011
Nagareda's 2009 article, "Class Certification in the Age of Aggregate Proof," cited extensively in majority opinion and dissent.
Article coauthored by J.B. Ruhl selected among top five environmental articles of 2010
Release Date: Jun 19, 2011
Environmental experts address strategies for creating networks to deal with complex environmental issues
Vijay Padmanabhan joins Vanderbilt's law faculty as assistant professor
Release Date: Jun 16, 2011
Professor Padmanabhan will be affiliated with Vanderbilt’s International Legal Studies and Criminal Justice programs.
James F. Blumstein files amicus brief in Florida v. USDHHS
Release Date: May 31, 2011
Blumstein concludes that expanded Medicaid mandate in the Affordable Care Act is "unenforceable"
Darby Dickerson '88 accepts deanship of Texas Tech University School of Law
Release Date: May 27, 2011
Dickerson was formerly dean of Stetson University College of Law
19 members of the Class of 2011 honored for scholastic and civic achievements
Release Date: May 16, 2011
David Barnes wins 2011 Founders Medal; other award winners announced.
Ellen Wright Clayton to chair new IOM Standing Committee on Family Planning
Release Date: May 10, 2011
Clayton will head new committee convened by the Institute of Medicine for the DHHS Office of Family Planning.
Sean Seymore to be MIT's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Associate Professor in Spring 2012
Release Date: May 09, 2011
Professor Seymore will visit the Program in Science, Technology and Society.
First Amendment scholar David Hudson '94 hosts DVD series
Release Date: May 03, 2011
Professor Hudson hosts education series focusing on landmark Supreme Court First Amendment cases
Kevin Sharp '93 confirmed to seat on U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
Release Date: May 03, 2011
Sharp to fill vacant seat on U.S.District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
Environmental and property law expert J.B. Ruhl to join Vanderbilt's law faculty
Release Date: May 02, 2011
Professor Ruhl's current research explores environmental law relating to climate change.
46 students to date accept international positions for summer or fall
Release Date: Apr 26, 2011
Students will work with 41 different organizations in 18 countries and the U.S.
Michael Johnson '11 wins 2011 Ladas Memorial Award for intellectual property law scholarship
Release Date: Apr 21, 2011
Johnson's paper will be published in "The Trademark Reporter," the law journal of the International Trademark Association.
Keith Loveless '83 (AS'79) named Corporate Counsel of the Year
Release Date: Apr 19, 2011
Loveless profiled in the National Law Journal and honored by Puget Sound Business Journal.
Habeas reform opinion piece by Nancy King and colleague Joseph Hoffmann
Release Date: Apr 17, 2011
King and Hoffmann outline recommendations for habeas reform in new book, "Habeas for the Twenty-First Century: Uses, Abuses and the Future of the Great Writ"
Law Review note on Alford pleas by Anne Gooch, Class of 2011, cited in 4th Circuit Court opinion
Release Date: Apr 15, 2011
Gooch is Senior Articles Editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review.
Michael Newton elected to the American Society of International Law Executive Council
Release Date: Apr 07, 2011
Newton will serve a three-year term on the ASIL Executive Council
TaCara Harris, Class of 2013, receives Bradley Arant Boult Cummings Diversity Scholarship
Release Date: Apr 01, 2011
Harris garners $5,000 scholarship and summer clerkship with Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
Nancy King and colleague Joseph Hoffmann propose reforms in use of habeas law in new book
Release Date: Mar 29, 2011
"Habeas for the 21st Century: Uses, Abuses, and the Future of the Great Writ" released by University of Chicago Press
Michael Vandenbergh and coauthors advocate private carbon labeling for products in inaugural issue of Nature Climate Change
Release Date: Mar 28, 2011
Research team believes private carbon labeling will have a positive influence on consumer and business behavior.
Christopher Slobogin offers an alternative approach to dealing with juvenile crime in new book released by Oxford University Press
Release Date: Mar 16, 2011
New book examines the shortcomings of the culpability linchpin and adult-type procedures placed on juvenile offenders.
Brian Fitzpatrick receives the Federalist Society's 2011 Bator Award
Release Date: Mar 07, 2011
The Bator Award recognizes a young academic – under the age of forty – who has demonstrated excellence in legal scholarship, a commitment to teaching, a concern for students, and who has made a significant public impact.
Eve Biskind Klothen '75 receives Outstanding Service Award from Philadephia VIP
Release Date: Mar 07, 2011
Klothen is assistant dean for pro bono and public interest programs at Rutgers School of Law
Carol Swain testifies before House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement March 2
Release Date: Mar 02, 2011
Swain's current scholarship addresses impact of immigration.
Seven alumni appellate judges among those presiding over final rounds of the First Amendment Moot Court Competition
Release Date: Feb 18, 2011
Annual competition is sponsored by Vanderbilt Law School and the Freedom Forum First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt
Tatiana Boza and Mark Hammervold win Top Oralist Awards at International Law Moot Court Competition
Release Date: Feb 18, 2011
Vanderbilt students competed in the 2011 Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, Midwest Super Region
Daniel Sharfstein chronicles shifting racial identity among three families in book released by Penguin Press
Release Date: Feb 12, 2011
"The Invisible Line" chronicles American families' journey from black to white
Jenna Farleigh and Anne Greengard win 2011 Bass Berry & Sims Moot Court competition
Release Date: Feb 11, 2011
Teams argued First Amendment problem regarding when a school official may regulate student speech on the Internet.
Jody Shaw '10 honored with Tennessee Bar Association's top award for student pro bono legal service
Release Date: Feb 09, 2011
Shaw honored for work with Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors, an advocacy organization for immigrants.
Harold Hongju Koh, Legal Advisor to the U.S. State Department, addresses limits to diplomatic immunity in 2011 Burch Lecture
Release Date: Feb 07, 2011
Koh delivered keynote address for symposium on "Foreign State Immunity at Home and Abroad."
2011 Charney Lecture explores impact of climate change in Arctic region
Release Date: Feb 04, 2011
With "Three Images of the Arctic," Law of the Sea scholar Daniel Caron illuminates governance issues created by rapid transition.
Law can play a critical role in cultivating conscience
Release Date: Feb 03, 2011
Lynn Stout, Paul Hastings Professor, UCLA Law School, delivered the 2011 Johnson Lecture February 1.
In Memoriam: Charles O. Galvin, Centennial Professor of Law Emeritus
Release Date: Jan 31, 2011
Galvin served as Vanderbilt's Centennial Professor of Law from 1983-90 and as Dean of SMU Law School from 1963-80.
Law school mourns loss of Professor Emeritus Harold Levinson
Release Date: Jan 28, 2011
Distinguished scholar of comparative law, administrative law, accounting and legal ethics died January 26.
Sean Seymore receives secondary faculty appointment in Vanderbilt’s Department of Chemistry
Release Date: Jan 21, 2011
Seymore’s appointment as Associate Professor of Chemistry effective January 1, 2011.
Judge Roger Gregory of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit urges listeners to continue working for social justice
Release Date: Jan 20, 2011
2011 Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture at Vanderbilt Law School
Delaware Supreme Court Justice Randy J. Holland, Adjunct Professor of Law at Vanderbilt. receives Opperman Award for Judicial Excellence
Release Date: Jan 20, 2011
Justice Holland is the seventh recipient honored with the American Judicature Society's Opperman Award.
Carlton Tarkington ‘63 named 2011 Distinguished Alumnus; Curt Welling ‘75 to receive 2011 Distinguished Service Award
Release Date: Jan 13, 2011
2011 Alumni Awards announced by Dean Chris Guthrie
Class of 2012 boosts AmeriCares' Haitian relief efforts
Release Date: Jan 12, 2011
Professors Tracey George and Michael Vandenbergh drew their students’ attention to the work of AmeriCares, an international disaster relief and aid organization headed by Curtis R. Welling, Class of 1975.
Kyle McEntee '11 and Patrick Lynch '10 are named "2010 Lawyers of the Year" in "Above the Law" blog poll
Release Date: Jan 12, 2011
McEntee and Lynch were joint winners of annual online poll conducted by "Above the Law" blog
Law school community mourns the loss of VBA President Chris Lantz, Class of 2011
Release Date: Dec 30, 2010
Chris Lantz, a third-year law student and the President of the Vanderbilt Bar Association, died last night in a snowmobile accident. Chris was a central figure in the life of the Law School. We are deeply saddened by the news of his death, and our hearts go out to Chris’s family, friends, classmates, and teachers during this very difficult time.
First report issued by Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
Release Date: Dec 16, 2010
Nita Farahany serves on commission; her research focuses on legal, philosophical and social issues arising from biosciences.
James Blumstein addresses constitutional challenges to health reform
Release Date: Dec 07, 2010
Presentation at American Enterprise Institute addresses the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's expanded Medicaid mandate
Alex Hurder elected to Council of ABA's Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities
Release Date: Dec 07, 2010
Professor Hurder will serve a three-year term on the Council.
White paper by International Practice Lab students addresses genocide prevention
Release Date: Nov 30, 2010
When Michael A. Newton, professor of the practice of law at Vanderbilt, was asked to serve as a member of a working group on genocide prevention, several students in his International Law Practice Lab gained an opportunity to support his work with their own substantive research on what makes international networks work effectively.
Kevin Sharp '93 nominated to seat on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
Release Date: Nov 18, 2010
Sharp is a founding partner of Drescher & Sharp in Nashville.
Justice Stephen Breyer discusses role of Supreme Court
Release Date: Nov 17, 2010
Justice Breyer delivers 2010 Cecil Sims Lecture and teaching Regulatory State class
Joni Hersch elected a vice president of Southern Economic Association
Release Date: Nov 15, 2010
Hersch will serve a two-year term as a vice president of SEA
Leonard Lance '77 retains New Jersey congressional seat; Ben Quayle '02 wins Arizona House seat
Release Date: Nov 05, 2010
Lance represents New Jersey's 7th District, Quayle to represent Arizona's 3rd District
Value of life study shows Mexican immigrants fare far worse than other immigrants and U.S. natives
Release Date: Oct 27, 2010
Study by W. Kip Viscusi and Joni Hersch of Vanderbilt's Law & Economics Program finds Mexican immigrants work in higher risk jobs with low wages
Name change to "Board of Advisors" from "National Council" underscores Board's crucial role
Release Date: Oct 27, 2010
Vanderbilt Law School's Board of Advisors voted to give itself a new name on October 22
High-profile trial lawyer James F. Neal dies
Release Date: Oct 23, 2010
Neal had been recognized as one of the country's top trial lawyers for four decades
Richard Nagareda, David Daniels Allen Professor of Law, dies
Release Date: Oct 09, 2010
Nagareda was a preeminent civil litigation scholar and author of Mass Torts in a World of Settlement.
Ellen Clayton receives 2010 William G. Bartholeme Award from American Academy of Pediatrics' Section on Bioethics
Release Date: Oct 06, 2010
Award recognizes Clayton's significant contributions to the bioethics field.
Lisa Bressman appointed to Administrative Conference of the United States
Release Date: Sep 30, 2010
ACUS studies administrative processes and recommends improvements.
Study finds public/private partnerships key to maximizing Nashville’s sports potential
Release Date: Sep 29, 2010
Report uses data collected by students in the Sports Law course taught by David Williams
Carol Swain testifies before Congress on immigration
Release Date: Sep 23, 2010
Swain is the author of Debating Immigration, a collection of essays that explore immigration and citizenship
Owen Jones appointed to the New York Alumni Chancellor’s Chair in Law
Release Date: Sep 20, 2010
Jones works at the intersection of law and biological sciences, directs MacArthur Foundation Law & Neuroscience Project
Margaret Blair appointed to the Milton R. Underwood Chair in Free Enterprise
Release Date: Sep 20, 2010
Blair’s work focuses on corporate law and financial markets.
Frederick Work, Class of 1959, dies at age 75
Release Date: Sep 16, 2010
One of Vanderbilt's first African American graduates, Work was a respected defense lawyer
Jane Stranch '78 to take seat on U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Release Date: Sep 13, 2010
Stranch is an ERISA expert and managing member of Branstetter Stranch & Jennings in Nashville
Cornelia Clark '79 sworn in as Chief Justice of Tennessee Supreme Court
Release Date: Sep 02, 2010
Justice Clark was appointed to the five-judge panel by Governor Phil Bredesen in 2005 and elected to a full 8-year term in 2006.
2010 Order of the Coif graduates announced
Release Date: Sep 01, 2010
20 members of the Class of 2010 join the Order of the Coif
82 Vanderbilt Law students receive stipends to support summer internships
Release Date: Jul 22, 2010
Students are serving in courts, public interest and government legal offices with stipend funding
Owen Jones named director of law and neuroscience project
Release Date: Jul 20, 2010
Landmark national project to be based at Vanderbilt
94 Vanderbilt Law students serve summer internships for credit
Release Date: Jul 20, 2010
Students gain substantive experience working for judicial chambers, legal offices and advocacy organizations
44 Vanderbilt Graduates Secure Judicial Clerkships
Release Date: Jul 13, 2010
2010 Judicial Clerkship Announcement
Paige Skiba studies pawnshop loans as a Visiting Scholar of the London School of Economics
Release Date: Jul 12, 2010
Skiba studies factors that drive demand for pawnshops
Nita Farahany appointed to presidential Bioethics Commission
Release Date: Jul 12, 2010
See a portion of the proceedings of the first Bioethics Commission meeting
Four Presidential Management Fellows accept federal agency positions
Release Date: Jul 12, 2010
Eight 2010 Vanderbilt Law graduates were Presidential Management Fellow finalists
Students complete 12,620 hours of pro bono and community service as of April 2010
Release Date: Jul 12, 2010
Pro Bono Pledge Program tracks service hours completed by Vanderbilt Law students
Jennifer Reinganum joins leadership of American Law and Economics Association (ALEA)
Release Date: Jul 08, 2010
Reinganum will serve as secretary/treasurer in 2010-11, vice president in 2011-12, and president in 2012-13.
American Law Institute releases book on aggregate litigation coauthored by Richard Nagareda
Release Date: Jun 29, 2010
ALI Principles of the Law of Aggregate Litigation, prepared by Reporter Samuel Issacharoff and Associate Reporters Nagareda, Robert Klonoff and Charles Silver
Two articles from Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc cited in recent Supreme Court opinion
Release Date: Jun 28, 2010
En Banc Roundtable edition on Free Enterprise Fund v. PCAOB cited
Karl Dean, Danny Van Horn, Steve Cobb and other VLS alumni recognized by Tennessee Bar Association
Release Date: Jun 23, 2010
Honors conferred at TBA's annual conference in Nashville
Samar Ali, Class of 2006, appointed White House Fellow
Release Date: Jun 23, 2010
Ali is one of 13 men and women selected for the Class of 2010-11.
John Owen Haley, distinguished scholar of comparative law, joins Vanderbilt's faculty
Release Date: Jun 20, 2010
Haley is a pioneering scholar of comparative and Japanese law
Vanderbilt Law's tuition increase lowest since 1966
Release Date: Jun 08, 2010
Vanderbilt Law School seeks to control rising tuition costs
Edward K. Cheng, scholar of evidence law, appointed to Vanderbilt's law faculty
Release Date: May 20, 2010
Cheng explores questions of whether courts should rely on statistical inferences for findings of liability or guilt
Sean Seymore, scholar of patent law, joins Vanderbilt's faculty
Release Date: May 18, 2010
Seymore focuses on how patent law should respond to scientific advances
Nineteen 2010 graduates recognized with awards
Release Date: May 14, 2010
Ryan Holt wins Founders Medal
Tami Lefko joins Vanderbilt Law School as Director of Legal Writing
Release Date: May 08, 2010
Lefko will head a faculty of eight experienced legal writing teachers.
35 Vanderbilt law students to serve in international law externships and placements
Release Date: May 04, 2010
International Legal Studies Program announces student and graduate placements
Lisa Bressman to serve as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Release Date: Apr 28, 2010
Bressman's responsibilities will focus on the law school's teaching and research missions
George, Nagareda, Schoenblum and Sherry win Hall-Hartman Awards
Release Date: Apr 23, 2010
Awards honor outstanding teaching in 1L and upper-level courses
Mark Dalton '75 and Jack Moore '73 to assume leadership roles on VU Board of Trustees
Release Date: Apr 23, 2010
Dalton will serve as chair and Moore as vice-chair
Maria Glover, Class of 2007, awarded fellowship at Harvard
Release Date: Apr 20, 2010
Glover will study class action litigation as a Climenko Fellow
Jay Angoff, Class of 1978, named director of new Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight
Release Date: Apr 19, 2010
Noted consumer advocate joins Obama health overhaul team
DHHS Deputy Secretary William Corr, Class of 1973, defends health overhaul in talk at law school
Release Date: Apr 14, 2010
To make medical insurance accessible to everyone, "everyone must participate," Corr says
Nancy King receives Alexander Heard Distinguished Service Award
Release Date: Apr 09, 2010
Award honors one professor each year for distinctive contributions to the understanding for contemporary society
Nita Farahany to be appointed to Presidential Commission on Bioethics
Release Date: Apr 07, 2010
Professor Farahany focuses on legal, philosophical & social issues arising from bioscience developments
International Criminal Court serves as a "court of last resort"
Release Date: Apr 06, 2010
2010 Charney Lecture delivered by Christian Wenaweser, president of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the ICC
Chris Bowles '08 to head Metro Nashville's new Office of Environment and Sustainability
Release Date: Apr 02, 2010
New office to oversee implementation of energy efficiency and conservation projects
Should States Hold Power over Local Government to Encourage Green Design? ELPAR conference considers controversial solution
Release Date: Apr 02, 2010
Conference cosponsored by Environmental Law & Policy Annual Review held at Vanderbilt April 1
Shannon Fyfe, Class of 2010, wins Helton Fellowship for work in Tanzania
Release Date: Mar 23, 2010
Fyfe to work with Public International Law and Policy Group to address treatment of albinos
Should states hold power over local governments to encourage green design?
Release Date: Mar 18, 2010
Panel discussion sponsored by Vanderbilt Law School and the Environmental Law Institute
Watch: A Conversation with General David Petraeus
Release Date: Mar 08, 2010
Sponsored by the International Legal Studies Program and Vanderbilt's College of Arts and Sciences
Executive Pay Czar Kenneth Feinberg emphasizes limited role
Release Date: Feb 26, 2010
Feinberg delivered the keynote address at Executive Pay conference sponsored by the Vanderbilt Law Review and the Law and Business Program
Research by Paige Skiba cited in Seventh Circuit decision
Release Date: Feb 18, 2010
Midwest Title Loans v. Indiana addressed interest rate and fee limitations
2010 Moot Court winners announced
Release Date: Feb 18, 2010
2Ls Lauren Fromme and Jacob Neu are Moot Court champions
Kenneth Feinberg to deliver keynote address at Executive Compensation Conference
Release Date: Feb 18, 2010
Obama's "executive pay czar" to speak at noon Feb. 26
Research by Margaret Blair cited in Citizens United dissent
Release Date: Feb 18, 2010
Justice Stevens incorporates Blair and Stout's "team production" model into argument
Study published in Vanderbilt Law Review illuminates ideological polarization
Release Date: Feb 17, 2010
Analysis of Supreme Court clerkship selection and post-clerkship careers highlights increasing political polarization
Warren Pengilley '64 granted Membership in Order of Australia (AM)
Release Date: Feb 16, 2010
Australian honor recognizes Pengilley's career service
Empirical research by Randall Thomas recognized by Corporate Practice Commentator
Release Date: Feb 16, 2010
Thomas articles listed among the “Top 10 Corporate and Securities Articles” for 5 consecutive years
Edward Turner '70 appointed chair of Lawyers Without Borders Executive Board
Release Date: Feb 16, 2010
Retired Shearson & Sterling partner to head LWOB board
Hyatt Fund enables student organizations to bring high-profile speakers to VLS
Release Date: Feb 15, 2010
Hyatt speakers for 2010-11 include DHHS Deputy Secretary William Corr '73
Andrew Gould, Class of 2010, featured in ABA Journal article about judicial clerkships
Release Date: Feb 03, 2010
Gould will clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Ann Arbor
General David H. Petraeus to speak at Vanderbilt
Release Date: Jan 21, 2010
Open dialog to be led by Professor Mike Newton
Christopher Slobogin appointed to Milton Underwood Chair in Law
Release Date: Jan 21, 2010
Recent work addresses impact of technological advances on Fourth Amendment rights
2010 MLK Jr. speaker Douglas Blackmon addresses unpleasant history of race relations
Release Date: Jan 20, 2010
Wall Street Journal reporter uncovered institutionalized neoslavery in the post-Civil War South
Study by W. Kip Viscusi looks at "values" assigned to fatalities
Release Date: Dec 29, 2009
Americans value preventing deaths from terrorist attacks more than preventing deaths from natural disasters
Ellen Wright Clayton named to Institute of Medicine (IOM) council
Release Date: Dec 22, 2009
Clayton holds faculty appointments in Vanderbilt's medical and law schools
Study led by Kip Viscusi suggests recycling laws work
Release Date: Dec 09, 2009
Results indicate that laws mandating recycling are effective
Improvement needed in Afghan system of justice
Release Date: Dec 09, 2009
Mike Newton stresses need for Afghans to build an effective justice system based on the rule of law
Mike Vandenbergh and Mark Cohen argue in favor of private incentives to reduce carbon emissions
Release Date: Dec 09, 2009
Pair say private incentives are needed to fill gaps until public measures are effected
Lauren Lowe '09 wins Skadden Fellowship
Release Date: Dec 07, 2009
Lowe will work with Chicago-based Equip for Equalility to enforce the ADA employment rights of persons with mental illness
Kate (Komp) Tarbert '05 to clerk for Chief Justice John Roberts
Release Date: Dec 01, 2009
Tarbert will serve during the 2010 term
"Picking Cotton" presentation addresses wrongful conviction
Release Date: Nov 11, 2009
Featured speakers are Jennifer Thompson and Ronald Cotton
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces hears oral arguments in Flynn Auditorium
Release Date: Nov 04, 2009
Air Force Mayor Coretta Gray ’01 served as counsel for the government; 3Ls Christopher Hamp-Lyons and Andrew Free appeared on behalf of amicus curiae.