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  • Vanderbilt University

    From the Dean: Riding the Wave of Change

    I started my first term as dean of Vanderbilt Law School in summer 2009. The economic collapse of fall 2008 had hit the legal industry like a tsunami, and its impact on the legal profession was immediate and devastating. Law firms reduced or eliminated summer associate programs,… Read More

    Apr. 11, 2016

  • Vanderbilt University

    The Brain Gets Its Day in Court

    I started my first term as dean of Vanderbilt Law School in summer 2009. The economic collapse of fall 2008 had hit the legal industry like a tsunami, and its impact on the legal profession was immediate and devastating. Law firms reduced or eliminated summer associate programs,… Read More

    Mar. 1, 2016

  • Owen Jones elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Owen Jones elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

    I started my first term as dean of Vanderbilt Law School in summer 2009. The economic collapse of fall 2008 had hit the legal industry like a tsunami, and its impact on the legal profession was immediate and devastating. Law firms reduced or eliminated summer associate programs,… Read More

    Dec. 10, 2015

  • Vanderbilt University

    Here’s why Equal Protection may not protect everyone equally

    I started my first term as dean of Vanderbilt Law School in summer 2009. The economic collapse of fall 2008 had hit the legal industry like a tsunami, and its impact on the legal profession was immediate and devastating. Law firms reduced or eliminated summer associate programs,… Read More

    Sep. 23, 2015

  • How your brain decides blame and punishment—and how it can be changed

    How your brain decides blame and punishment—and how it can be changed

    I started my first term as dean of Vanderbilt Law School in summer 2009. The economic collapse of fall 2008 had hit the legal industry like a tsunami, and its impact on the legal profession was immediate and devastating. Law firms reduced or eliminated summer associate programs,… Read More

    Sep. 16, 2015

  • Law and neuroscience research gets $1.4 million in additional grant money

    Law and neuroscience research gets $1.4 million in additional grant money

    I started my first term as dean of Vanderbilt Law School in summer 2009. The economic collapse of fall 2008 had hit the legal industry like a tsunami, and its impact on the legal profession was immediate and devastating. Law firms reduced or eliminated summer associate programs,… Read More

    Sep. 14, 2015

  • Cameron Norris

    Cameron Norris ’14 (BA’11) Wins Second Place in the 2014 H. Thomas Austern Memorial Writing Competition

    I started my first term as dean of Vanderbilt Law School in summer 2009. The economic collapse of fall 2008 had hit the legal industry like a tsunami, and its impact on the legal profession was immediate and devastating. Law firms reduced or eliminated summer associate programs,… Read More

    Aug. 13, 2015

  • Vanderbilt University

    Ameena Nadeem Ashfaq, Class of 2008

    I started my first term as dean of Vanderbilt Law School in summer 2009. The economic collapse of fall 2008 had hit the legal industry like a tsunami, and its impact on the legal profession was immediate and devastating. Law firms reduced or eliminated summer associate programs,… Read More

    Aug. 13, 2015

  • Vanderbilt University

    Branstetter Litigation and Dispute Resolution Speakers Include Liu, Wood and Davis

    I started my first term as dean of Vanderbilt Law School in summer 2009. The economic collapse of fall 2008 had hit the legal industry like a tsunami, and its impact on the legal profession was immediate and devastating. Law firms reduced or eliminated summer associate programs,… Read More

    Aug. 13, 2015

  • Monique Hannam

    Monique Hannam ’15 Wins 2015 Nagareda Prize

    I started my first term as dean of Vanderbilt Law School in summer 2009. The economic collapse of fall 2008 had hit the legal industry like a tsunami, and its impact on the legal profession was immediate and devastating. Law firms reduced or eliminated summer associate programs,… Read More

    Aug. 13, 2015