Law School

Vanderbilt Law School is launching a new interdisciplinary program, the Weaver Family Program in Law, Brain Sciences and Behavior, funded by a $3.85 million endowment from the Glenn M. Weaver Foundation. The new program will sponsor faculty research aimed at exploring law and human behavior across a broad spectrum of medical, biological and social science fields. Read More

Vanderbilt University staff stepped up to work over the winter break after a severe cold front swept through the Nashville area and caused frozen pipes and water damage in a handful of campus buildings. Read More

Professional schools across the university helped set the stage for Discovery Vanderbilt’s commitment to expanding research and collaboration. Read More

Vanderbilt Law School has announced a generous staff discount for its new online Master of Legal Studies program. The two-year MLS program is for busy professionals who are looking to deepen their understanding of the legal system and become more sophisticated and confident in navigating the law. Read More

Carol M. Browner, who served as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from 1993 to 2001, will deliver the Energy, Environment and Land Use Program’s inaugural Distinguished Lecture on Climate Change Governance on Monday, Sept. 19, at 12:30 p.m. in Vanderbilt Law School’s Flynn Auditorium.  Read More

Vanderbilt Law School will launch a new student-edited legal journal, the Social Justice Reporter, in 2022–23. The new journal will publish scholarship focusing on social justice, civil rights and public interest lawyering by leading researchers, practitioners, policymakers and law students. Read More

Vanderbilt Law School Board of Advisors member W. Weldon Wilson, JD’86, and his wife, Elaine, have documented a $17.5 million bequest to support their existing Weldon Wilson Scholarship at Vanderbilt Law School. The scholarship was established in 2011 in honor of Weldon’s 25th reunion. Read More

“The Failed Regulation of U.S. Treasury Markets,” an article by Yesha Yadav, has been selected as one of the top articles addressing topics in corporate and securities law published in legal journals in 2021 by Corporate Practice Commentator. Read More

Samantha Smith, BA’19, JD’22, is one of 14 law students worldwide chosen for the 2022 law program of the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics. FASPE provides a unique historical lens to engage graduate students in professional schools and early-stage practitioners in an intensive course of study focused on contemporary ethical issues in their professions. Read More

The spring 2022 Law School Dean’s Lecture Series on Race and Discrimination will conclude with “Implicit Bias, Structural Bias and Implications for Law and Policy,” a talk by California Supreme Court Associate Justice Goodwin H. Liu, on Thursday, April 21, at 12:30 p.m. Read More

Karima Bennoune, Homer G. Angelo and Ann Berryhill Endowed Chair in International Law and Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Law at UC Davis Law School, will discuss “International Law and Women’s Human Rights in Afghanistan” on Thursday, March 31, at 12:30 p.m. in the Flynn Auditorium at Vanderbilt Law School. The annual Victor S. Johnson Lecture is free and open to the public. Read More

Ji Seon Song, assistant professor of law at the University of California–Irvine School of Law, will discuss “Patient or Prisoner: Hospitals as Carceral Settings” on Friday, April 1, in the next installment of the Vanderbilt Law School Dean’s Lecture Series on Race and Discrimination. The talk will begin at 12:30 p.m. via Zoom. Read More

Vanderbilt University’s graduate programs showed continued strength in the 2023 "U.S. News & World Report" Best Graduate Schools rankings, with five of Vanderbilt’s graduate and professional schools falling within the top 25. Read More

The Vanderbilt Law School Dean’s Lecture Series on Race and Discrimination resumes Wednesday, March 23, from 3:10 to 4:30 p.m. with “Advocacy in Action: Grounds Gained in Grassroots Activism and the Call to Keep Advancing.” The series convenes scholars and thought leaders whose work provides innovative perspectives on race and discrimination. Read More

James F. Blumstein, University Professor of Constitutional Law and Health Law and Policy, was honored by Leadership Nashville for nearly 40 years of service as a program leader at its Shareholder Luncheon on Feb. 24. Read More

Daniel J. Gervais, Milton R. Underwood Chair in Law, director of the Vanderbilt Intellectual Property Program and faculty co-director of the LL.M. Program, as well as professor of French, describes how his work in international law has shaped his view on collaboration and teaching. Read More

Vanderbilt is one of 99 law schools that responded to Attorney General Merrick Garland’s call to action to work in their local communities to address the housing and eviction crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic. In Nashville, students in the Housing Law Clinic directed by Associate Clinical Professor Jennifer Prusak worked with tenants facing eviction proceedings and through a coalition of community partners to advocate for tenants’ rights. Read More

Research shows that carbon labels can be effective in changing corporate as well as consumer behavior, as corporations adjust their carbon footprint with the dual goals of increased efficiency and improved reputation. Read More

Karl A. Racine, attorney general for the District of Columbia, will deliver Vanderbilt Law School's 2022 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture on Monday, Jan. 31, beginning at 12:30 p.m. CT via Zoom. The lecture is free, but advanced registration is required to attend. Read More

Brian Fitzpatrick, the Milton R. Underwood Chair in Free Enterprise and professor of law, has received the 2022 Civil Justice Scholarship Award from the Pound Institute for his book "The Conservative Case for Class Actions," which was published in 2019 by the University of Chicago Press. Read More