Brandy Drinnon

Danly previously served as an associate at Skadden Arps, where he focused on energy regulation. Read More

The clinic will offer students hands-on opportunities to assist individuals who would otherwise not be able to afford legal assistance with matters such as applying for tax-exempt status and drafting lease agreements. Read More

Clayton J. Masterman, a fifth-year student in the Ph.D. Program in Law and Economics at Vanderbilt, has accepted a judicial clerkship with Judge Gregg Jeffrey Costa, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, to begin fall 2019. Masterman earned his B.A. in economics and mathematics… Read More

Law and Economics graduate, Jean Xiao, has had a revised version of Chapter 1 of her dissertation “An Empirical Examination Of Consumer Litigation Funding” accepted for publication in the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. The article is titled “Consumer Litigation Funding and Medical Malpractice Litigation: Examining the… Read More

Jacob P. Byl, a graduate of the Ph.D. Program in Law and Economics, is a Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Law and Economics at Vanderbilt Law School. He will teach Risk and Environmental Regulation II in Spring 2018. Read More

University Distinguished Professor W. Kip Viscusi delivered the keynote address, “Pricing Lives,” at the 46th Annual Conference of the Economic Society of Australia, in Sydney. Read More

Clayton J. Masterman, a fifth-year student in the Ph.D. Program in Law and Economics at Vanderbilt, has received the American Antitrust Institute’s Best Antitrust and Buyer Power Article of 2016 Award for his published Note, “The Customer is Not Always Right: Balancing Worker and Customer Welfare… Read More

Vandenbergh and Gilligan emphasize that government action isn't enough to address climate change, and offer steps corporations, religious and civic organizations, investors, households, and colleges and universities can take to narrow the Paris Agreement gap in a blog post in The Conversation republished in Salon. Read More

Professor Hersch presented “Opting Out and the Division of Marital Assets,” at the first annual meetings of the Society of Economics of the Household, in San Diego. Read More

Erin E. Meyers, a third-year student in the Ph.D. Program in Law and Economics at Vanderbilt, has joined the staff of the Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law for 2017-2018. Read More