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In Solidarity: Community Enterprise Clinic Transforms Businesses into Cooperatives

Apr. 11, 2023—In 2021, the Turner Family Community Enterprise Clinic completed Tennessee’s first conversion of a conventional business into a worker-owned cooperative. Since that time, cooperatives have become a growing part of Tennessee’s business landscape and the Clinic’s community engagement. A cooperative enterprise is owned and controlled by its workers and/or consumers, rather than conventional investors. These...

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Judge Allison Riggs of the North Carolina Court of Appeals Delivers 2023 Barrett Lecture

Apr. 7, 2023—Riggs spoke about democracy and voting rights in the event hosted by the George Barrett Social Justice Program

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New VLS scholarship endowed in honor of J. Michael Campbell ’68 (BE’65)

Apr. 6, 2023—Campbell is a founding partner of Campbell & Brannon, an Atlanta-based real estate firm that now has 11 offices and more than 30 attorneys.

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Remembering The Honorable C. Roger Vinson ’71

Apr. 5, 2023—Throughout his 40-year tenure on the bench, Judge Vinson consistently rendered non-ideological, scholarly decisions with meticulous attention to the rule of law

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Speakers from Giffords Law Center and March for Our Lives Discuss Second Amendment

Apr. 4, 2023—Attorney Leigh Rome and judicial advocate Brynn Jones (‘24) were hosted by Vanderbilt’s chapter of the American Constitution Society

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Vanderbilt receives $1 million in cy pres funding for electric vehicle research to be led by Michael Vandenbergh and Tina Hartert

Apr. 3, 2023—Two projects will examine the benefits of and barriers to widespread use of electric vehicles and potential public health impacts of EV adoption.

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A Novel Argument for the Right to Public Education

Mar. 30, 2023—Study from Vanderbilt Law’s Matthew Patrick Shaw frames education as a Property Interest

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47 law firms participate in 2023 Spring Firm Mingle to connect with rising 2Ls

Mar. 29, 2023—Students connected with attorneys hiring summer associates for positions in 74 cities in the U.S. and abroad. More than 70 percent of the 137 attorneys who attended the spring career fair are VLS alumni.

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Internationally renowned neuroscientist Anthony Wagner delivers inaugural Weaver Distinguished Lecture in Law and Neuroscience

Mar. 24, 2023—Wagner, who is deputy director of Stanford’s Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute, addressed his pioneering research on the cognitive neuroscience of memory.

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Innovative Academic Proposals Highlighted at ELI-Vanderbilt Law School 2023 Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review Conference

Mar. 15, 2023—The March 31 conference, to be held in-person and via webcast, will feature discussions on U.S. climate adaptation policy, algorithmic decision-making tools, and ESG mutual fund performance.

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After Silicon Valley Bank, scrap the bank insurance deposit limit

Mar. 15, 2023—Opinion Piece co-authored by Vanderbilt Law Professor Morgan Ricks

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Inside the legal loophole US regulators used to bail out SVB depositors

Mar. 14, 2023—The Biden Administration used the Systematic Risk Exemption in the wake of SVB Financial. Vanderbilt Law Professor Morgan Ricks is quoted throughout.

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Abortion pill access case: Judge wants ‘less advertisement’

Mar. 14, 2023—A federal judge overseeing a high-stakes case that could threaten access to medication abortion across the nation asked lawyers for the “courtesy” of not publicizing upcoming arguments. Vanderbilt Law Professor Terry Maroney is quoted.

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The Old Policy Issues Behind the New Banking Turmoil

Mar. 13, 2023—Vanderbilt Law Professor Morgan Ricks unpacks the policy issues with deposit insurance

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Is Silicon Valley Bank getting a government bailout? Not in the 2008 sense.

Mar. 12, 2023—Morgan Ricks explains how the Federal Government intends to shore up Silicon Valley Bank's deposits

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Stanford Neuroscientist Anthony Wagner to Deliver Inaugural Weaver Distinguished Lecture in Law, Brain Sciences, and Behavior March 21

Mar. 7, 2023—Wagner is deputy director of Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford University, where he is the Lucie Stern Professor in the Department of Psychology.

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WLSA Women’s History Month Events Feature DOJ Human Rights Lawyer Courtney Urschel ’01, Women Sports Lawyers, and a First-Gen Lawyer

Mar. 3, 2023—Coffee chats throughout March will offer tips for navigating job interviews, choosing courses, and finding the right career path.

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When Prior Art Applies to Copyright Law

Mar. 2, 2023—Once exclusively used in matters of Patent Law, the idea has found its way into cases involving music

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Vanderbilt Announces Creation of The Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator for Political Economy and Regulation

Feb. 28, 2023—Law School Professor Ganesh Sitaraman to lead effort to advance research, education and ideas in economic policy and regulation

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Ashley Wiltshire ’72 chronicles pioneering career as a legal aid attorney in new book, “Everyday Justice”

Feb. 27, 2023—Wiltshire headed the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands for 37 years before his retirement in 2007.

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18 members of the Class of 2022 selected for Order of the Coif

Feb. 23, 2023—Members of the Order of the Coif are selected by faculty approval and represent the top 10 percent of their graduating class. The Order of the Coif is a national honorary scholastic society.

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Job Satisfaction Lower Among Black Women and Asian Women Law Graduates

Feb. 22, 2023—New study from Joni Hersch suggests that nondiscrimination in pay may not be sufficient to maintain a diverse legal workforce

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What Role Does the Nation’s Preeminent Business Court Play in the 21st Century?

Feb. 20, 2023—Study co-authored by Randall Thomas examines trends in litigation at the Delaware Court of Chancery

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