Vanderbilt
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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
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Branstetter Litigation and Dispute Resolution Speakers Include Liu, Wood and Davis
Justice Goodwin Liu California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu, Chief Judge Diane Wood of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and Senior Judge Andre Davis of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit discussed their work as judges in a series of… Read MoreAug. 13, 2015
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Cameron Norris ’14 (BA’11) Wins Second Place in the 2014 H. Thomas Austern Memorial Writing Competition
Cameron Norris Cameron Norris ’14 (BA’11) was a second-place winner in the 2014 H. Thomas Austern Memorial Writing Competition, which honors law students… Read MoreAug. 13, 2015
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Monique Hannam ’15 Wins 2015 Nagareda Prize
Monique Hannam (SANDY CAMPBELL) Monique Hannam, winner of the 2015 Nagareda Prize for the best research paper addressing litigation and dispute resolution written by a member of the graduating class, was already an attorney when she entered Vanderbilt Law School. Hannam, a native of Jamaica, had worked… Read MoreAug. 13, 2015
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New Program on Law & Innovation Launched
Program offers classes, internships, fellowships and other experiential learning opportunities focused on changes in modern legal practice. Vanderbilt officially launched its new Program on Law & Innovation this spring, after two years in the making. During that time, program director J.B. Read MoreAug. 13, 2015
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Jake Byl, J.D./Ph.D.’15, and Neil Issar ’16 Win First Place in Student Writing Competitions Sponsored by SEER
Jake Byl Jake Byl, J.D./Ph.D.’15, and Neil Issar ’16 both won first place in student writing competitions sponsored by the American Bar Association’s Section of Environment, Energy… Read MoreAug. 13, 2015
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MacArthur Research Network Team Submits Neuroscientific Recommendations for Criminal Justice System
Owen Jones (SANDY CAMPBELL) The need for training programs for judges and others working in the criminal justice system and the development of clear guidelines for applying insights from neuroscience to criminal cases are among 16 influential recommendations provided by the MacArthur Foundation Research… Read MoreAug. 13, 2015