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Sean Seymore advocates dropping patent requirement that inventions be “useful”
Patent expert Seymore argues that "useful disclosure" is a better criteria in forthcoming law review article. Read MoreNov. 19, 2013
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Patents 101: Eligibility from Computer Code to Genetic Code, the 2014 JETLaw Symposium
The 2013-2014 JETLaw Symposium, “Patents 101: Eligibility from Computer Code to Genetic Codes” will be held at Vanderbilt Law School on Friday, January 24th, 2014. The Symposium examines the interaction of Section 101 and patent eligibility of software and DNA, as well as the implication of current… Read MoreNov. 18, 2013
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Study by Tracey George and Albert Yoon shows faculty hiring process makes law schools less adaptable
George and Yoon found that the biggest factor after faculty candidates pass initial screening was the law school they attended. Read MoreNov. 12, 2013
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Law Library Director Larry Reeves named Association of Research Libraries Leadership Fellow
Reeves is one of 26 fellows selected for an 18-month program designed to foster leadership skills. Read MoreNov. 11, 2013
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Associate Dean Kevin Stack honored with 2013 ABA Administrative Law Award
Stack and Jerry L. Mashaw of Yale were both recognized with the ABA's 2013 Annual Scholarship Award for best published work in administrative law. Read MoreNov. 8, 2013
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Law and Economics student Blair Druhan accepts a judicial clerkship
Blair Druhan, a fifth-year student in the Ph.D. Program in Law and Economics at Vanderbilt has accepted a judicial clerkship with Judge Stephen A. Higginson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, to begin Fall 2015. Druhan, a Vanderbilt Law & Economics Scholar, earned a… Read MoreNov. 8, 2013
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Legal historian Mark Brandon's new book addresses changing concepts of family
Mark Brandon's book, States of Union: Family and Change in the American Constitutional Order, was released in September 2013 by the University Press of Kansas. Read MoreNov. 6, 2013
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Legal historian Mark Brandon’s new book addresses changing concepts of family
Mark Brandon's book, States of Union: Family and Change in the American Constitutional Order, was released in September 2013 by the University Press of Kansas. Read MoreNov. 6, 2013
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Alistair Newbern featured panelist in "Partnering for an Equitable and Inclusive Nashville"
Newbern, an assistant clinical professor of law, chairs the steering committee for Nashville for All of Us, a group founded as part of a successful citywide campaign opposing a proposed English-only ordinance. Read MoreNov. 5, 2013
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Alistair Newbern featured panelist in “Partnering for an Equitable and Inclusive Nashville”
Newbern, an assistant clinical professor of law, chairs the steering committee for Nashville for All of Us, a group founded as part of a successful citywide campaign opposing a proposed English-only ordinance. Read MoreNov. 5, 2013