Vanderbilt Law News
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Jim Blumstein on “How to End Obamacare” in Wall Street Journal commentary
Blumstein proposes that Republicans "pass a two-page bill clarifying that Congress did not intend to use its taxing power to enforce the individual mandate." Read MoreSep. 19, 2017
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Don Cochran ’92 (BA’80) confirmed as U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee
Cochran currently serves on the law faculty at Belmont University. Read MoreSep. 18, 2017
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“Our Constitution Wasn’t Built for This,” Ganesh Sitaraman’s NYTimes Opinion column
Professor Sitaraman's column focuses on the theme of his new book, “The Crisis of the Middle-Class Constitution: Why Economic Inequality Threatens Our Republic.” It appeared in the Sept. 16 Sunday Review section of the New York Times. Read MoreSep. 18, 2017
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18 members of the Class of 2017 selected for Order of the Coif
Amanda Rose, professor of law, who is president of the Vanderbilt Law School Chapter of Order of the Coif, has announced that 18 graduates of the Class of 2017 have been selected for membership in the Order of the Coif. Members of this prestigious organization are selected by… Read MoreSep. 15, 2017
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Matt Leggett ’07 named chief counsel of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
Leggett had previously served as policy counsel for the Senate Republican Policy Committee since 2012. Read MoreSep. 13, 2017
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Read legal historian Zephyr Teachout’s review of Ganesh Sitaraman’s book, “The Crisis of the Middle-Class Constitution”
Teachout's review, published in the Summer 2017 issue of The American Prospect, says that Sitaraman brings a "fresh eye and impressive range of historical thinking to an ageless question: What are the conditions for freedom?" Read MoreAug. 28, 2017
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Bob Reder ’78 among first to respond to Chancellor’s Chair Challenge
Reder and his wife, Theresa, have established the Enterprise Chair at VLS through a significant gift. Retired from a 33-year legal career with Milbank Tweed in New York, Reder is now a professor of the practice of law at Vanderbilt. Read MoreAug. 25, 2017
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Joycelyn Stevenson ’01 featured as “Attorney of the Month” in Attorney at Law Magazine
Stevenson was recently named executive director of the Tennessee Bar Association. Read MoreAug. 24, 2017
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Nat Robinson ’18 (MBA’07) and team of MBA students seek to provide secure mobile banking for refugees
Robinson's team of Turner Family Center for Social Ventures summer fellows won $15,000 at the 36/86 Student Edition Pitch Competition with their idea for a mobile banking service and researched countries where they will launch the new service. Their work will continue during this academic year. Read MoreAug. 23, 2017
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$2 million investment establishes Turner Family Community Enterprise Clinic at VLS
The clinic will offer students hands-on opportunities to assist individuals who would otherwise not be able to afford legal assistance with matters such as applying for tax-exempt status and drafting lease agreements. Read MoreAug. 22, 2017