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Interview with Darren Robbins ’93 featured in Litigation Daily
Robbins is interviewed by Litigation Daily's Jenna Greene about his work at Robbins Geller, which includes securities, antitrust, M&A, consumer, insurance, employment and other class actions. Read MoreMay. 23, 2016
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Study by Joni Hersch and Jennifer Shinall finds women re-entering the workforce are better off explaining career gaps
Study by Hersch and Shinall to be published in the Pennsylvania Law Review indicates employers prefer that women explain resume gaps. Read MoreMay. 19, 2016
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4 VLS faculty on NIH-funded team studying “genetic privacy”
Ellen Wright Clayton will co-direct research team that also includes Milton R. Underwood Professor of Law Chris Slobogin, associate professor Sarah Igo and adjunct law professor Lydia Jones. Read MoreMay. 18, 2016
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Nathan Walsh ’16 named Vanderbilt Law’s first George Barrett Fellow
Walsh will advocate for homeless students with disabilities as a fellow with Disability Rights Tennessee. Read MoreMay. 17, 2016
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Calvin Cohen ’16 and Alex Nunn ’16 share 2016 Nagareda Prize for best scholarly papers in litigation and dispute resolution
Cohen’s paper addresses the inconsistent application of state sovereign immunity claims to federal rules; Nunn’s applied the perspective of due process to the use of “naked statistical evidence.” Read MoreMay. 13, 2016
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23 graduates honored with academic and citizenship awards at Commencement
Lauren Messonnier Meyers received the 2016 Founders Medal for First Honors. Read MoreMay. 13, 2016
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Morgan Rick’s new book, “The Money Problem,” addresses U.S. financial policy
Ricks contends that panic-proofing should be the major focus of U.S. financial policy and regulation. Read MoreMay. 10, 2016
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Anne-Marie Moyes ’03 featured in New York Times story about wrongful conviction
Moyes' work to exonerate a wrongfully convicted prisoner is chronicled in a graphic story by Patrick Chappatte in the New York Times. Read MoreMay. 5, 2016
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ICC indispensable to a Syria solution, argues op/ed co-authored by Michael Newton
Members of the ABA's ICC Project Board of Advisors, including Newton, assert that the ICC should be part of any effort to combat impunity in Syria in a signed opinion piece in International Criminal Justice Today. Read MoreMay. 5, 2016
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Chancellor Zeppos hosts discussion of controversy over Supreme Court nominee
“Battle Supreme: Politics, the Law and an Open Seat on the Nation’s Highest Court," the final event of the 2016 Chancellor's Lecture Series, featured Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano; CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin; Vanderbilt University Vice Chancellor and General Counsel Audrey Anderson, who formerly served as deputy general counsel for the Department of Homeland Security; and Vanderbilt Distinguished Visiting Professor Jon Meacham, a Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian. Read MoreMay. 5, 2016