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Honoring Our Veterans
Over this past week, Veterans’ Day offered us a reminder of the immense sacrifice, courage, and impact of our Vanderbilt Law Veterans. We are deeply privileged to be home to an extraordinary community of students and alumni who have served in our country’s armed forces and whose example of leadership,… Read MoreNov. 10, 2023
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Restoring Justice CEO Kevin Coker ’18 Reflects on His Criminal Justice Career Path
Kevin was a Gideon Fellow with the Nashville Defenders after graduation and worked as a public defender until joining Restoring Justice in Houston as lead attorney and CEO in 2023 Read MoreNov. 10, 2023
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VPA Helps to Chart the Future of AI Governance in Washington
D.C. launch events spotlight new policy papers, polling report, and a guest opinion in Politico that advocate for an antimonopoly approach to AI Regulation and public AI capacity Read MoreNov. 6, 2023
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Sarah Fowler ’08, Senior Deputy General Counsel at SAG-AFTRA, Discusses Hollywood Actors Strike
Fowler’s talk was sponsored by the Labor and Employment Law Society Read MoreNov. 6, 2023
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Vanderbilt Law School Announces Creation of AI Law Lab
VAILL will focus on practical applications and broader implications of AI in legal services Read MoreNov. 2, 2023
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C.P. Hoffman Discusses “Gender Affirming Care, Medical Privacy, and Trans Rights” in 2023 Dean’s Lecture on Race & Discrimination
Hoffman is Legal Director at FreeState Justice and a writer whose work focuses on law, social justice, and gender. Read MoreOct. 30, 2023
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Overcoming “The Greens’ Dilemma” – How to Build a Climate-Friendly Infrastructure Quickly Enough to Meet Climate Goals
New Paper by J.B. Ruhl and James Salzman outlines a new regime for speeding up decarbonization efforts without sacrificing the intentions of the Grand Bargain Read MoreOct. 20, 2023
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EELU Program Releases White Paper Focusing on the Limited Clean Energy Goals in TVA’s Service Region
Local power companies in TVA’s service region have limited leverage to demand that TVA increase or speed up its shift to clean-energy sources, a case study written by EELU Program Director Caroline Cox and Madeline Flynn ’23 explains Read MoreOct. 18, 2023
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GE Chief Sustainability Officer Roger Martella ’95 Calls for Action in 2023 Climate Change Governance Lecture
Martella has focused on environmental law throughout his career, in private practice and positions with the Department of Justice, the EPA, and in GE’s corporate legal department Read MoreOct. 18, 2023
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Gautam Rana ’97, U.S. Ambassador to the Slovak Republic, Delivers 2023 Charney Lecture, “The Fight Against Disinformation”
Rana discussed the EU’s recently passed Disinformation Act and differences in the ways various governments govern and restrict free expression Read MoreOct. 17, 2023