Faculty News
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Chris Serkin named to the Elisabeth H. and Granville S. Ridley Jr. Chair in Law
Serkin is associate dean for academic affairs. His scholarship address property theory, local governments, the Taking Clause, land use regulation and eminent domain. Read MoreOct. 25, 2019
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Past cases have labeled LGBTQ people as deviants. Will the Supreme Court move beyond that now?
Read a Los Angeles Times opinion piece by American equality law scholar Jessica Clarke about whether Title VII prohibits discrimination based on LGBTQ status. Read MoreOct. 7, 2019
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Amicus brief co-authored by Jessica Clarke asserts that Title VII prohibits employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and transgender identity
Clarke and her co-authors argue that the Title VII prohibition on discrimination based on sex also means employers cannot discriminate against employees based on sexual orientation or transgender identity. Read MoreOct. 4, 2019
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James Blumstein addresses voting rights in testimony before Senate subcommittee Sept. 5
Blumstein discussed the implications of his 1971 Supreme Court victory in Dunn v. Blumstein, which struck down a residency requirement imposed by the State of Tennessee, in testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. Read MoreOct. 4, 2019
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Constitutional law experts Suzanna Sherry and Ganesh Sitaraman of Vanderbilt and Mark Tushnet of Harvard discuss Supreme Court reforms
Three prominent constitutional lawyers will address ways to reduce the politicization of the Supreme Court in a panel discussion Oct. 1. Read MoreSep. 27, 2019
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Sean Seymore appointed to the New York Alumni Chancellor’s Chair in Law
Seymore’s research focuses on how patent law should evolve in response to scientific advances. He has a secondary appointment in the Department of Chemistry Read MoreSep. 23, 2019
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Ganesh Sitaraman’s co-authored book touts public options that strengthen society
"The Public Option," a book Sitaraman wrote with Anne Alstott of Yale Law School, proposes that robust public options for banking, retirement, child care and other services would position more Americans to participate equally in society. Read MoreSep. 4, 2019
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W. Kip Viscusi honored with the Earl Sutherland Prize for Achievement in Research
The Sutherland Prize is Vanderbilt University’s most prestigious faculty honor for accomplishments in research and scholarship. Viscusi is the University Distinguished Professor of Law, Economics and Management and co-directs the Ph.D. Program in Law and Economics. Read MoreAug. 27, 2019
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Owen Jones named to inaugural advisory board of the Vanderbilt Evolutionary Studies Initiative.
MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience Director Owen Jones is one of six Vanderbilt University faculty named to the inaugural advisory board of the new Vanderbilt Evolutionary Studies Initiative, which unites scholars from diverse disciplines with expertise in evolution-related fields. The initiative is led by Antonis Rokas, who holds the Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Biological Sciences. Read MoreAug. 15, 2019
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Joseph Fishman co-authors amicus brief addressing Stairway to Heaven copyright infringement case
Fishman, Chris Buccafusco of Cardozo Law and Mark Lemley of Stanford Law authored the brief, signed by 16 additional intellectual property scholars, urging the Ninth Circuit to clarify the proof needed to show copyright infringement. Read MoreJul. 31, 2019