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MacArthur Research Network for Law and Neuroscience receives additional $1.4 million of grant funding
Headquartered at Vanderbilt and directed by New York Alumni Chancellor's Chair in Law Owen Jones, the MacArthur Research Network focuses on the use of neuroscientific evidence in criminal law and of neuroscientific insights to improve the fairness and effectiveness of the criminal justice system. Read MoreSep. 14, 2015
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Dale A. Tipps ’94 appointed to seat on Tennessee Court of Workers’ Compensation
Tipps was previously a partner with Levine Orr & Geracioti in Nashville. Read MoreSep. 10, 2015
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Nirlaine Tallandier Smartt ’93 appointed judge in St. Lucie County, Florida
Smartt becomes the first black judge at the county or circuit level in Florida's 19th Circuit. Read MoreSep. 9, 2015
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James R. Newsom III ’79 appointed chancellor in Tennessee’s 30th Judicial District
Newsom's appointment announced by Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam September 3. Read MoreSep. 9, 2015
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Joni Hersch named editor of the IZA Journal of Labor Economics
Hersch is one of two editors of the peer-reviewed journal. She was named an IZA Research Fellow in April 2015. Read MoreSep. 9, 2015
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John D. Buchanan ’89 named executive vice president of legal affairs for Comerica
John D. Buchanan ’89 has been named executive vice president of legal affairs for Comerica Inc., a financial services company based in Dallas. Buchanan had previously served since March 2012 as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of… Read MoreSep. 8, 2015
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James Zimmerman ’99 named partner-in-charge of Taft Stettinius & Hollister’s Cincinnati office
Zimmerman joined Taft in 1999 and has spent his entire career at the firm. Read MoreAug. 26, 2015
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Prosecuting Maritime Piracy, co-edited by Michael Newton, addresses problems inherent in prosecuting transnational crimes in local courts
Newton’s essay, “Piracy and the Problem of Command Responsibility,” recommends holding leaders of pirate gangs responsible for crimes committed by gang members. Read MoreAug. 25, 2015
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Tim Conlon ’80 featured in Wall Street Journal’s Real Estate section
"The Tough Road to a Waterfront House: A tenacious attorney spends years wrangling regulations to build on Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay." Read MoreAug. 21, 2015
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Kyle Robisch ’14 Wins a 2015 Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing
Kyle Robisch Kyle Robisch ’14 won a 2015 Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing for his Note, “Getting to the (Non)Point: Private Governance as a Solution to Nonpoint Source Pollution,” published in the Vanderbilt Law Review in 2014. Robisch is the third VLS graduate in the last… Read MoreAug. 13, 2015