Alumni

Yadav told CBS MoneyWatch that "it's unlikely Russia can use crypto to evade sanctions" because the blockchain cannot convert cryptocurrency into rubles fast enough to prop up an economy the size of Russia's. Yadav is an expert in international financial regulation. Read More

"Business Courts from Tennessee to Delaware," a moderated discussion featuring Vice Chancelor Slights and Chancellor Martin sponsored by the Law and Business Program, is scheduled in Flynn Auditorium from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 15. The public is invited to attend in person or virtually. Read More

To qualify for this prestigious award, students must be nominated by a College member or a professor or dean of their law school. Nominees undergo a rigorous evaluation process that includes interviews, submission of written materials and a review of the candidate’s academic standing by members of the ACB council. Read More

Constitutional law James F. Blumstein discusses Dunn v. Blumstein, the case brought in 1970 challenging Tennessee's residency requirements for voter registration, in a March 1 podcast produced by the Tennessee Attorney General's office. Blumstein ultimately argued the case before the Supreme Court. Read More

In her talk, : “Sense and Sensibility: Civility in the Courtroom," Judge Ross offered candid observations of attorneys' behavior in the courtroom and in other trial proceedings. Read More

Judge Boom's talk, “Federal Sentencing: Perspectives from the Swing Judge," address disparaties in sentencing practice across federal district courts. Read More

The event, “Reform for Redemption: Cyntoia Brown Long and Gov. Bill Haslam on Criminal Justice Reform and the Power of Mercy,” will be held in Langford Auditorium and livestreamed at 6 p.m. March 15. Now an author and advocate, Brown was a trafficking victim when she was convicted of murder at 16. She was later granted clemency by Gov. Haslam. Professor Slogobin will moderate a discussion about criminal justice reform. The public is invited to attend in person or virtually. Read More

Williams is a public intellectual whose work examines the history of slavery, the Civil War and the fight for Civil Rights. Read More

Wuerth is a leading scholar of foreign affairs and serves on the State Department's Advisory Committee on the American Law Institute's Restatement (Fourth) on U.S. Foreign Relations Law. In this Lawfare post, she states: "Russia's invasion of Ukraine violates Article 2(4) of the U.N. Charter, which prohibits the use of force against the territorial integrity of another state." Read More

Blumstein served as a program leader for Leadership Nashvillenearly 40 years. Read More