Grace Renshaw
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The Hyatt Fund presents Anthony Ray Hinton, exonerated after 30 years on Alabama’s death row, Sept. 23 at 12:30 p.m.
Hinton was convicted of two murders in 1985 and when exonerated through the invention of the Equal Justie Initiative. His talk is sponsored by the Law Students for Social Justice and the George Barrett Social Justice Program and made possible by the Hyatt Student Activities Fund. Read MoreSep. 20, 2022
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Former EPA administrator Carol Browner discusses environmental policy and the work of the Environmental Protection Agency
Browner drew on her nearly four decades of experience advising on environmental and energy policies affecting global energy, the environment and public health to discuss with Vandenbergh current action on climate change, including the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act. Vandenbergh worked for Browner as the EPA's chief of staff early in his career. Read MoreSep. 20, 2022
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Harnessing the Working-from-Home Transition, an opinion piece by Michael Vandenbergh and Sharon Shewmake in The Hill
Vandenbergh and Shewmake discuss their research showing the importance of the work-from-home transition for climate policy and recommend that employers include greenhouse gas emissions attributable to employees working from home in reporting their environmental impact. Read MoreSep. 14, 2022
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Christian Genetski ’95 named president of online gaming company FanDuel Group
Genetski joined FanDuel in 2015 as its chief legal officer. Read MoreSep. 14, 2022
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Rebecca Allensworth quoted in The Post Internazionale on how lobbying undermines proposals for stricter antitrust rules for U.S. Big Tech companies
Allensworth says Big Tech companies invest "a lot of money" in lobbying efforts that "push Republicans and Democrats alike to say that too aggressive antitrust law can be bad for consumers." She is a David Daniels Allen Professor of Law in Vanderbilt's Law and Business Program. Read MoreSep. 12, 2022
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The Impact of West Virginia v. EPA: Panel discussion featuring Jim Rossi, J.B. Ruhl, Chris Serkin and Mike Vandenbergh
Watch a Sept. 6, 2022, panel discussion featuring energy expert Jim Rossi, environmental regulatory scholars J.B. Ruhl and Mike Vandenbergh, and land use expert Chris Serkin, who address the impact of West Virginia v. EPA on the ability of the federal government to limit greenhouse gas emissions. The discussion was moderated by EELU program director Caroline Cox. Read MoreSep. 7, 2022
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Critical Vote Theory: A Moral Mandate for Voting Rights, featuring Obama Foundation CEO Valerie Jarrett Sept. 15 at 6 p.m.
Vanderbilt Divinity School's third annual Kelly Miller Smith Foundation virtual symposium features keynote speaker Valerie Jarratt in a discussion moderated by NPR Code Switch senior correspondent Karen Grigsby Bates, and a panel discussion featuring Nse Ufot, former CEO of the New Georgia Project, and Deirdra Reed, policy and advocacy partner at the New Teacher Project, moderated by Opio Dupree, fellow for CEO Action for Racial Equality. 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15. Registration required. Read MoreSep. 6, 2022
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Incoming students tour historic social justice sites
The tours, sponsored by Law Students for Social Justice, included historic sites in Nashville and on the Vanderbilt campus. Read MoreSep. 6, 2022
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Jennifer Shinall receives Vanderbilt’s Chancellor’s Award for Research on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
The award recognizes Shinall’s paper, “Protecting Pregnancy,” published in the Cornell Law Review, which offers a sophisticated analysis of how laws designed to assist pregnant women in the workplace actually work. Read MoreSep. 2, 2022
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Yesha Yadav receives Vanderbilt’s Chancellor’s Award for Research
The award recognizes Yadav’s article, “The Failed Regulation of U.S. Treasury Markets,” published in the Columbia Law Review in 2021. The article was recognized as one of the top 10 articles addressing corporate and securities law published in 2021 by the Corporate Practice Commentator. Read MoreSep. 2, 2022