Grace Renshaw
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Ganesh Sitaraman named a public member of the Administrative Conference of the United States
Sitaraman is one of eight new public members appointed to the ACUS, which is an independent federal agency tasks with improving the administrative processes of federal agencies. Read MoreAug. 10, 2020
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Stanton Foundation First Amendment Clinic wins case for Tennesseans for Sensible Election Laws
Students in the clinic, directed by Gautam Hans, worked with Daniel Horwitz ’13 to defend a nonprofit group’s satirical mailer criticizing a Tennessee state representative. Read MoreAug. 10, 2020
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Paul Gilbert ’91 named general counsel and corporate secretary of Rite Aid
Gilbert's career focusing on health care law has included private practice with Epstein Becker Green and Waller and service as hieve legal and corporate governance officer at LifePoint Health. Read MoreAug. 5, 2020
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Taylor Owings ’13 named acting chief of staff of U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division
Owings joined the Justice Department as counsel to the assistant attorney general in February 2018. She had previously practiced antitrust law in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. Read MoreJul. 28, 2020
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Russ Overby ’74 retires from distinguished career of public service at Legal Aid Society and Tennessee Justice Center
Overby spent his legal career at the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, which he joined in 1974, except for a stint as a welfare reform lawyer at the Tennessee Justice Center from 1997 to 2005. Most recently, he was lead attorney at the firm's Health, Income and Education Practice Group. Read MoreJul. 16, 2020
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Blumstein and Yadav appointed to Tennessee Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
James F. Blumstein, a noted expert in constitutional law and health law and policy, and finincial regulatory expert Yesha Yadav will serve four-year terms on the Tennessee Advisory Committee to the US. Commission on Civil Rights. Read MoreJul. 14, 2020
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James Blumstein discusses “The Current Constitutional Challenge to the Affordable Care Act” in JAMA essay
Blumstein, a noted scholar of constitutional law and health policy, provides an overview of challenges to the Affordable Care Act and analyzes the current constitutional challenges posed by California v. Texas, a case brought by 21 state attorneys general to decide whether the ACA should remain in place, and a cross-appeal by Texas and other states asking that the entire law be invalidated in a short essay posted on the Journal of the American Medical Association Health Forum. Read MoreJul. 14, 2020
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Leor Halevi wins the J. Willard Hurst Book Prize for his book Modern Things on Trial
Halevi’s book focuses on Islam’s global and material reformation from 1865 to 1935. Read MoreJul. 14, 2020
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Free Justice, a new book by Sara Mayeux, chronicles the history of public defenders in the U.S.
Legal historian Sara Mayeux’s book focuses on the legal struggle for due process in twentieth-century America. Read MoreJul. 10, 2020
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Immigration Practice Clinic students work pro bono to support communities disproportionately affected by COVID-19
Cloe Anderson ’21, Grace Ko ’21 and Sarah Dvorak ’22 help draft resolution passed by the Nashville Metropolitan Council drawing attention to increased harassment and discrimination directed at Asian immigrants during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read MoreJul. 8, 2020