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Three new faculty members have joined the Law School. Christopher Serkin, Energy, Environment and Land Use Program Robert S. Reder ’78, Law and Business Program James H. Cheek III ’67, Law and Business Program… Read More

By James F. Blumstein University Professor of Constitutional Law and Health Law and Policy Jayeesh/Getty Images When it agreed to hear Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, the Supreme Court signaled its willingness to re-engage the issue of racial preferences in the context of university… Read More

Alistair Newbern (left) with James Danly, Hunter Branstetter and Seamus Kelly of the Class of 2013. The Vanderbilt Appellate Litigation Clinic established an important precedent in the Sixth Circuit through its representation of a Michigan prisoner in LaFountain v. Harry—that people too poor to pay the filing fee… Read More

Former Senators Jim Sasser ’61 (BA’58) and Fred Thompson ’67 recall their years on the Hill and offer a strategy for navigating the partisan gulf. By Jennifer Johnston Anthony Freda Long before they represented Tennessee in the U.S. Senate, Jim Sasser and Fred Thompson were freshly minted… Read More

The Vanderbilt Law School Board of Advisors plays a crucial role in carrying out the school’s mission of providing an unparalleled legal education to students and an intellectually vibrant community in which faculty can pursue teaching and scholarly excellence. The Board of Advisors meets at the law school each fall… Read More

Stephanie Parker (photo by Sandy Campbell) Stephanie Parker ’84 wants to get down to business. As the incoming president of Vanderbilt Law School’s Board of Advisors, she is eager to apply the work ethic that has made her a top litigator at Jones Day to her work… Read More

Taylor Owings Taylor Owings ’13 won the 2013 Gellhorn-Sargentich Law Student Essay Competition, which is sponsored by the American Bar Association’s Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice. The award recognizes students who write on administrative law topics. Owings’ winning entry, “Identifying a Maverick: When Antitrust Law… Read More

Reder Vanderbilt Law School has received a major endowment gift to establish a new fund to promote the career development of promising young scholars. The Enterprise Faculty Fund was created through a gift from Robert S. Reder ’78, a retired partner of Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy who… Read More

Landing a summer law internship overseas frequently requires fluency in a foreign language. Thanks to Professor Daniel Gervais, students concerned about keeping up their language skills during law school now have an opportunity for regular conversation at monthly language lunches. Gervais, an expert in intellectual property law and faculty director… Read More