Jun. 7, 2013—VLS students work in judicial chambers and with federal and state agencies; attorneys general, public defenders and district attorneys; and domestic and international advocacy organizations.
May. 28, 2013—Fardon's nomination announced May 23 by the White House.
May. 16, 2013—Gervais, who directs Vanderbilt's Intellectual Property Program, said U.S. copyright system needs "a comprehensive review and modernization."
May. 15, 2013—Vanderbilt Magazine story discusses Maroney's Vanderbilt Law Review article, "Angry Judges"
May. 15, 2013—Professor Michael A. Newton works with Peru's Supreme Court to advise judges in its newly created court of national jurisdiction.
May. 13, 2013—Nationally recognized corporate and securities law attorney Jim Cheek appointed professor of the practice of law.
May. 13, 2013—Corporate governance expert Bob Reder joins faculty following a 33-year career in transactional practice with Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy.
May. 9, 2013—Moody will receive her award on June 3 at a gala event at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
May. 7, 2013—Angela Bergman wins 2013 Founders Medal.
Apr. 23, 2013—In its 2013 guidance memo, DOT updated its approach for assigning a dollar value to prevention of fatal injuries, which is now over $9 million per expected fatality. DOT relied upon Viscusi’s studies to set the overall valuation of risk to life, the reasonable range of valuation estimates, and the effect of income levels on...
Apr. 23, 2013—Sassman receives Jon E. Hastings Memorial Writing Award for his article "Administrative Compliance Orders and Due Process After Sackett."
Apr. 19, 2013—Volume 46:2 is available online.
Apr. 19, 2013—Annual teaching awards are the result of student votes.
Apr. 16, 2013—Aldrich honored as VLS 2013 Distinguished Alumni and Cutcliff with the 2013 Distinguished Service Award.
Apr. 12, 2013—Sharfstein's fellowship was awarded for a new book project on post-Reconstruction America.
Apr. 8, 2013—AJIL is a distinguished peer-reviewed journal that features works by prominent scholars of international law and international relations.
Apr. 5, 2013—Available online, with hard copies available late-April.
Mar. 29, 2013—Wuerth joins organization that produces scholarly work to clarify, modernize and otherwise improve the law.
Mar. 29, 2013—This three-year, rotating chair is unique among chairs at Vanderbilt Law School because it specifically recognizes teaching excellence.
Mar. 21, 2013—Available online with hard copies available late March.
Mar. 21, 2013—Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg cites Gervais’ definitive TRIPS Agreement book to compare U.S. policy with Court’s decision regarding scope of U.S. copyright law.
Mar. 19, 2013—Barrett and Crenshaw were among 10 Nashvillians honored for advocacy of human rights.
Feb. 28, 2013—First Vanderbilt team to participate in International Chamber of Commerce competition wins “Best Public Speakers” award, advances to semi-final round.
Feb. 28, 2013—Julie Samuels ’05, staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and law professors Colleen Chien and Timothy Holbrook discussed challenges presented by “patent assertion entities.”
Feb. 26, 2013—New J.D. PreVU program debuts at Vanderbilt Law School.