Vanderbilt Law News
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James R. McHenry III, JD/MA ’03, appointed director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review
McHenry's appointment was announced by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. He has served as acting director of the office since May 30. Read MoreJan. 12, 2018
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Paul Ney, JD/MBA ’84, nominated as counsel to U.S. Department of Defense
Ney currently serves as chief deputy attorney general in the Tennessee Attorney General's Office. Read MoreJan. 11, 2018
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Thomas Parker ’89 confirmed to seat on the Western District of Tennessee
Judge Parker was confirmed by a unanimous Senate vote. He has a reputation "as one of Memphis' finest attorneys," said Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander. Read MoreJan. 10, 2018
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Study by Rebecca Allensworth focuses on role of occupational licensing boards in regulating consumer services
Most members of state licensing boards are also professionals regulated by the boards, raising consumer concerns. Read MoreJan. 10, 2018
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Vice Chancellor David Williams named 2017 Tennessean of the Year by the Tennessee Tribune
Williams, who is a professor of law and Vanderbilt's athletics director, was honored by Nashville's African American newspaper for making "Vanderbilt athethletics a national model." Read MoreJan. 4, 2018
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J.D./Ph.D. in neuroscience student Chris Sundby receives National Institute of Justice Fellowship
Sundby's $50,000 NIJ Graduate Research Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics will support his research project, "The Neuroscience of Evidentiary Rules: The Case of the Present Sense Impression." Read MoreDec. 6, 2017
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New book by Michael Vandenbergh and Jonathan Gilligan urges private industry to step up on climate change
In Beyond Politics: The Private Governance Response to Climate Change, the authors make the case for how the private sector can play an important role in reducing carbon emissions. Read MoreDec. 5, 2017
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Kevin M. Stack appointed to the Lee S. and Charles A. Speir Chair in Law
Stack is an expert in administrative law and separation of powers whose scholarship focuses on what the rule of law requires for administrative government. Read MoreNov. 29, 2017
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Daniel Gervais appointed to Milton R. Underwood Chair in Law
Gervais recently began a two-year term as president of the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property. Read MoreNov. 29, 2017
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Nat Robinson ’18 (MBA’07) to compete for 2018 Hult Prize
Robinson is a member of a team that also includes Kayla Armgardt MBA'18, Tori Samples MBA'18 and Adam Cohen (MS, mechanical engineering). Twelve teams entered the VU competition. Read MoreNov. 28, 2017