Vanderbilt Law News
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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
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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
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Alistair Newbern featured panelist in “Partnering for an Equitable and Inclusive Nashville”
Newbern, an assistant clinical professor of law, chairs the steering committee for Nashville for All of Us, a group founded as part of a successful citywide campaign opposing a proposed English-only ordinance. Read MoreNov. 5, 2013
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Alistair Newbern featured panelist in "Partnering for an Equitable and Inclusive Nashville"
Newbern, an assistant clinical professor of law, chairs the steering committee for Nashville for All of Us, a group founded as part of a successful citywide campaign opposing a proposed English-only ordinance. Read MoreNov. 5, 2013
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The Gettysburg Address: A 150-Year Retrospective – Panel Discussion
Legal historian Dan Sharfstein among panelists who will discuss Lincoln's famous speech, which framed the Civil War as a struggle for the principle of human equality. Read MoreNov. 4, 2013
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Kip Viscusi discusses methods of estimating the “value of a statistical life” in the October 2013 Monthly Labor Review
Viscusi's featured article explains how the availability of more accurate fatality rate estimates has enabled researchers to generate more accurate estimates of the “value of a statistical life.” Read MoreNov. 1, 2013
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Colorado judge to lead Vanderbilt-based American Judicature Society
Judge Russell Carparelli of the Colorado Court of Appeals will be the new executive director of the AJS beginning January 1. Read MoreOct. 29, 2013
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Vanderbilt Institute of Medicine honors Professor Ellen Wright Clayton
Kevin M. Stack, associate dean for research and professor of law at Vanderbilt, and Jerry L. Mashaw of Yale Law School have both been recognized with the American Bar Association’s 2013 Annual Scholarship Award for the award… Read MoreOct. 25, 2013
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Zachary Fardon '92 confirmed as U.S Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois
Fardon's appointment gained the unanimous approval of the U.S. Senate. Read MoreOct. 17, 2013