Faculty News
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Ingrid Wuerth, Suzanna Sherry, Tracey George and Edward Cheng honored with 2018 Hall-Hartman Awards
Wuerth, Sherry and George were honored for first-year teaching, and Wuerth and Edward Cheng for upper-level courses. Read MoreMay. 16, 2018
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Sarah Igo’s new book places today’s privacy concerns in historical context
Igo's book is The Known Citizen: A History of Privacy in Modern America. She is an associate professor of history, political science and law. Read MoreApr. 30, 2018
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Ganesh Sitaraman named Carnegie Fellow to support research in democracy
Sitaraman will receive $200,000 from the Carnegie Foundation of New York to support his research on how public services such as schools and libraries can advance public policy goals. Read MoreApr. 25, 2018
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“Quieting the Shareholders’ Voice,” co-authored by Randall Thomas, selected among Top 10 corporate and securities law articles for 2017
Empirical study of pervasive bundling in proxy solicitations by Thomas and co-authors James D. Cox of Duke Law, Fabrizio Ferri of Columbia Business and Colleen Honigsberg of Stanford Law was published in the Southern California Law Review. Read MoreApr. 24, 2018
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Tracey George appointed to Journal of Contract Law editorial board
Based in Australia, the refereed journal focuses on contract law in common law countries. Read MoreApr. 23, 2018
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Lauren Benton, professor of history and professor of law, wins 2019 Toynbee Prize
Benton's work focuses on law in European empires, the history or international law and Atlantic world history. Read MoreMar. 26, 2018
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Anniversary of Dunn v. Blumstein, 1972 voting rights class action suit brought by James Blumstein, noted in Politico column
Blumstein challenged Tennessee's residency requirement for voting, appearing before the Supreme Court on Nov. 17, 1971, on his own behalf. Read MoreMar. 26, 2018
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Economist Joni Hersch finds that costs of sexual harassment are too low to incentivize firms to eliminate it
Hersch's examination of sexual harassment charges filed with the EEOC indicated that "costs to firms’ bottom lines are evidently insufficient to incentivize firms to eliminate sexual harassment.” Read MoreMar. 1, 2018
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Yesha Yadav nominated to Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Technology Advisory Panel
The CFTC, chaired by Christopher Giancarlo ’84, exists to protect market participants and the public from fraud, manipulation, abusive practices and systematic risks related to derivatives Read MoreFeb. 15, 2018
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Ganesh Sitaraman’s 2017 book, “The Crisis of the Middle-Class Constitution,” wins PROSE Award
PROSE Awards recognize oustanding professional and scholarly publications. Read MoreFeb. 9, 2018