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Carol Swain’s new book, “Be the People,” released by Thomas Nelson Inc.

Jun. 30, 2011—Law and political science professor Carol Swain combines research, opinions and scripture in a conservative analysis of current controversial issues.

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Ganesh Sitaraman joins Vanderbilt’s law faculty as an assistant professor

Jun. 28, 2011—Professor Sitaraman was previously the Public Law Fellow and a lecturer at Harvard Law School.

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Rebecca Haw joins Vanderbilt s law faculty as assistant professor after Climenko Fellowship

Jun. 24, 2011—Haw studies antitrust law and will teach Antitrust Law and a seminar on the use of experts in legal decision-making at Vanderbilt.

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Yesha Yadav joins Vanderbilt s law faculty as assistant professor of law

Jun. 24, 2011—Professor Yadav enters legal academy after serving in the Legal Vice-Presidency of the World Bank.

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Richard Nagareda’s analysis of class commonality influences Wal-Mart v. Dukes decision

Jun. 22, 2011—Nagareda's 2009 article, "Class Certification in the Age of Aggregate Proof," cited extensively in majority opinion and dissent.

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Article coauthored by J.B. Ruhl selected among top five environmental articles of 2010

Jun. 19, 2011—Environmental experts address strategies for creating networks to deal with complex environmental issues

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Vijay Padmanabhan joins Vanderbilt’s law faculty as assistant professor

Jun. 16, 2011—Professor Padmanabhan will be affiliated with Vanderbilts International Legal Studies and Criminal Justice programs.

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James F. Blumstein files amicus brief in Florida v. USDHHS

May. 31, 2011—Blumstein concludes that expanded Medicaid mandate in the Affordable Care Act is "unenforceable"

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Darby Dickerson ’88 accepts deanship of Texas Tech University School of Law

May. 27, 2011—Dickerson was formerly dean of Stetson University College of Law

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19 members of the Class of 2011 honored for scholastic and civic achievements

May. 16, 2011—David Barnes wins 2011 Founders Medal; other award winners announced.

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Ellen Wright Clayton to chair new IOM Standing Committee on Family Planning

May. 10, 2011—Clayton will head new committee convened by the Institute of Medicine for the DHHS Office of Family Planning.

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Sean Seymore to be MIT’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Associate Professor in Spring 2012

May. 9, 2011—Professor Seymore will visit the Program in Science, Technology and Society.

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First Amendment scholar David Hudson ’94 hosts DVD series

May. 3, 2011—Professor Hudson hosts education series focusing on landmark Supreme Court First Amendment cases

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Kevin Sharp ’93 confirmed to seat on U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

May. 3, 2011—Sharp to fill vacant seat on U.S.District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

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Environmental and property law expert J.B. Ruhl to join Vanderbilt’s law faculty

May. 2, 2011—Professor Ruhl's current research explores environmental law relating to climate change.

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46 students to date accept international positions for summer or fall

Apr. 26, 2011—Students will work with 41 different organizations in 18 countries and the U.S.

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Michael Johnson ’11 wins 2011 Ladas Memorial Award for intellectual property law scholarship

Apr. 21, 2011—Johnson's paper will be published in "The Trademark Reporter," the law journal of the International Trademark Association.

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Keith Loveless ’83 (AS’79) named Corporate Counsel of the Year

Apr. 19, 2011—Loveless profiled in the National Law Journal and honored by Puget Sound Business Journal.

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Habeas reform opinion piece by Nancy King and colleague Joseph Hoffmann

Apr. 17, 2011—King and Hoffmann outline recommendations for habeas reform in new book, "Habeas for the Twenty-First Century: Uses, Abuses and the Future of the Great Writ"

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Law Review note on Alford pleas by Anne Gooch, Class of 2011, cited in 4th Circuit Court opinion

Apr. 15, 2011—Gooch is Senior Articles Editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review.

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Michael Newton elected to the American Society of International Law Executive Council

Apr. 7, 2011—Newton will serve a three-year term on the ASIL Executive Council

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TaCara Harris, Class of 2013, receives Bradley Arant Boult Cummings Diversity Scholarship

Apr. 1, 2011—Harris garners $5,000 scholarship and summer clerkship with Bradley Arant Boult Cummings

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Nancy King and colleague Joseph Hoffmann propose reforms in use of habeas law in new book

Mar. 29, 2011—"Habeas for the 21st Century: Uses, Abuses, and the Future of the Great Writ" released by University of Chicago Press

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Michael Vandenbergh and coauthors advocate private carbon labeling for products in inaugural issue of Nature Climate Change

Mar. 28, 2011—Research team believes private carbon labeling will have a positive influence on consumer and business behavior.

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Christopher Slobogin offers an alternative approach to dealing with juvenile crime in new book released by Oxford University Press

Mar. 16, 2011—New book examines the shortcomings of the culpability linchpin and adult-type procedures placed on juvenile offenders.

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