Vanderbilt Law News
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J.B. Ruhl named a Fellow of the American College of Environmental Lawyers
Ruhl, who co-directs Vanderbilt’s Energy, Environment and Land Use Program, is an expert in environmental, natural resources and property law. Read MoreAug. 10, 2015
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Articles by Ruhl and Vandenbergh selected for 2015 edition of Land Use and Environmental Law Review
igious peer-reviewed anthology presents the best scholarship from the previous year. Read MoreAug. 5, 2015
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Dax Eric López ’01 nominated to seat on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Judge López currently sits on the State Court of Dekalb County, where he presides over civil and criminal matters. Read MoreAug. 3, 2015
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2015 graduates Clarke Agre and Nakeisha Jackson named Gideon’s Promise Fellows
Agre and Jackson will work as public defenders in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, and Knox County, Tennessee. Read MoreJul. 14, 2015
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Spring Miller named Vanderbilt Law School’s inaugural Assistant Dean for Public Interest
Miller will create public interest opportunities for Vanderbilt Law students and facilitate graduates’ entry into public interest law careers and fellowships with government and nonprofit organizations. Read MoreJul. 10, 2015
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Suzanna Sherry: The good the Supreme Court has done far outweighs the harm
In this "Room for Debate" column," Sherry asserts that "the court serves as the last-chance, back-up opportunity to protect individual rights when the legislature fails to do so." Read MoreJul. 7, 2015
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Jake Byl JD/PhD ’15 and Neil Issar JD ’16 win first prizes in ABA’s 2015 Energy Law and Endangered Species student writing competitions
Byl’s paper, “Easements with Ecosystems: A Conservation Tool for Endangered Species,” won first prize in the ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Resources Endangered Species Committee’s competition, and Issar’s paper, “Going Toe-to-Toe with Hydro: Conflicts Between Hydropower and Other Sources of Renewable Power,” placed first in the section’s Energy Law competition. Read MoreJun. 24, 2015
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Rachel Dolezal’s ‘Passing’ Isn’t So Unusual: New York Times Magazine Commentary by Daniel Sharfstein
Legal historian Daniel Sharfstein asks why we care so much about Rachel Dolezal, who apparently misrepresented herself as African American. Read MoreJun. 16, 2015
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48 Vanderbilt Law students and recent graduates secure 51 clerkships
Vanderbilt Law graduates will serve in 50 federal appellate and district and state clerkships during 2015-16 or in future terms. Read MoreJun. 15, 2015
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Cameron Norris ’14 honored by Food and Drug Law Institute’s 2014 Austern Memorial Competition
Norris’ article, “Drugs, Devices & Discovery: Using Fee-Shifting to Resolve the Twombly/Iqbal Problem for Parallel Claims Under the FDCA,” won second place in the FDLI competition’s “Short Papers” category and placed third in the ABA's 2014 Tort Trial & Insurance writing competition. Read MoreJun. 12, 2015