Faculty News
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Ed Cheng’s research on publication bias highlighted in ABA Journal
Cheng examined expert testimony using a statistical method common in wildlife studies. Read MoreDec. 5, 2016
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Joe Fishman: How copying is done should matter in copyright infringement complaints
“Copyright doctrine ought to factor in the defendant’s process into the infringement analysis,” Fishman says. Read MoreDec. 2, 2016
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Sean Seymore elected to membership in the American Law Institute
Seymore's expertise is in patent law, intellectual property law, and science and technology. Read MoreOct. 21, 2016
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Sara Mayeux studies criminal law, advocates for social justice
“I think criminal courts are inherently interesting places,” said Mayeux, who began teaching at Vanderbilt Law School as an assistant professor this fall. Read MoreOct. 20, 2016
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Ed Cheng’s “Excited Utterance” podcast delivers “virtual workshops” on legal evidence scholarship
Cheng started new legal scholarship podcast with grants from the Vanderbilt Institute for Digital Learning and the law school’s Branstetter Litigation and Dispute Resolution Program. Read MoreOct. 17, 2016
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Dan Sharfstein appointed to Vanderbilt Law’s Tarkington Chair of Teaching Excellence
Sharfstein, a legal historian who co-directs the George Barrett Social Justice Program, has earned accolades for his teaching and scholarship. Read MoreSep. 12, 2016
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Alistair Newbern and Jeffery Frensley ’95 join Middle District of Tennessee as magistrate judges
Newbern taught Vanderbilt’s Appellate Litigation Clinic; Frensley is a trial lawyer who served on the federal Criminal Justice Act panel of attorneys. Read MoreAug. 23, 2016
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Research coauthored by Tracey George reveals lack of diversity in state court judges
"The Gavel Gap," co-authored by Tracey George with Albert Yoon, shows that more than half of state trial and appellate judges are white men, fewer than a third of judges are women, and fewer than two in 10 judges are a racial or ethnic minority. Read MoreJun. 27, 2016