Vanderbilt Law News
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Timothy Lupinacci ’91 assumes role of chairman and CEO of Baker Donelson
Lupinacci succeeds Ben Adams '81, who has served as the firm's chairman and CEO for a total of 21 years. Read MoreApr. 18, 2019
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Pro Bono Spring Break student teams support lending reform and property tax appeals in Atlanta
Six students worked at Atlanta Legal Aid with Equal Justice Works Fellow Darrius Woods ’17, supporting programs to reform predatory lending practices and provide property tax relief to low-income clients. Read MoreApr. 18, 2019
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Research team headed by Alan Storrow of Vanderbilt Medical School and Jim Blumstein of Vanderbilt Law garners DHHS grant to develop and test “safe harbor” standards of care
VU researchers from the schools of Law, Medicine and Management will develop and test “safe harbor” protocols designed to improve quality of care and reduce unnecessary medical procedures performed to reduce legal liability. Read MoreApr. 17, 2019
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Adolpho Birch III ’91 shares his path to professional success during campus talks
Birch is senior VP of labor policy and league affairs for the National Football League. He participated in five events, including a panel discussion moderated by Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos, “College Athletics, the Draft and the Business of Professional Sports,” April 23 and 24. Read MoreApr. 15, 2019
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Dalton family commits $12.75 million to support the Law and Business Program
The commitment from former Vanderbilt Board of Trust chairman Mark Dalton ’75 and his family includes a bequest that will endow the program, which prepares students to enter legal practice with a solid understanding of business law, corporate management and accounting principles, in perpetuity. Read MoreApr. 15, 2019
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Lauren Benton, professor of history and professor of law, awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
Benton is the Nelson O. Tyrone Professor of History. The research she will complete as a Guggenheim Fellow examines legal practices surrounding "small wars." Read MoreApr. 13, 2019
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Suzanna Sherry and Chris Sundby address term limits for Supreme Court justices in SCOTUSblog post and Texas Law Review article
In a blog post and a forthcoming article in the Texas Law Review, Herman O. Loewenstein Professor of Law Sherry and Sundby, who is earning his JD/PhD in law and neuroscience at Vanderbilt, argue that there is a serious potential downside to establishing SCOTUS term limits: they might cause doctrinal instability. Read MoreApr. 9, 2019
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Aisha McWeay ’09, executive director of Still She Rises Tulsa, featured in Essence Q&A
McWeay was named executive director of Still She Rises Tulsa, an initiative of the Bronx Defenders that represents mothers in the criminal justice system, in January. Essence magazine published this interview with McWeay March 19. Read MoreApr. 9, 2019
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Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos to step down Aug. 15
Zeppos will return to the law faculty after a year-long sabbatical. Read MoreApr. 4, 2019
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Pro Bono Spring Break students advocate for immigrants held in an ICE detention center
George Barrett Social Justice Fellow Lynn Stopher ’18 and a team of five VLS students traveled to Ocilla, Georgia, to meet with immigrant detainees to support the work of the Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Read MoreApr. 3, 2019