Vanderbilt Law News
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Edward K. Cheng appointed to the Hess Chair in Law
A leading scholar of evidence, Cheng’s work addresses expert testimony and scientific proof. He is the founder and host of Excited Utterance, a podcast he produces to promote recent scholarship in evidence and proof. Read MoreSep. 25, 2018
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18 members of the Class of 2018 selected to join the Order of the Coif
Members of the Order of the Coif are selected by the faculty and represent the top 10 percent of their class. Read MoreSep. 19, 2018
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Research by Practice Lab students supports ICC case against Sudanese President Al Bashir
Working over several semesters, students in Vanderbilt’s International Law Practice Lab have provided the baseline data for the mappingbashir.org website, which chronicles the travels of Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir. Read MoreSep. 17, 2018
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Research by Jenny Diamond Cheng addresses how disparities between Republicans and Democrats may lead to voter discrimination
Cheng's research addresses the impact of the "unprecedented" age, race and gender gap that divides Democrats and Republicans. Young women now form the core of the Democratic Party's support, while older men are the core of the Republican Party's support. Cheng is an expert on the 26th Amendment. Read MoreSep. 14, 2018
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Vanderbilt University’s new Bass Military Scholars Program to provide law scholarships
A $25 million gift from the Lee and Ramona Bass Foundation will provide scholarships for military veterans at five Vanderbilt schools, including VLS, the Owen Graduate School of Management, Peabody College, the School of Medicine and the School of Nursing. Read MoreSep. 13, 2018
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VLS hosts MLK symposium, “From Martin Luther King Jr. to Black Lives Matter: 50 Years of Struggle,” on Sept. 20
The MLK symposium in Flynn Auditorium will feature panel discussions sponsored by Vanderbilt's law, divinity and graduate schools and Peabody College and keynote addresses by Black Lives Matter cofounder Patrisse Cullors and Virginia Tech vice president Menah Pratt-Clarke '93 (PhD'97). Read MoreSep. 13, 2018
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David Williams stepping down as Vanderbilt vice chancellor and will return to teaching
Williams will establish a new Sports, Law and Society Program at VLS. Read MoreSep. 11, 2018
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Ganesh Sitaraman and Daniel Epps offer a simple plan for saving the Supreme Court
Ganesh Sitaraman and co-author Daniel Epps suggest better solutions than court-packing in a Sept. 6 column published online by Vox . Read MoreSep. 6, 2018
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Judge Howard Morrison of the International Criminal Court delivers the 2018 Jonathan I. Charney Lecture
Morrison’s term as the United Kingdom judge to the ICC began upon his election by the Assembly of States Parties in December 2011. His talk addressed the purposes of international criminal law and the relationship between international criminal cases and national jurisdictions. Read MoreAug. 28, 2018
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Cara Suvall joins Vanderbilt’s law faculty as an assistant clinical professor of law
Suvall will teach the new Youth Opportunity Clinic, which will support to youth who are at risk for criminal legal involvement. Read MoreAug. 16, 2018