Grace Renshaw

Gervais says copyright law “hasn’t caught up” with the use of live artists’ works to train AI apps that allow users to generate portraits on social media platforms in this article about whether a popular Instagram app crosses ethical barriers. Read More

The case highlights a long-running dispute in the judiciary over the best way to pay lawyers for winning contingency-fee settlements. Fitzpatrick's study looked at two years' worth of settlements and examined the use of paying lawyers a flat percentage of the total award versus a more complicated approach based on how much the lawyers would have received had they been paid on a billable hour scale. Read More

TikTok's most extensive music library is restricted to personal, non-commercial use, which means accounts used by brands and influencers to promote products must license the music they use in social media videos. “There are clearly players in this space who are treating the use of music in videos as a garden variety social media post when they should be treating it more like a traditional commercial,” music copyright expert Fishman says. Read More

Yadav's most recent paper, "Toward a Public-Private Oversight Model for Cryptocurrency Markets," makes a case for mandating self-regulation of crypto-exchanges as a first step toward reforming both the exchanges and cryptocurrency itself. She discusses various types of cryptocurrency and why cryptocurrencies have proven challenging to regulate in this interview with podcast host Hruska, who is senior adviser for communications and strategy with the American Constitution Society. Read More

Sudeall’s scholarship focuses on constitutional law, criminal procedure and access to justice. She is currently a professor at the Georgia State University College of Law, where she is the founding faculty director of the Center for Access to Justice. Read More

Vandenbergh directs Vanderbilt's Climate Change Research Network and co-directs the Energy, Environment and Land Use Program. He stressed the importance of private-sector buy-in on any international plan to reduce carbon emissions and deal with climate change. “Climate change poses an urgent, major threat, so all options, including private sector action, should be on the table,” he said. “It is true that, as a globe, we are not meeting the Paris Agreement terms, but that is not a reason to give up hope or to abandon smart strategies.” Read More

Patten is the United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict and Under-secretary General of the United Nations. She delivered her lecture, titled "Evolution and Impact of the Mandate on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence," in Flynn Auditorium Nov. 10. Read More

VLS is privileged to count veterans of exceptional character, intellect and dedication among its past and present students, and we honor them on Veteran's Day. Read More

National First-Generation Celebration Day offers all of us an opportunity to acknowledge the hard work, risk-taking, ambition and talent of Vanderbilt's first-generation law students and graduates. Read More

Our sincere thanks to the many volunteers whose hard work and outreach made our Fall 2022 Reunion such a success. Read More