Faculty News
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Energy and environmental law experts Jim Rossi and Michael Vandenbergh featured in “Future of Sustainability” conference
Environmental law expert Mike Vandenberg and energy law expert Jim Rossi were featured panelists in a virtual symposium focusing on environmental sustainability hosted by the Owen Graduate School of Management March 15. Read MoreMar. 25, 2021
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First Amendment expert G.S. Hans on how social media companies moderate user content
Assistant Clinical Professor of Law Gautam Hans, who directs the First Amendment Clinic, is featured as part of Vanderbilt University's "Ask an Expert" series. Read MoreMar. 23, 2021
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James Blumstein delivers the Ann F. Baum Memorial Elder Law Lecture at University of Illinois Law
Blumstein's talk, "Ways of Thinking about Medical Care: Alternative Models and Structures and Their Policy Significance,"delivered March 10, addresses the interplay of economics and program design in government healthcare programs. Read MoreMar. 23, 2021
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Innovative thinking from legal academia highlighted at the 2021 ELI-Vanderbilt Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review Conference
The conference, to be held April 9 via webcast, will include discussions of articles by environmental law scholars Madison Condon, Charles Lee and Joshua Macey and a co-authored article by Michael Burger, Jessica Wentz and Radley Horton. Read MoreMar. 23, 2021
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Brian Fitzpatrick testifies before House subcommittee on need for more lower court judgeships
The hearing, held Feb. 24, 2021, by the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, addressed the need for additional federal judges in the district and appellate courts. Read MoreFeb. 26, 2021
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Paige Marta Skiba elected chair elect of AALS Section on Law and Economics
Skiba will serve as chair-elect during 2021 and then began a one-year term as chair in 2022. Read MoreFeb. 23, 2021
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Criminal Justice Clinic Fellow Joshua Stanton works with students to represent criminal defendants in challenging times
Stanton works with Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs Sue Kay ’79 to supervise students in the Criminal Justice Clinic as they represent indigent clients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read MoreJan. 28, 2021
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“They, Them and Theirs,” Harvard Law Review article by Jessica Clarke, wins the Dukeminier Awards Michael Cunningham Prize
Clarke’s article has been reprinted in the UCLA Law Dukeminier Awards Journal, which annually recognizes the best legal scholarship on sexual orientation and gender identity issues. Read MoreJan. 28, 2021
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Allaire Urban Karzon, pioneering VLS professor, dead at 95
A trailblazing attorney whose career combined teaching and practice, Professor Karzon became the first tenured woman professor at Vanderbilt, where she taught tax law. Read MoreJan. 27, 2021
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Samar Ali ’06 (BS’03), joins VU faculty as research professor in political science and law
Ali is a research professor in political science and law and co-director of the Unity Project with John Geer, Ginny and Conner Searcy Dean of the College of Arts and Science, and Jon Meacham, Vanderbilt’s Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Professor of the American Presidency. Read MoreJan. 11, 2021