Grace Renshaw
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Ganesh Sitaraman named Carnegie Fellow to support research in democracy
Sitaraman will receive $200,000 from the Carnegie Foundation of New York to support his research on how public services such as schools and libraries can advance public policy goals. Read MoreApr. 25, 2018
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“Quieting the Shareholders’ Voice,” co-authored by Randall Thomas, selected among Top 10 corporate and securities law articles for 2017
Empirical study of pervasive bundling in proxy solicitations by Thomas and co-authors James D. Cox of Duke Law, Fabrizio Ferri of Columbia Business and Colleen Honigsberg of Stanford Law was published in the Southern California Law Review. Read MoreApr. 24, 2018
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Perry Brandt ’77 (BA’74) and Kito Huggins ’99 (BA’96) appointed to Vanderbilt University’s Board of Trust
Adolpho Birch III '91 was appointed Board Secretary. Read MoreApr. 23, 2018
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Nell Henson ’18 wins the 2018 Nagareda Prize for article on expert witnesses in medical malpractice trials
Henson’s Note, published in the 2018 Vanderbilt Law Review, explores courts’ disagreement over admissibility of evidence of prior malpractice by medical expert witnesses. Read MoreApr. 23, 2018
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Tracey George appointed to Journal of Contract Law editorial board
Based in Australia, the refereed journal focuses on contract law in common law countries. Read MoreApr. 23, 2018
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Former Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Frank F. Drowota III ’65 (BA’60) dead at 79
Justice Drowota served on the Tennessee Supreme Court for 25 years and as a judge in Tennessee courts for 35 years. Read MoreApr. 17, 2018
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CFTC Chairman Chris Giancarlo ’84 delivers Cecil Sims Lecture, “Derivatives Regulatory Reform: A Principles-based Software Update”
Giancarlo also spoke to the VLS Board of Advisors after his Sims Lecture April 13. Read MoreApr. 17, 2018
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Claria Horn Boom ’94 confirmed to shared seat on federal districts courts for Eastern and Western Kentucky
Horn Boom has previously served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky. She was a partner at Frost Brown Todd in Lexington before her confirmation to the federal bench. Read MoreApr. 10, 2018
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Kristen Clarke of the National Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law delivers 2018 George Barrett Social Justice Lecture
Clarke’s lecture, “Democracy under Attack: Race, Rights and Resistance,” addresses the role of lawyers in responding to racial injustice, voter suppression and other civil rights issues. Read MoreApr. 10, 2018
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Dean Chris Guthrie and Associate Dean Chris Serkin will serve on graduate and professional student village committees
Guthrie will serve on the executive committee and Serkin on the advisory committee tasked with working closely with Brailsford & Dunlavy, the development advisory firm on the project. Read MoreApr. 5, 2018