Amanda M. Rose has been appointed to the Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair. Chairs established by Vanderbilt University at all Vanderbilt schools to recognize faculty who are engaged in groundbreaking research.
Rose’s appointment to the newly endowed chair was announced by Chris Guthrie, Dean and John Wade-Kent Syverud Professor of Law.
“Professor Rose is a prolific scholar and thoughtful teacher whose impactful work is well-known around the world,” said Dean Guthrie. “”I am thrilled to recognize her with this chair.”
Rose writes about corporate and securities law, with a particular focus on the institutional design of enforcement regimes. Her papers span topics such as Class Actions, SEC Whistleblower Awards, Securities Fraud, as well as state and federal securities regulations. Rose has been published in the Chicago, Penn, Columbia, and Washington University Law Reviews, among others, as well as the Journal of Corporation Law and Defense Council Journal.
Rose earned her J.D. at the University of California at Berkeley, where she graduated first in her class, earned several awards, and was selected to the Order of the Coif. After graduation, she served as a law clerk for Judge William Fletcher of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She then served as a litigation associate with Gibson Dunn & Crutcher in San Francisco, representing companies in state regulatory proceedings, SEC enforcement actions, and other litigation, briefing appeals for several state and federal courts, including the Supreme Court. She also earned a Master of Science in Finance from Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management.
