Vanderbilt
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Sean Seymore elected to membership in the American Law Institute
Seymore's expertise is in patent law, intellectual property law, and science and technology. Read MoreOct. 21, 2016
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Legal historian Dan Sharfstein featured in panel about Nashville’s Fort Negley
Sean Seymore, a professor of law, professor of chemistry and Chancellor’s Faculty Fellow at Vanderbilt University, has been elected to membership in the American Law Institute. ALI is the leading independent organization in the… Read MoreOct. 20, 2016
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Darby Dickerson ’88 named dean of The John Marshall Law School
Dickerson joins John Marshall from Texas Tech University School of Law, where she has been dean since 2011. Read MoreOct. 20, 2016
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Sara Mayeux studies criminal law, advocates for social justice
“I think criminal courts are inherently interesting places,” said Mayeux, who began teaching at Vanderbilt Law School as an assistant professor this fall. Read MoreOct. 20, 2016
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Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Jeff Bivins ’86 sworn in by Gov. Bill Haslam
Sean Seymore, a professor of law, professor of chemistry and Chancellor’s Faculty Fellow at Vanderbilt University, has been elected to membership in the American Law Institute. ALI is the leading independent organization in the… Read MoreOct. 7, 2016
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Jeffrey Bivins ’86 elected chief justice of Tennessee Supreme Court
Bivins was appointed to the Supreme Court by Gov. Bill Haslam in 2014. Read MoreSep. 14, 2016
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Dan Sharfstein appointed to Vanderbilt Law’s Tarkington Chair of Teaching Excellence
Sharfstein, a legal historian who co-directs the George Barrett Social Justice Program, has earned accolades for his teaching and scholarship. Read MoreSep. 12, 2016
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David Caywood ’62 (BA’59) dies at age 79
Caywood was a respected trial lawyer in Memphis, Tennessee. Read MoreSep. 8, 2016
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Franklin Trapp ’09 owns and operates Forestburgh Playhouse, historic New York State theater
Trapp acquired the historic theater, now the oldest continually operating summer stock theater in New York State, in 2014. Read MoreAug. 23, 2016
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VLS Appellate Clinic students secure “big victory for privacy rights”
2016 graduates Calvin Cohen, Larry Crane-Moscowitz, Alex Vey and Clayton Wiggins win Luis v. Awareness Technologies in decision handed down by Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Read MoreAug. 19, 2016