Vanderbilt Law News

In their article, "Beyond the Witness: Bringing a Process Perspective to Modern Evidence Law," they address the need to deal with evidence such as photographs, business records, electronic phone records and store receipts as a different category from witness testimony. Read More

In How to Save the Supreme Court, Sitaraman and co-author Daniel Epps propose reforms to the nomination process design to minimize partisan influences. Read More

A reception featuring local housing experts and activists will be held March 28, and a lunch panel discussing the legal dimension is scheduled for March 29. Read More

King’s studies of appeals waivers and habeas cases were cited by Justice Sotomayor in her majority opinion in favor of Gilberto Garza Jr., who sought to have his appeal rights restored. Read More

Hersch recommends the cap on damage awards for sexual harassment be increased to reflect their actual cost to employers, employees and industries. Read More

Rossi is nationally recognized for his research on administrative and energy law. He is currently serving as the law school’s associate dean for research. Read More

Thornton and his five teammates, all students at the Owen Graduate School of Management, will compete in the global finals of the Venture Capital Investment Competition in April. Read More

Brent Duddles ’21 and Michael Clark ’21 were finalists. The competition was sponsored by King & Spalding. Read More

Hersch’s study revealed that legal immigrants with darker skin are paid up to 25 percent less than otherwise comparable light-skinned immigrants and that the wage penalty continued to widen after these immigrants received permanent legal status. Read More

Joline Desruisseuax '20 and Braden Morell '20 were finalists. The round was argued before federal appellate Judges Stephen A. Higginson of the Fifth Circuit, David J. Barron of the First Circuit and Amy Coney Barrett of the Seventh Circuit. Read More