Faculty News
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Spring Miller receives 2020 B. Riney Green Access to Justice Award from Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services
The award recognizes Tennessee advocates who promote state-wide collaboration that supports projects that strengthen access to justice across the state. Read MoreSep. 18, 2020
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Study by Chris Slobogin and James Hazel indicates concerns about use of commercial genetic databases by law enforcement
A study by criminal procedure expert Chris Slobogin and Vanderbilt Medical Center postdoctoral fellow James Hazel published in the Duke Law Journal indicates that people consider access to genetic information as intrusive or more intrusive than searches of bedrooms, text messages and emails, and that they care more when the database is a public consumer-oriented commercial service compared to a government or law enforcement database. Read MoreSep. 15, 2020
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Michael Vandenbergh discusses how the business sector is making climate progress where government is failing
Vandenbergh's Sept. 4 interview with Kristoffer Tique appears in Inside Climate News. Read MoreSep. 4, 2020
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VLS Steering Committee on Racial Inequities and Injustices issues report
The report reflects the results of a community-wide survey and input from three anti-racism task forces representing VLS students, faculty and staff. It recommends short- and long-term actions designed to address racial inequities and injustices in the VLS community and beyond. Read MoreSep. 4, 2020
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Michael A. Newton appointed to the U.S. Arctic Research Commission
Newton is an expert on transnational justice and treaties. The Arctic Research Commission is an independent agency that advises the President and Congress on domestic and international Arctic research. Read MoreAug. 21, 2020
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Should conservatives embrace class actions? A Point/Counterpoint Debate in Judicature between Brian Fitzpatrick and John Beisner
Beisner, leader of Skadden's Mass Torts, Insurance and Consumer Litigation group, and Fitzpatrick, who studies complex litigation, discuss the thesis of Fitzpatrick's book "The Conservative Case for Class Actions" in a Q&A published in Judicature, a journal that focuses on the practice of judging and publishes research that aims to improve the administration of justice. Read MoreAug. 21, 2020
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Yesha Yadav named associate dean for diversity, equity and community
As the inaugural appointee, Yadav will work with Dean Chris Guthrie and law faculty, students, and staff to support diversity, equity and inclusion at VLS. Read MoreAug. 18, 2020
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Consumer financing expert Paige Marta Skiba seeks to prevent a wave of consumer bankruptcies as unemployment aid ends
Skiba cochairs an interdisciplinary group of scholars who recommend interventions to protect households from debt collection, foreclosure, eviction, and bankruptcy, and to position the bankruptcy system to respond to consumer needs during the pandemic. Read MoreAug. 17, 2020
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Corporate law expert Brian Broughman joins Vanderbilt’s Law and Business faculty
Broughman previously taught for 11 years at Indiana University Maurer School of Law, where he also served as associate dean for research. Read MoreAug. 13, 2020
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Jennifer Prusak to launch new Housing Law Clinic at Vanderbilt Law
Prusak has joined Vanderbilt’s clinical law faculty. She has more than 15 years of experience advocating for low-income tenants and fair housing Read MoreAug. 13, 2020