Archive
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Patent law expert Sean Seymore serves as faculty head of Vanderbilt University’s residential Warren College
Seymore is the New York Alumni Chancellor's Professor of Law and holds a secondary appointment in the Chemistry Department. He urges students to "take advantage of everything Vanderbilt has to offer!" Read MoreSep. 2, 2020
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Bill Hagerty ’84 wins Tennessee Senate primary
Hagerty is running for the Senate seat vacated by Sen. Lamar Alexander. Before running for Senate, he served as the U.S. Ambassador to Japan. Read MoreAug. 25, 2020
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Michael A. Newton appointed to the U.S. Arctic Research Commission
Newton is an expert on transnational justice and treaties. The Arctic Research Commission is an independent agency that advises the President and Congress on domestic and international Arctic research. Read MoreAug. 21, 2020
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Claudia Bonnyman ’74: How my great-grandmother’s bravery helped secure a woman’s right to vote
Read an essay adapted from a speech Chancellor Bonnyman delivered at an event commemorating the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment granting women suffrage. Bonnyman served for 15 years as a chancellor for the Davidson County Chancery Court. Before her appointment to the bench in 2003, she served as the chancery court clerk and master starting in 1989. She became the founding president of the Lawyers Association for Women in 1981. Read MoreAug. 21, 2020
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Should conservatives embrace class actions? A Point/Counterpoint Debate in Judicature between Brian Fitzpatrick and John Beisner
Beisner, leader of Skadden's Mass Torts, Insurance and Consumer Litigation group, and Fitzpatrick, who studies complex litigation, discuss the thesis of Fitzpatrick's book "The Conservative Case for Class Actions" in a Q&A published in Judicature, a journal that focuses on the practice of judging and publishes research that aims to improve the administration of justice. Read MoreAug. 21, 2020
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Joshua Minchin ’20
After graduating from the University of Florida, Joshua Minchin married his high school debate partner and moved with her to Hong Kong, where she was a Fulbright Scholar. Joshua taught public speaking to business students at Hang Seng University, and both worked hard to learn to speak Cantonese. When the couple returned to the United States,… Read MoreAug. 19, 2020
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Yesha Yadav named associate dean for diversity, equity and community
As the inaugural appointee, Yadav will work with Dean Chris Guthrie and law faculty, students, and staff to support diversity, equity and inclusion at VLS. Read MoreAug. 18, 2020
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Consumer financing expert Paige Marta Skiba seeks to prevent a wave of consumer bankruptcies as unemployment aid ends
Skiba cochairs an interdisciplinary group of scholars who recommend interventions to protect households from debt collection, foreclosure, eviction, and bankruptcy, and to position the bankruptcy system to respond to consumer needs during the pandemic. Read MoreAug. 17, 2020
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Corporate law expert Brian Broughman joins Vanderbilt’s Law and Business faculty
Broughman previously taught for 11 years at Indiana University Maurer School of Law, where he also served as associate dean for research. Read MoreAug. 13, 2020
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Jennifer Prusak to launch new Housing Law Clinic at Vanderbilt Law
Prusak has joined Vanderbilt’s clinical law faculty. She has more than 15 years of experience advocating for low-income tenants and fair housing Read MoreAug. 13, 2020