Vanderbilt Law News
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Yoli Redero retires from VLS clinical legal faculty
Redero created and directed Vanderbilt’s Family Law and Domestic Violence Clinic Read MoreJul. 21, 2017
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James Cheek ’67 retires from VLS faculty
Cheek, who has taught both full- and part-time at VLS throughout his career, will continue his law practice at Bass Berry & Sims. Read MoreJul. 17, 2017
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Randall Thomas discusses results of study examining appraisal action petitions
Thomas and a team of three other researchers discovered that the number of appraisal action petitions, used by stockholders seeking relief when they believe the price offered in a merger where they are forced to sell their shares is too low, have risen dramatically over the past two decades. Read MoreJul. 13, 2017
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Rob Mikos’ casebook, Marijuana Law, Policy, and Authority, released by Wolters Kluwer
Professor Mikos' casebook is the first to focus on law, policy and authority issues related to marijuana users, their suppliers and third parties who interact with them. Read MoreJul. 6, 2017
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Michael Vandenbergh and Jonathan Gilligan propose private-sector actions to address climate change
Vandenbergh and Gilligan emphasize that government action isn't enough to address climate change, and offer steps corporations, religious and civic organizations, investors, households, and colleges and universities can take to narrow the Paris Agreement gap in a blog post in The Conversation republished in Salon. Read MoreJul. 5, 2017
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Larry Bridgesmith receives Tennessee Bar Association’s President’s Award
Professor Bridgesmith, who coordinates Vanderbilt's Program on Law & Innovation, honored for his work on TBA’s Special Committee on the Evolving Legal Market. Read MoreJun. 22, 2017
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How Judges Wiped Out a Key Clause of the Constitution: A review of Jim Ely’s new book
George Leef's review of Professor Emeritus Jim Ely's book, The Contract Clause: A Constitutional History, appears in Forbes. Read MoreJun. 20, 2017
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94 VLS students receive 2017 summer stipends to support pro bono legal work
VLS students are working in judicial chambers, with government agencies and attorneys’ offices, and with nonprofit organizations in 20 states, Puerto Rico, D.C., and Brussels. Read MoreJun. 15, 2017
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47 VLS students pursue externships for course credit during summer 2017
Students are working in unpaid legal positions in 13 states, Puerto Rico, D.C. and China. Read MoreJun. 15, 2017
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Austin Holland ’17 selected for HUD Legal Honors Program
Holland plans to join the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as a litigator in the Legal Honors Program. Read MoreJun. 12, 2017