Vanderbilt Law News
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Mike Newton helps develop blueprint for future Syrian tribunal
International Practice Lab students worked on draft statue and provided analyses to help Syrian opposition officials prepare to restore the rule of law. Read MoreDec. 13, 2013
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Vanderbilt Law School announces new endowed faculty research fund
Robert S. Reder ’78, retired partner of Milbank Tweed and current professor of the practice of law at Vanderbilt, endows Enterprise Faculty Fund to promote faculty development. Read MoreNov. 24, 2013
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Contracts classes compete in fall food drive to benefit Second Harvest
Food drive organized by Reeshad Ali, the VBA's Community Service Chair. Read MoreNov. 20, 2013
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Sean Seymore advocates dropping patent requirement that inventions be “useful”
Patent expert Seymore argues that "useful disclosure" is a better criteria in forthcoming law review article. Read MoreNov. 19, 2013
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Sean Seymore advocates dropping patent requirement that inventions be "useful"
Patent expert Seymore argues that "useful disclosure" is a better criteria in forthcoming law review article. Read MoreNov. 19, 2013
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Patents 101: Eligibility from Computer Code to Genetic Code, the 2014 JETLaw Symposium
Professor Michael A. Newton, who developed and teaches Vanderbilt’s International Practice Lab, was among the panel members chosen this fall to develop a blueprint for a war crimes tribunal to investigate crimes committed in the Syrian civil war and hold… Read MoreNov. 18, 2013
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Study by Tracey George and Albert Yoon shows faculty hiring process makes law schools less adaptable
George and Yoon found that the biggest factor after faculty candidates pass initial screening was the law school they attended. Read MoreNov. 12, 2013
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Law Library Director Larry Reeves named Association of Research Libraries Leadership Fellow
Reeves is one of 26 fellows selected for an 18-month program designed to foster leadership skills. Read MoreNov. 11, 2013
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Associate Dean Kevin Stack honored with 2013 ABA Administrative Law Award
Stack and Jerry L. Mashaw of Yale were both recognized with the ABA's 2013 Annual Scholarship Award for best published work in administrative law. Read MoreNov. 8, 2013
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Legal historian Mark Brandon's new book addresses changing concepts of family
Mark Brandon's book, States of Union: Family and Change in the American Constitutional Order, was released in September 2013 by the University Press of Kansas. Read MoreNov. 6, 2013