Grace Renshaw
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Key takeaways from Yesha Yadav’s testimony before the Senate Banking Committee on the cryptocurrency meltdown
Yadav was one of three financial regulation experts who testified before the full committee in the aftermath of the crypto crash on why financial safeguards are needed for digital assets. Read MoreFeb. 14, 2023
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BLSA Black History Month Events feature talks by federal Judge Waverly Crenshaw ’81 (BA’78) and L.A. Superior Court Judge Rupert Byrdsong ’94
Other events include a lecture by criminal defense scholar Andrea Dennis, “Prosecuting Rap: Racial and Constitutional Implications and a Zoom Q&A with ABA President Deborah Enix-Ross. Read MoreFeb. 9, 2023
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Weaver Family Program in Law, Brain Sciences, and Behavior established at VLS with $3.85 million endowment from Weaver Foundation
The new interdisciplinary program will be directed by Owen Jones, who holds appointments in the Law School and the Department of Biology. The program will sponsor faculty research and distinguished lectures featuring leaders in the field and host symposia. Read MoreFeb. 9, 2023
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Fee matrix developed by Professor Brian Fitzpatrick and Brooke Levy ’22 adopted by Federal Court
A D.C. District Court judge has ordered use of the “Fitzpatrick Matrix” to calculate attorneys’ fees, signifying the new tool’s formal acceptance. Read MoreFeb. 7, 2023
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Stanford Neuroscientist Anthony Wagner to Deliver Inaugural Weaver Distinguished Lecture in Law, Brain Sciences, and Behavior March 21
Wagner is deputy director of Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University, where he is the Lucie Stern Professor in the Department of Psychology. Read MoreFeb. 7, 2023
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Ellen Ward ’24 and Samantha Paradela ’24 win 2023 Bass Berry & Sims Moot Court Competition
The final round was argued before Judge Andre B. Mathis of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Robin S. Rosenbaum of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and Judge Eli J. Richardson ’92 of the Middle District of Tennessee. Rachel Wagner and Madison Porth were finalists. Read MoreFeb. 6, 2023
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28 employers participated in 2023 Government and Public Interest Day Jan. 13
Representatives of 28 government and public interest employers came to VLS to speak with students on Government and Public Interest Day on Jan. 13. The annual event’s informal format allows students to learn about the work of various government agencies and legal aid organizations and explore summer and semester internship and pro bono opportunities. Read MoreJan. 27, 2023
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Three VLS Students Pursue Legal Careers Focusing on Civil Rights as Marshall-Motley Scholars
Ashley Fox ’24, Adom Abatkun ’25 and Sophia Howard ’25 were selected for the first and second cohorts of a groundbreaking scholarship program created “to endow the South with the next generation of civil rights lawyers.” The program was developed by the Legal Defense Fund and named for former Supreme Court Justice and LDF founder Thurgood Marshall and pioneering civil rights litigator and former LDF attorney Constance Baker Motley. Read MoreJan. 24, 2023
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Ingrid Wuerth featured in Jan. 18 Lawfare podcast: “Halkbank Hits the Supreme Court”
Wuerth is one of two sovereign immunity experts interviewed by Lawfare senior editor Scott R. Anderson in a discussion of U.S. v. Halkbank, a Supreme Court case that addresses criminal charges brought by the U.S. government against a Turkish state-owned bank. Read MoreJan. 19, 2023
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“Roe, Popular Constitutionalism and the Erosion of American Democracy,” a talk by Mary Ziegler, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law, UC Davis
Professor Ziegler's lecture is scheduled from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Flynn Auditorium as part of the Dean's Lecture Series on Race and Discrimination, sponsored by the Diversity, Equity and Community Office. Read MoreJan. 18, 2023