Vanderbilt Law News
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Research by Erin Meyers JD/PhD’21 shows arrests have high economic costs even when no conviction results
Meyers found that more than half of Black men had been arrested by the time they were young adults but that Black men were much less likely to be convicted than white men. Her dissertation, The Criminal Justice System and Social Mobility in the United States, documents the negative impacts of over-arrest on the employment and educational opportunities of Black men. Read MoreJul. 12, 2021
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Kyle Brinker ’22 wins Tennessee Bar Association Administrative Law writing competition
In his paper, “A Gundy Revival in the Age of Public Health Crises,” Brinker argues for a more lenient interpretation of the nondelegation doctrine during public health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Read MoreJul. 12, 2021
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Robert Mikos appointed to the LaRoche Family Chair in Law
Mikos is a leading expert on federalism and drug law. His work analyzes the struggle among federal, state and local governments for control of marijuana law and policy. Read MoreJul. 7, 2021
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Terry Maroney named to the Robert S. and Theresa L. Reder Chair in Law
Maroney investigates the intersection of law and emotion and is a scholar of criminal law. Her research has focused on the role of emotion in judicial behavior and decision-making. Read MoreJul. 7, 2021
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Ganesh Sitaraman named to the New York Alumni Chancellor’s Chair in Law
Sitaraman teaches and writes about constitutional law, the regulatory state, economic policy, democracy and foreign affairs. He directs the Law School's Program in Law and Government. Read MoreJul. 7, 2021
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Research librarian Clanitra Nejdl honored by American Association of Law Libraries
Nejdl is head of professional development and research services at the Alyne Queener Massey Law Library. She received the two 2021 awards from the AALL: the Emerging Leader Award, which recognizes professional contributions and leadership potential, and the Spectrum Article of the Year Award, which honors outstanding writing focused on law librarianship and scholarly legal research. Read MoreJul. 1, 2021
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Lisa Schultz Bressman named Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Bressman holds a David Daniels Allen Distinguished Chair in Law. A renowned scholar of administrative law and statutory interpretation, she previously served as associate dean for academic affairs from 2010 to 2016. Read MoreJun. 30, 2021
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W. Kip Viscusi featured on “The Economists” podcast from Australian Broadcasting Corp. addressing “Lockdowns and the Path Forward”
Viscusi is the University Distinguished Professor of Law, Economics and Management and co-director of the Ph.D. Program in Law and Economics. He discusses how to measure the costs and benefits of lockdowns and how the statistical value of a human life underpins government decision-making in a podcast hosted by Peter Martin and Gigi Foster. Viscusi's segment starts at 20:10. Read MoreJun. 25, 2021
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“Sorting Guilty Minds,” article co-authored by Owen Jones, cited in SCOTUS dissent
The article, published in the NYU Law Review, was cited in a dissenting opinion written by Justice Brett Kavanaugh in Borden v. United States, which addressed the question of whether a criminal offense with a mens rea of recklessness qualifies as a "violent felony" under the Armed Career Criminal Act. Read MoreJun. 19, 2021
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Celebrating Juneteenth, a message from Diversity, Equity and Community Dean Yesha Yadav
Erin Meyers discovered a largely untapped cache of criminal justice data after she was introduced to the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-1997 as a student in Vanderbilt’s Ph.D. in Law and Economics program. For her doctoral dissertation, The Criminal Justice System and Social Mobility in the United States, Meyers—who received… Read MoreJun. 18, 2021