L&G News And Events
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Suzanna Sherry quoted in Fortune article about impact of Supreme Court decision in Dobbs
"Women will die," Sherry said. "Some women will die in childbirth. Some women will die trying to get illegal abortions. They will take medicines that are not safe. They will try to abort themselves. Some women will die at the hands of domestic partners when partners find out they're pregnant. That's the real consequence of their decision." Read MoreJun. 27, 2022
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Tax expert Beverly Moran sees little upside to proposed federal gas tax holiday
Moran says suspending the federal gas tax for three months would mean "very little money" for individuals, while companies could opt to keep the price to consumers the same and pocket the tax themselves. Read MoreJun. 27, 2022
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“Is the Establishment Clause Dead? A Message From SCOTUS” – Bloomberg Law opinion piece by Matthew Shaw
Shaw argues that the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that Maine cannot exclude faith-based schools from a state program that pays for private school tuition in areas of the state that lack public schools could erode the Constitution’s Establishment Clause. Read MoreJun. 24, 2022
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Seventy-five Vanderbilt Law students working as interns for government and nonprofit legal employers this summer
VLS students are working for government and nonprofit legal employers in 15 states, Washington, D.C., and The Hague, Netherlands during summer 2022. Read MoreJun. 14, 2022
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James Blumstein featured in “Tennessee Voices” podcast on the 50th anniversary of landmark voting case Dunn v. Blumstein
Blumstein, who argued the case before the Supreme Court, was the initial plaintiff in the landmark voting rights case, which overturned an unconstitutional residency requirement in the state of Tennessee. Read MoreMay. 17, 2022
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Climate Change Research Network scholars Michael Vandenbergh and Jennifer Cole featured on Free Range podcast
Listen to Mike Livermore's interview with Climate Change Research Network director Michael Vandenbergh and social psychologist Jennifer Cole, a post-doctoral fellow of the CCRN, who discuss political polarization and its impact on climate change policy on the Free Range podcast. Read MoreMay. 4, 2022
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Profile: Chase Pritchett, Class of 2022
Pritchett will join the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice through the Attorney General's Honors Program. Read MoreApr. 27, 2022
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Samantha Smith ‘22 selected for the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics law program
Smith is one of 14 law students selected for the program, through which they visit Germany and Poland and examine the conduct of lawyers in Nazi-occupied Europe. Read MoreApr. 21, 2022
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J.B. Ruhl explains how decades-old environmental laws are hampering new “green” infrastructure in NPR interview
In an interview with NPR's Planet Money, environmental regulation expert J.B. Ruhl explains how laws like the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act, written in the 1970s, are now getting in the way of new green infrastructure development to help address climate change. Read MoreApr. 7, 2022
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“International Law and Women’s Human Rights in Afghanistan,” a lecture by Karima Bennoune March 31
UC Davis scholar Karima Bennoune's talk is the 2022 Victor S. Johnson Lecture. Bennoune holds the Homer G. Angelo and Ann Berryhill Endowed Chair in International Law at UC Davis Law School. Her talk begins at 12:30 p.m. Thurs., March 31, and is free and open to the public. Read MoreMar. 29, 2022