Faculty News
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Research by Michael Vandenbergh indicates carbon labeling can reduce greenhouse gases
In a new commentary published in Nature Climate Change, Vandenbergh and co-author Kristian Steensen Nielsen identify ways individuals can reduce greenhouse gases. Read MoreJan. 2, 2019
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Kevin Stack appointed public member of the Administrative Council of the United States
Professor Stack has been appointed to a two-year term on the ACUS, an independent federal agency that advices the government on how to improve the administrative process. Read MoreDec. 11, 2018
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Article by Tim Meyer selected as one of the top five environmental articles for 2018 academic year
Meyer’s Columbia Law Review article, “Free Trade, Fair Trade and Selective Enforcement,” will be reprinted in the twelfth edition of the Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review. Jim Rossi’s Minnesota Law Review article, “Carbon Taxation by Regulation,” received honorable mention. Read MoreDec. 3, 2018
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Michael Vandenbergh elected fellow in the American College of Environmental Lawyers
Vandenbergh directs Vanderbilt University’s interdisciplinary Climate Change Research Network and co-directs the Energy, Environment and Land Use Program at VLS. Read MoreDec. 3, 2018
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W. Kip Viscusi is president-elect of the Southern Economic Association
Viscusi will serve as president-elect starting in November 2018 and then as SEA’s president in 2019. Read MoreNov. 19, 2018
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Michael Newton nominated by the United States to serve on the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
If confirmed, Newton would join a roster of judges established by the U.N. Security Council to complete the functions of the International Criminal Tribunals for both the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. Read MoreNov. 8, 2018
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Public Interest Law conference addresses reform prosecutors, bail reform, access to justice and economic justice
Conference hosted by the George Barrett Social Justice Program features 20 leading advocates and scholars in the areas of immigration law, criminal procedure and economic justice. Read MoreNov. 6, 2018
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Suzanna Sherry discusses birthright citizenship in the Bloomberg Law podcast
Professor Sherry discusses the purpose and history of the 14th Amendment and President Trump's assertion that he can end birthright citizenship in American with an executive order in an interview with Bloomberg's June Grasso. Read MoreNov. 1, 2018
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VLS ranks 10th among U.S. law faculties for scholarly impact
Updated ranking of top 50 law schools by team headed by Gregory Sisk of University of St. Thomas Law assesses scholarly impact based on citations of faculty publications. Read MoreOct. 26, 2018
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Article co-authored by J.B. Ruhl and Kyle Robisch ’14 selected for Land Use & Environmental Law Review
The Land Use & Environment Law Review is a peer-reviewed compendium of the best law review articles published in the previous academic year in the categories of environmental and land use law. The article by Ruhl and Robisch, “Agencies Running from Agency Discretion,” published in 2016, will appear in Volume 49 of LUELR, published annually by Thomsen Reuters. Read MoreOct. 3, 2018