Vanderbilt Law News
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Suzanna Sherry retires from Vanderbilt Law faculty, takes emerita status
Sherry held the Herman O. Loewenstein Chair in Law. An expert in constitutional law and federal courts and procedure, Sherry is the author of more than 100 books, book chapters and articles. Read MoreFeb. 16, 2022
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Julie Su, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, to deliver Barrett Social Justice Lecture Feb. 24
Su is a nationally recognized expert on workers’ rights and civil rights who served as secretary for the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency before her appointment as deputy secretary of labor. Her talk, "Fulfilling the Unfulfilled Promise of Racial and Economic Justice," will draw on her trailblazing career as a civil rights and workers' rights attorney. Read MoreFeb. 11, 2022
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Rebecca Ehrhardt ’23 and William Lawler ’23 win 2022 Bass Berry & Sims Moot Court Competition
Kristen Smith ’23 and Ryan Jones ’23 were finalists. Judges Corey T. Wilson of the Fifth Circuit, Andrew Brasher of the Eleventh Circuit and Chief Judge Waverly T. Crenshaw ’81 (BA’78) of the Middle District of Tennessee presided over the final round Feb. 4. Read MoreFeb. 10, 2022
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VLS Housing Law Clinic students, faculty support national call to action to address eviction crisis
Students in the Housing Law Clinic directed by Jennifer Prusak represented Nashville tenants facing eviction and advocated for changes in housing policy during the COVID=10 pandemic. Read MoreJan. 28, 2022
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Mike Vandenbergh, research team explore how carbon labels can aid in the fight against climate change
"Revisiting the Promise of Carbon Labelling," published in the journal Nature Climate Change, reveals that one benefit of carbon labeling is that businesses that produced labels for their products often reduced their own carbon footprints. Read MoreJan. 27, 2022
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Rebecca Haw discusses the FTC’s antitrust lawsuit against Facebook on NPR’s The Takeaway
Facebook has been fighting the claim that they are a monopolized business that abuses their power over their competition for years. Antitrust scholar Rebecca Allensworth discusses the Facebook/Meta antitrust lawsuit on WNYC's radio program The Takeaway. Read MoreJan. 20, 2022
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Lonnie T. Brown ’89 named dean of the University of Tennessee College of Law
Brown currently serves as the Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor and holds the A. Gus Cleveland Distinguished Chair in Legal Ethics and Professionalism at the University of Geogia School of Law. He will join the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, as dean on July 1. Read MoreJan. 19, 2022
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Terry Maroney named to 2022 cohort of Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholars
Maroney will work in residence at the RSF in New York City during the 2022-23 academic year. Visiting scholars pursue research and writing projects in the social, economic and behavioral sciences. Read MoreJan. 18, 2022
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Judge Gilbert S. Merritt Jr. ’60, who served for 44 years on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, dead at 86
Judge Merritt was appointed to the Sixth Circuit by President Jimmy Carter and assumed senior status in 2001. He remained active on the court until shortly before his death Jan. 17. Read MoreJan. 17, 2022
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D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine to deliver the 2022 Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture Jan. 31 via Zoom
Racine was sworn in as the District of Columbia's first elected attorney general in 2015 and re-elected for a second term in 2018. His lecture is free and open to the public. Read MoreJan. 15, 2022