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Faculty News - Summer 2008
Lisa Schultz Bressman honored as runner-up in Richard D. Cudahy Writing Competition
Lisa Schultz Bressman, who co-directs Vanderbilt's Regulatory Program, was among the scholars honored when the American Constitution Society (ACS) announced the winners of its Richard D. Cudahy Writing Competition at its annual convention in Washington, D.C. in June. Professor Bressman's article, "Procedures as Politics in Administrative Law"," was one of two articles honored as runners-up for the Cudahy Writing Award. [Read announcement.]
Margaret Blair testifies before House Science and Technology Committee
Margaret Blair, an economist who specializes in corporate law, corporate finance and corporate governance at Vanderbilt, testified before the House Science and Technology Committee on May 22, as a member of a panel that addressed the topic "American Decline or Renewal? Globalizing Jobs and Technology." Read Professor Blair's Congressional Testimony
Chris Brummer to serve as SEC Academic Fellow
Chris Brummer, whose scholarship focuses on securities regulation, will spend part of the 2008-09 academic year as an Academic Fellow with the Securities & Exchange Commission’s Office of International Affairs. Professor Brummer will be the first SEC Fellow to work with the SEC’s Office of International Affairs (OIA), the arm of the SEC that addresses cross-border securities transactions. Read a story about Brummer's appointment.
Faculty News - Spring 2008
Beverly Moran awarded American Council of Education fellowship
Beverly I. Moran, a distinguished tax scholar who has served on the faculty of Vanderbilt Law School since 2001, has been named an American Council on Education Fellow for the 2008-09 academic year. The ACE Fellows Program, established in 1965, is designed to strengthen institutions and leadership in American higher education by identifying and preparing promising senior faculty and administrators for responsible positions in college and university administration. Professor Moran, who was nominated for the fellowship by Vanderbilt Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos, is one of 36 fellows selected this year in a national competition. Professor Moran was also recently honored as a "Top Lady of Distinction" by the Nashville Capitol City Chapter of Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc., which each year recognizes local African American women for outstanding leadership.
Articles co-authored by Randall Thomas and Bob Thompson among 2007 "Top 10 Corporate & Securities Articles"
"Securities Litigation and Its Lawyers: Changes during the First Decade after the PSLRA," by Robert B. Thompson and Stephen J. Choi, and "Does the Plaintiff Matter? An Empirical Analysis of Lead Plaintiffs in Securities Class Actions," by Randall S. Thomas and James D. Cox, were among the Top 10 Corporate and Securities Articles of 2007, according to a poll by Corporate Practice Commentator. Both articles were published in the Columbia Law Review, Volume 106.
Carol Swain appointed to the National Council on the Humanities
Carol Swain, professor of political science and law, has been appointed to the National Council on the Humanities for a six-year term. The council is the advisory board of the National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent grant-making agency of the United States government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation and public programs in the humanities.
Faculty News - Fall 2007
Third edition of Jim Ely's Guardian of Every Other Right released by Oxford University Press
Jim Ely's definitive work on private property rights has been updated to include Kelo and other important recent developments. Read full story.
Don Welch's history of Vanderbilt Law School released by Vanderbilt University Press
Don Welch's book, Vanderbilt Law School: Aspirations and Realities, traces the law school's history from its founding in 1874 to the present. Read full story.
Abby Rubenfeld to serve on new ABA Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Adjunct professor Abby Rubenfeld, an attorney in private practice in Nashville, is one of 11 attorneys nationwide selected to serve on the newly created ABA commission. Rubenfeld currently serves on the board of directors of the ACLU of Tennessee and has previously served on the board of the Human Rights Campaign, a national civil rights organization and the largest lesbian and gay political organization in the world, for seven years, and as Legal Director of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, a national civil rights organization that conducts test case litigation on behalf of lesbian and gay rights and AIDS issues, for five years.
Michael Vandenbergh appointed to environmental advisory group by Nashville Mayor Karl Dean, '81
Michael Vandenbergh, professor of environmental law, co-director of the Regulatory Program and leader of the Vanderbilt Climate Change Research Project, and former chief of staff of the EPA, has been appointed to an advisory group formed by Nashville Mayor Karl Dean to help develop environmental policies and programs. The group also includes Anne Davis, '81, Dean's wife and an instructor of law on Vanderbilt's legal writing faculty.
Richard Nagareda's book, Mass Torts in a World of Settlement, proposes new approach to mass tort litigation
Richard Nagareda's book, Mass Torts in a World of Settlement, released this fall by the University of Chicago Press, analyzes the role of the lawyer in mass tort litigation, asserting that mass settlements have transformed the legal system so acutely that rival teams of lawyers operate as sophisticated governing powers rather than litigators. In the book, he proposes a controversial solution: the replacement of the existing tort system with a private administrative framework to address current and future claims. Vanderbilt Law School hosted a panel discussion featuring tort scholars Anthony Sebok, who joins the faculty of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law this fall, and Catherine Sharkey of Columbia Law School, following the release of Professor Nagareda's book in September. Read Professor Nagareda's comment on the Vioxx settlement announced Nov. 9, 2007.
Gary Brown delivers keynote address at annual meeting of National Association of State Boards of Accountancy
Adjunct Professor Gary Brown, a securities law expert who is a partner with Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz in Nashville, was the keynote speaker at the 100th annual convention of the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy. His remarks addressed the future of Sarbanes-Oxley.
Edelman to Give MAA Invited Address at Joint Mathematical Meeting
Paul Edelman will deliver an MAA Invited Address, “Mathematics and the Law: The Apportionment of the House of Representatives," at the upcoming Joint Mathematical Meeting of the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America in San Diego January 6-9. The Joint AMS-MAA Mathematical Meeting is the largest annual gathering of mathematicians in the U.S. and is expected to attract more than 5,000 attendees. Professor Edelman’s research includes the application of mathematics and modeling to legal issues such as measuring representation, measuring voting power, and assessing comparative fault. “Since the founding of the United States, the decennial ritual of apportioning representatives to the House among the states has generated controversy,” Professor Edelman says. “It’s an excellent example of how mathematics can illuminate the law and how law can motivate mathematics.”
Owen Jones Delivers Keynote Lecture at APLS annual conference
Owen Jones delivered the keynote lecture, "Evolution, Primates, Neurons, and the Law," at the annual conference of the Association for Politics and the Life Sciences (APLS) in Cincinnati on October 12.
Karl Dean, '81, elected Mayor of Nashville
Karl Dean, former director of Nashville's Legal Department and an adjunct professor at Vanderbilt Law School, has been elected Nashville's mayor. Read the full story.
Results of habeas study led by Nancy King released
Nancy King directed the two-year study, partially funded by the National Institute of Justice, which found that fewer state convictions and sentences are being ruled unconstitutional by federal courts. Read the full story.
Kip Viscusi to direct research project funded by a $120,000 EPA grant
Vanderbilt University has received an EPA award for $120,000 for a project titled "The Appropriateness of Panel Based Findings." University Distinguished Professor W. Kip Viscusi will serve as Project Director for the study, which will determine the effectiveness of panel-based Internet survey administration as well as the accuracy of survey results. The project, which involves collaborative work with Duke University, will be completed by 2011.
Frank Bloch will provide expert advice on USAID project to train Chinese advocacy and clinical law teachers
Frank Bloch is serving as an independent expert on a project funded by a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to train Chinese law professors in teaching advocacy and clinical legal education. The project is being run by the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law in partnership with American University Washington College of Law and three Chinese law schools. Professor Bloch, who has done similar training in India, will evaluate the two-year project and provide ongoing expert advice. "The ultimate aim of the project, which is part of USAID's Rule of Law Program, is to train Chinese law professors to teach advocacy skills and clinical law courses as part of China's efforts to rebuild its legal system," Bloch said.
Alex Hurder to chair ABA Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law
Alex Hurder has been appointed Chair of the Commission of Mental and Physical Disability Law. Professor Hurder, who has been as a member of the Commission for the past three years, will serve a one-year term. "The role of the commission is to advise the entire American Bar Association and participate in the development of policy regarding disability rights," Hurder said. "The Commission's main focus for the past couple of years has been to encourage the employment of lawyers and other individuals with disabilities within the legal profession. Many people with disabilities have strengths abilities and talents useful to a law firm or judgeship."
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