Faculty News
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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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WalletHub: Energy Expert Jim Rossi discusses household ways to cut energy consumption
Legal historian Daniel J. Sharfstein, who co-directs Vanderbilt’s George Barrett Social Justice Program, has been appointed to the Tarkington Chair of Teaching Excellence, a three-year appointment that… Read MoreJul. 13, 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
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Legal historian Sara Mayeux joins Vanderbilt’s law faculty in fall 2016
Mayeux writes about American criminal law from both a historical and present-day perspective. Read MoreJun. 24, 2016
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Erin O’Hara O’Connor named dean of Florida State University College of Law
O’Connor has served on Vanderbilt’s law faculty since 2001, including as associate dean for academic affairs. Read MoreJun. 1, 2016
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Co-authored research by Joni Hersch and Jennifer Shinall addressing women re-entering the workforce attracts international media attention
For women re-entering workforce, sharing personal information may get you hired. Read MoreMay. 31, 2016
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Research by Randall Thomas and 3 colleagues featured in NYT’s Dealbook
Steven Davidoff Solomon's column about shareholder appraisal rights discusses a just-released study, "Reforming the Delaware Appraisal Statute to Address Appraisal Arbitrage: Will It Be Successful?", by Vanderbilt's Randall Thomas with Wei Jiang and Danging Mei of Columbia University and Tao Li of the University of Warwick. Read MoreMay. 25, 2016
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Study by Joni Hersch and Jennifer Shinall finds women re-entering the workforce are better off explaining career gaps
Study by Hersch and Shinall to be published in the Pennsylvania Law Review indicates employers prefer that women explain resume gaps. Read MoreMay. 19, 2016
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4 VLS faculty on NIH-funded team studying “genetic privacy”
Ellen Wright Clayton will co-direct research team that also includes Milton R. Underwood Professor of Law Chris Slobogin, associate professor Sarah Igo and adjunct law professor Lydia Jones. Read MoreMay. 18, 2016