Vanderbilt Law News
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Paul Gilbert ’91 named general counsel and corporate secretary of Rite Aid
Gilbert's career focusing on health care law has included private practice with Epstein Becker Green and Waller and service as hieve legal and corporate governance officer at LifePoint Health. Read MoreAug. 5, 2020
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Taylor Owings ’13 named acting chief of staff of U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division
Owings joined the Justice Department as counsel to the assistant attorney general in February 2018. She had previously practiced antitrust law in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. Read MoreJul. 28, 2020
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Blumstein and Yadav appointed to Tennessee Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
James F. Blumstein, a noted expert in constitutional law and health law and policy, and finincial regulatory expert Yesha Yadav will serve four-year terms on the Tennessee Advisory Committee to the US. Commission on Civil Rights. Read MoreJul. 14, 2020
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Leor Halevi wins the J. Willard Hurst Book Prize for his book Modern Things on Trial
Halevi’s book focuses on Islam’s global and material reformation from 1865 to 1935. Read MoreJul. 14, 2020
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Free Justice, a new book by Sara Mayeux, chronicles the history of public defenders in the U.S.
Legal historian Sara Mayeux’s book focuses on the legal struggle for due process in twentieth-century America. Read MoreJul. 10, 2020
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Immigration Practice Clinic students work pro bono to support communities disproportionately affected by COVID-19
Cloe Anderson ’21, Grace Ko ’21 and Sarah Dvorak ’22 help draft resolution passed by the Nashville Metropolitan Council drawing attention to increased harassment and discrimination directed at Asian immigrants during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read MoreJul. 8, 2020
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Brian Fitzpatrick proposes “The Right Way to End Qualified Immunity” in The Hill
Fitzpatrick, a complex litigation expert, proposes a way to end qualified immunity while still discouraging frivolous lawsuits against police and government officials in a June 25 opinion piece published in The Hill: eliminate qualified immunity for liability, but keep it for attorneys' fees. Read MoreJun. 29, 2020
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Anti-discrimination law expert Jessica Clarke discusses the Supreme Court DACA case and its implications for discrimination law
The Supreme Court's DACA decision has given Dreamers new hope, but it could have dangerous implications for anti-discrimination law, by suggesting that courts should not consider the biased statements of policymakers in evaluating whether their policies were motivated by discriminatory intent. Read MoreJun. 25, 2020
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Financial regulation expert Morgan Ricks selected for the 2020 cohort of Vanderbilt Chancellor Faculty Fellows
Ricks is one of 10 scholars from across Vanderbilt University selected for the honor, which includes additional funding for research and opportunities to exchange ideas with scholars from other schools. Read MoreJun. 19, 2020
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Chris Slobogin proposes substantive reforms to federal criminal courts and sentencing
In a forthcoming California Law Review article, Slobogin proposes the establishment of separate federal courts specializing in criminal cases, backed by a National Court of Criminal Appeals, along with a “modernized regime” of indeterminate sentencing to relieve overcrowded dockets in the federal justice system and reduce the federal prison population. The article is discussed in a June 12 article, "The Case for Federal Criminal Courts and Sentencing Reform," published by The Crime Report. Slobogin directs the Criminal Justice Program at Vanderbilt. Read MoreJun. 12, 2020