Vanderbilt Law News
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Eli Richardson ’92 confirmed to seat on U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
Richardson is a partner at Bass Berry & Sims in Nashville, where he focuses on government investigations involving allged white-collar crime or criminal civil violations. Read MoreOct. 12, 2018
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Article co-authored by J.B. Ruhl and Kyle Robisch ’14 selected for Land Use & Environmental Law Review
The Land Use & Environment Law Review is a peer-reviewed compendium of the best law review articles published in the previous academic year in the categories of environmental and land use law. The article by Ruhl and Robisch, “Agencies Running from Agency Discretion,” published in 2016, will appear in Volume 49 of LUELR, published annually by Thomsen Reuters. Read MoreOct. 3, 2018
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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