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Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law May 2013 issue available online
Release Date: Jun 12, 2013
Hard copies of the VJTL will be available by July 1, 2013.
88 Vanderbilt Law students serve externships for course credit during summer 2013
Release Date: Jun 11, 2013
VLS students are working in judicial chambers and with government agencies; in the offices of U.S. Attorneys, state attorneys general, and city and district attorneys; with corporations; and with domestic and international advocacy organizations.
Appellate Clinic’s victory in LaFountain v. Harry corrects Sixth Circuit precedent
Release Date: Jun 11, 2013
Four members of the Class of 2013 establish the right of indigent clients to amend cases filed in federal courts.
76 Vanderbilt Law students receive summer stipends to support pro bono work
Release Date: Jun 06, 2013
VLS students work in judicial chambers and with federal and state agencies; attorneys general, public defenders and district attorneys; and domestic and international advocacy organizations.
Zachary Fardon '92 nominated to become U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois
Release Date: May 28, 2013
Fardon's nomination announced by the White House May 23.
Vanderbilt Law Review May 2013 (Volume 66, Number 3) released
Release Date: May 23, 2013
Available online with hard copies available in two to three weeks
Daniel Gervais testifies before Congress regarding Copyright Act
Release Date: May 16, 2013
Gervais, who directs Vanderbilt's Intellectual Property Program, said U.S. copyright system needs "a comprehensive review and modernization."
Paul Kurtz '72 (BA'68) passes the baton to Lonnie Brown '89 at UGA Law
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Brown appointed associate dean at UGA Law upon Kurtz's retirement from the position, which he has held since 1991.
Is an angry judge a bad judge? Not necessarily, says Terry Maroney
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Vanderbilt Magazine story discusses Maroney's Vanderbilt Law Review article, "Angry Judges"
Practice lab students support judicial system and criminal code reform in Peru
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Professor Michael A. Newton works with Peru's Supreme Court to advise judges in its newly created court of national jurisdiction.
Wayne Hyatt '68 (BA'65) receives Frederick S. Lane Award from the American College of Real Estate Lawyers
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Lane Award recognizes real estate lawyers for their career contributions to the profession; Hyatt is only the eighth recipient in ACREL's 35-year history.
Robert Reder ’78 named professor of the practice of law
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Corporate governance expert Bob Reder joins faculty following a 33-year career in transactional practice with Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy.
James H. Cheek III '67 expands his teaching role at Vanderbilt Law School
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Nationally recognized corporate and securities law attorney Jim Cheek appointed professor of the practice of law.
Marcy Nicks Moody, Class of 2013, is one of 15 winners of the 2013 Burton Award for legal writing
Release Date: May 09, 2013
Moody will receive her award on June 3 at a gala event at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
20 students honored with academic and citizenship awards
Release Date: May 07, 2013
Angela Bergman wins 2013 Founders Medal.
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law Summer 2013 Issue (Volume 15, Issue 4) Released
Release Date: May 03, 2013
Available online now and hard copies to be available soon.
Vanderbilt Law Review April 2013 (Volume 66, Number 3) released
Release Date: May 03, 2013
Available online with hard copies available in several weeks.
Vanderbilt prison conference to rethink justice system
Release Date: May 02, 2013
Multidisciplinary conference features presentations by Underwood Professor of Law Christopher Slobogin, Vanderbilt scholars from the schools of divinity and medicine, and scholars of philosophy and theology from Princeton and the University of Texas.
Wyatt Sassman '13 wins Tennessee Bar Association's environmental law writing competition
Release Date: Apr 23, 2013
Sassman receives Jon E. Hastings Memorial Writing Award for his article "Administrative Compliance Orders and Due Process After Sackett."
M. Eric Johnson named dean of Owen Graduate School of Management
Release Date: Apr 22, 2013
Vanderbilt Law Dean Chris Guthrie headed search committee.
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law has published its March 2013 issue
Release Date: Apr 19, 2013
Volume 46:2 is available online.
Cheng, George, Maroney and Sharfstein honored with 2013 Hall-Hartman Awards for Outstanding Teaching
Release Date: Apr 19, 2013
Annual teaching awards are the result of student votes.
TVA privatization might benefit consumers, according to energy law expert Jim Rossi
Release Date: Apr 16, 2013
Rossi is affiliated with Vanderbilt's Energy, Environment & Land Use Program
Dick Aldrich '75 and Lee Cutcliff '67 recognized as distinguished alumni
Release Date: Apr 16, 2013
Aldrich honored as VLS 2013 Distinguished Alumni and Cutcliff with the 2013 Distinguished Service Award.
Daniel Sharfstein named 2013 Guggenheim Fellow
Release Date: Apr 12, 2013
Sharfstein's fellowship was awarded for a new book project on post-Reconstruction America.
Joni Hersch: Women with elite education opting out of full-time careers
Release Date: Apr 08, 2013
Vanderbilt study finds women with MBAs are most likely to work less
Ingrid Wuerth elected to American Journal of International Law Board of Editors
Release Date: Apr 08, 2013
AJIL is a distinguished peer-reviewed journal that features works by prominent scholars of international law and international relations.
Vanderbilt Law Review March 2013 (Volume 66, Number 2) released
Release Date: Apr 05, 2013
Available online, with hard copies available late-April.
Paige Skiba: The trouble with car title loans is NOT people losing their cars
Release Date: Apr 02, 2013
Skiba's research to be published in the Illinois Law Review.
Ingrid Wuerth elected to membership in American Law Institute
Release Date: Mar 29, 2013
Wuerth joins organization that produces scholarly work to clarify, modernize and otherwise improve the law.
Tracey George named to the Tarkington Chair of Teaching Excellence
Release Date: Mar 29, 2013
This three-year, rotating chair is unique among chairs at Vanderbilt Law School because it specifically recognizes teaching excellence.
South Africa’s Constitutional Transition and AIDS: A Personal Account
Release Date: Mar 25, 2013
Chancellor's Lecture Series featuring Justice Edwin Cameron, Constitutional Court of South Africa
Vanderbilt professors Dan Cornfield and Alistair Newbern collaborate on report recommending a public-private partnership
Release Date: Mar 21, 2013
Report prepared by Vanderbilt sociologist Cornfield in collaboration with Nashville for All of Us, chaired by Newbern, outlines a 25-year plan to make Nashville more welcoming and inclusive.
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law Spring 2013 Issue (Volume 15, Issue 3) Released
Release Date: Mar 21, 2013
Available online with hard copies available late March.
Daniel Gervais cited in Kirtsaeng dissent
Release Date: Mar 21, 2013
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg cites Gervais’ definitive TRIPS Agreement book to compare U.S. policy with Court’s decision regarding scope of U.S. copyright law.
George Barrett '57 and Waverly Crenshaw '81 honored by Tennessee Human Rights Commission
Release Date: Mar 19, 2013
Barrett and Crenshaw were among 10 Nashvillians honored for advocacy of human rights.
Watch "Can War Be Justified?" a lecture by Larry May
Release Date: Mar 18, 2013
May is Vanderbilt's W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy and professor of law.
Vanderbilt team of Scott Friedman and Alex McVeagh reach semi-finals in International Commercial Mediation Competition
Release Date: Feb 28, 2013
First Vanderbilt team to participate in International Chamber of Commerce competition wins “Best Public Speakers” award, advances to semi-final round.
Panel addresses software patent aggregators, also known as "patent trolls"
Release Date: Feb 28, 2013
Julie Samuels ’05, staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and law professors Colleen Chien and Timothy Holbrook discussed challenges presented by “patent assertion entities.”
Vanderbilt summer session designed to help undergraduates decide whether to apply to law school
Release Date: Feb 26, 2013
New J.D. PreVU program debuts at Vanderbilt Law School.
Education reform conversation February 27 features state commissioner and social justice advocate
Release Date: Feb 22, 2013
Tennessee Education Department head Kevin Huffman and Oona Chatterjee of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform will discuss school reform.
Mayor Karl Dean '81 speaks on panel celebrating Metro Nashville's 50th anniversary
Release Date: Feb 18, 2013
Panel discussion included former Tennessean publishing John Seigenthaler and two leading scholars of models of local government.
Smuggling and Sales of Conflict Diamonds Proves Hard to Stop
Release Date: Feb 14, 2013
Burch Lecturer Ian Smillie explains why the Kimberly Process has failed to staunch the flow of "blood diamonds."
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law Winter 2013 Issue (Volume 15, Issue 2) Released
Release Date: Feb 06, 2013
Available online with hard copies available mid-February.
Sarah Doran Murray and Erica Smith win 2013 Bass Berry & Sims Moot Court competition
Release Date: Feb 06, 2013
Danielle Barav and Andrea Schronce were 2013 finalists.
Five Vanderbilt law professors will co-teach Osher Lifelong Learning course on "The Living Constitution"
Release Date: Feb 05, 2013
"The Living Constitution: Supreme Court Decisions that Affect Our Lives" is coordinated by Professor Emeritus Robert Covington and co-taught by Professor Emeritus Tom McCoy and Professors Mark Brandon, Susan Kay and David Hudson.
Bruce Shine '64 appointed chair of the Tennessee Supreme Court's Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission
Release Date: Feb 04, 2013
Shine has served on the commission since its inception in 1996.
Terry Maroney presents at orientation program for new federal judges
Release Date: Feb 04, 2013
Maroney participated in the Federal Judicial Center's orientation program for newly appointed federal judges.
Nashville Mayor Karl Dean '81 shares insights with VU public policy class taught by former Mayor Bill Purcell '79
Release Date: Jan 31, 2013
Purcell is an adjunct professor of political science at Vanderbilt.
Former New Mexico Judge James Thomas Martin Jr. dies at 86
Release Date: Jan 30, 2013
Judge Martin served on the bench for more than 16 years.
Ryan Holt '10 and John Spragens '12 selected for 2013 class of Nashville Emerging Leaders
Release Date: Jan 28, 2013
NES offers leadership development to motivated young professionals.
Vanderbilt Law Review January 2013 (Volume 66, Number 1) released
Release Date: Jan 28, 2013
Available online, with hard copies available by mid-February.
Legal team of Elliott Ozment '75, Phillip Cramer '00, John Farringer '02 and Bill Harbison honored with TBA's 2013 Harris Gilbert Pro Bono Volunteer of the Year award
Release Date: Jan 23, 2013
Team represented Juana Villegas in case that brought national attention to rights of women in police custody.
Thomas Varlan '81 named Chief Judge of the Eastern District of Tennessee
Release Date: Jan 18, 2013
Judge Varlan has served the Eastern District of Tennessee since 2003
Jim Bradford '73 steps down as dean of Vanderbilt's Owen Graduate School of Management
Release Date: Jan 15, 2013
Bradford has served as Owen's dean for eight years.
Guy Gebhardt '73 named Acting U.S. Trustee for Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Release Date: Jan 15, 2013
Gebhardt's appointment was announced by Attorney General Eric Holder.
Darrin Williams '93 named CEO of Southern Bancorp
Release Date: Jan 15, 2013
Williams will assume leadership of Southern Bancorp effective February 1, 2013.
VLR article by Terry Maroney identifies good uses for judicial anger
Release Date: Jan 15, 2013
"Angry Judges" proposes a new model for judicial anger.
Elizabeth Johnston ’11 receives prestigious Skadden Fellowship to practice law in the public interest
Release Date: Jan 14, 2013
Johnson will serve her two-year fellowship with the National Women’s Law Center.
Fourth edition of TRIPS Agreement: Drafting History and Analysis by IP expert Daniel Gervais released
Release Date: Jan 04, 2013
Gervais’ updated commentary on TRIPS now incorporates original proposals for the agreement from individual nations.
Tracey George appointed to editorial board of Journal of Legal Education
Release Date: Jan 02, 2013
George directs Vanderbilt's Cecil D. Branstetter Program in Litigation and Dispute Resolution.
Curtis Bridgeman '03 named dean of Willamette College of Law
Release Date: Dec 17, 2012
Bridgeman earned a J.D. and a Ph.D. in philosophy at Vanderbilt.
Criminal law professor Donald J. Hall dead at 69
Release Date: Nov 30, 2012
Professor Hall was a revered teacher and criminal law expert who taught at Vanderbilt from 1970 until his retirement in 2007.
Andrew Wertheim '83 receives Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence on behalf of Sorwathé Ltd. of Rwanda
Release Date: Nov 30, 2012
Wertheim's U.S. firm, Tea Importers, is the majority shareholder of Sorwathé.
Vanderbilt Law Review November 2012 Symposium issue released
Release Date: Nov 29, 2012
The issue includes eleven articles dealing with environmental and energy law.
Michael Newton appointed to board of advisors for ABA International Criminal Court Project
Release Date: Nov 20, 2012
Newton previously served on ASIL Task Force on U.S. Policy Toward the ICC.
Daniel Sharfstein awarded 2012 Cromwell Book Prize for The Invisible Line
Release Date: Nov 15, 2012
Prize selected by American Society of Legal History advisory committee recognizes scholarly excellence in legal history
Articles by Wuerth and from Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law cited in Fourth Circuit Court decision in Samantar
Release Date: Nov 14, 2012
Articles by Ingrid Wuerth and Lewis Yelin cited in discussion of foreign state immunity.
Ingrid Wuerth selected to work on restatement of U.S. foreign relations law
Release Date: Nov 02, 2012
Wuerth will be a reporter on the Restatement (Fourth) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States, published by the American Law Institute.
Clean Energy Summit in Nashville to feature FERC Commissioner John R. Norris
Release Date: Oct 31, 2012
Summit set to discuss the future of energy transmission in the southeast.
Devoting a significant portion of his career to public service was only option for Darrin Williams '93
Release Date: Oct 29, 2012
Speaker-designate Darrin Williams ’93 of the Arkansas General Assembly
Vanderbilt Law Review October 2012 issue released
Release Date: Oct 25, 2012
This issue includes three articles and two notes.
Stephan Oestreicher Jr. ’01 honored with AG’s Award for Distinguished Service
Release Date: Oct 19, 2012
Oestreicher honored for work on U.S. v. Jefferson
Daniel Gervais elected to the Academy of Europe
Release Date: Sep 29, 2012
Gervais is the first professor at a U.S. law school invited to join the Academy of Europe.
Voter ID laws to be examined at Vanderbilt Constitution Day Program
Release Date: Sep 14, 2012
Vanderbilt marks Constitution Day on September 20, 2012.
Health policy expert James Blumstein testifies before House subcommittee on ACA implementation
Release Date: Sep 14, 2012
Blumstein’s testimony before Ways and Means Health Subcommittee addressed a legal problem with the provision of medical insurance subsidies.
Vanderbilt Board of Trust emerita Alyne Queener Massey dead at 85
Release Date: Sep 12, 2012
The Alyne Queener Massey Law Library at Vanderbilt Law School is named in her honor.
Property law expert Chris Serkin to join Vanderbilt Law faculty
Release Date: Sep 11, 2012
Serkin’s scholarship focuses on local government, land use and the Takings Clause.
New Order of the Coif members from Class of 2012 announced
Release Date: Sep 04, 2012
Nineteen members of the Class of 2012, representing the top 10 percent of the class, were selected for membership.
International Criminal Court Prosecutor discusses court’s role in holding individuals accountable for mass atrocities and war crimes
Release Date: Aug 27, 2012
2012 Jonathan I. Charney Lecture by ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda
Joanna Morrison, Class of 2013, awarded DRI Law Student Diversity Scholarship for 2012-13
Release Date: Aug 23, 2012
Morrison is one of two DRI Law Student Diversity scholars for this academic year.
Andree S. Blumstein ’81 appointed to special state Supreme Court judicial panel
Release Date: Jul 31, 2012
Panel appointed in Hooker vs. Haslam, a case addressing judicial selection
New En Banc edition focuses on Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, a case to be argued in the upcoming Supreme Court term
Release Date: Jul 24, 2012
En Banc is an online feature of the Vanderbilt Law Review that seeks to stimulate debate among legal academics and practitioners on notable cases pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.
W. Kip Viscusi: New federal energy regulations flawed
Release Date: Jul 17, 2012
Viscusi and Gayer's report, “Overriding Consumer Preferences with Energy Regulations,” was published by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
Morgan Ricks joins Vanderbilt's law faculty as assistant professor
Release Date: Jul 17, 2012
Ricks is affiliated with Vanderbilt's Law and Business Program
Evolutionary perspective illuminates controversial economic theory
Release Date: Jul 06, 2012
Research also shows “endowment effect” can be turned on and off.
Michael Vandenbergh serves on RESOLVE multi-sector expert panel addressing sustainability certification
Release Date: Jun 27, 2012
Panel released its final report, "Toward Sustainability: The Roles and Limits of Certification," in June 2012.
Alan Duncan '79 is president-elect of North Carolina Bar Association
Release Date: Jun 27, 2012
Duncan will serve as the NCBA's president in 2013-14.
Melody Eagan '94 elected 2012-13 president of the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association
Release Date: Jun 27, 2012
Eagan is a partner with Lightfoot Franklin & White in Birmingham.
Research by Jennifer Shinall, J.D./Ph.D. '12, highlights two cities that offer models to fight weight discrimination
Release Date: Jun 27, 2012
Shinall earned her J.D. and Ph.D. in law and economics at Vanderbilt.
Adjunct Professor Linda Rose recognized by American Immigration Lawyers Association
Release Date: Jun 20, 2012
Rose received the 2012 Susan D. Quarles AILA Service Excellence Award.
86 Vanderbilt Law students awarded stipends to support volunteer legal work
Release Date: Jun 14, 2012
Students are serving externships in federal and state agencies, courts and attorney's offices and with advocacy organizations.
85 Vanderbilt Law students pursue externships for course credit during summer 2012
Release Date: Jun 14, 2012
Students are working in federal and state agencies, judicial and attorneys' offices, in corporate law offices, and for legal advocacy organizations.
Daniel Sharfstein wins Law & Society Association’s 2012 James Willard Hurst Prize
Release Date: Jun 13, 2012
Sharfstein honored for his groundbreaking book, The Invisible Line: Three American Families and the Secret Journey from Black to White
Reed Brodsky '95 plays key role in insider trading prosecution
Release Date: Jun 07, 2012
Brodsky is one of the key prosecutors leading a four-year insider-trading investigation.
33 Vanderbilt Law graduates secure 35 clerkships during 2011-12
Release Date: Jun 05, 2012
23 members of the class of 2012 and 8 recent graduates secure clerkships in federal appellate and district and state courts
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law Summer 2012 issue released
Release Date: May 29, 2012
This issue contains severn articles.
Lucy Dalglish '95 named dean of University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism
Release Date: May 17, 2012
Dalglish will join the University of Maryland August 1.
Commencement 2012: How to Be a Happy Lawyer
Release Date: May 16, 2012
2012 Vanderbilt Law Commencement Speech by Terry Maroney
Professor John Owen Haley honored by government of Japan
Release Date: May 16, 2012
Haley to receive Order of the Rising Sun in recognition of his outstanding contributions to friendship between Japan and the U.S.
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.
Linda 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
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.
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.
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
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
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