Law
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TIPSHEET: Think that conversation from your office phone is private? Think again
Vanderbilt professor says Wal-Mart case calls attention to employer‘s right to eavesdrop on employee calls: Bruce Barry, professor of management and sociology, is available to comment on recent case. Read MoreMar 6, 2007
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Vanderbilt‘s David Williams II named fellow of Tennessee Bar Foundation
David Williams II of Vanderbilt University has been elected a fellow by the Tennessee Bar Foundation. Read MoreFeb 15, 2007
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Skin color and salary; Lighter and taller equals a bigger paycheck for immigrants
A new study by a Vanderbilt University professor of law and economics found legal immigrants in the United States with a lighter skin tone made more money than those with darker skin. Read MoreJan 25, 2007
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TIPSHEET: Saddam Hussein Execution: Vanderbilt Expert Back from Iraq
Vanderbilt University Law Professor Mike Newton is an expert on the Saddam Hussein trial and has just returned from his fourth trip to Iraq. Read MoreDec 29, 2006
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Vanderbilt Professors and Music Stars Testify Before FCC
Two Vanderbilt University professors are taking on some country music celebrities in a debate over media ownership. Both sides will testify at a Federal Communications Commission public hearing Dec. 11 at Belmont University. Read MoreDec 8, 2006
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TIPSHEET: International Criminal Court‘s Investigation of Darfur War Crimes Nearing End: Vanderbilt University International Criminal Law Expert
With reports that the International Criminal Court prosecutor‘s investigation is nearing an end in the Darfur war crimes case, Mike Newton, Vanderbilt University‘s international criminal law expert, can discuss the legal issues surrounding crimes against humanity. Read MoreNov 28, 2006
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Vanderbilt University experts available on the immigration debate
President Bush's call for National Guard troops on the border is "a political move that flies in the face of reality," according to Robert Barsky, editor of AmeriQuests and an expert on refugee, border and migration issues. Delivering a nationally televised speech on immigration shows President Bush wants to act, not react, on the debate about cracking down on illegal immigrants, according to presidential expert John Geer. Read MoreMay 15, 2006
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Vanderbilt graduate and professional programs maintain strong showing in latest U.S. News & World Report rankings
Vanderbilt's Peabody College of education and human development was ranked 5th in the nation for the second consecutive year by U.S. News & World Report in its annual ranking of the leading graduate and professional schools. Peabody's Special Education program was ranked first in the nation for the fourth straight year, and, overall, the school saw seven of its programs ranked in the top 10. Read MoreMar 31, 2006
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Vanderbilt University experts available to speak about abortion legislation
Following recently signed legislation banning almost all abortions in South Dakota, several other states are considering similar legislation, setting up a possible challenge to Roe v. Wade in the Supreme Court. Vanderbilt experts are available to discuss constitutional and political issues surrounding this debate. Read MoreMar 13, 2006
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Vanderbilt experts available to comment on Supreme Court nomination, process
Vanderbilt legal and political experts Suzanna Sherry and Stefanie Lindquist are available to discuss the qualities that make a good justice, how the Senate should seek to evaluate those qualities in Samuel Alito's confirmation hearing, and the politics surrounding Supreme Court appointments. Read MoreJan 10, 2006
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New Vanderbilt Law program named for attorney and civic leader Cecil Branstetter, Program offers advanced curriculum in civil litigation and dispute resolution
Vanderbilt Law School honored local attorney Cecil D. Branstetter this week by naming its first endowed curricular program "The Cecil D. Branstetter Litigation & Dispute Resolution Program." Read MoreDec 16, 2005
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Vanderbilt experts available for 2005 year-in-review features
Vanderbilt experts are available to provide insight on 2005's top stories, including the ongoing trial of Saddam Hussein, Hurricane Katrina, President George W. Bush's appointments to the Supreme Court, the bankruptcy of two major airlines and more. Read MoreDec 12, 2005
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Hussein’s lawyers’ threat to not recognize the Iraqi court is “legal maneuvering” says Vanderbilt International law expert
A Vanderbilt international law expert says the threat by attorneys for Saddam Hussein to end all contact with the Iraqi court that will try the former Iraqi president is nothing but "legal maneuvering." Read MoreNov 9, 2005
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New civil litigation and dispute resolution program granted $2.9 million, Court determined Vanderbilt would be fitting beneficiary of class action lawsuit
Vanderbilt University Law School has received $2.9 million from the settlement of a class action lawsuit to which it was not a party. The award will fund the school's new civil litigation and dispute resolution program, designed to produce graduates with the experience and necessary competencies to make them more productive from their first day at work. Read MoreOct 31, 2005
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C.I.A. leak case draws parallels to Iran Contra: Vanderbilt presidential historian
The C.I.A. leak case has brought renewed scrutiny of the Bush administration's decision to go to war in Iraq, and there are historical parallels to the Reagan administration's foreign policy during the Iran-Contra scandal, according to Vanderbilt University Professor of History Thomas Alan Schwartz. Read MoreOct 28, 2005
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An ‘evildoer’ by any other name: how labels shape our attitudes toward violence
What difference does it make if a prosecutor describes a defendant as a "murderer" or as "someone who commits murder?" In some cases, those few words could mean the difference between life and death. Read MoreOct 21, 2005
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BBC radio program “Law in Action” interviews Vanderbilt legal expert Mike Newton on Iraqi Special Tribunal
Mike Newton, acting associate clinical professor of law at Vanderbilt University, is an expert on the Iraqi Special Tribunal and international criminal law. He helped establish the Iraqi Special Tribunal and led the training in international criminal law for its judges, including two sessions in Baghdad. He was interviewed on Oct. 11 by the BBC about the upcoming trial of Saddam Hussein for the U.K.'s longest running legal weekly program, "Law in Action." Read MoreOct 17, 2005
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SADDAM HUSSEIN TRIAL: VANDERBILT EXPERTS
Vanderbilt's Newton was involved in the creation of the Iraqi Special Tribunal and trained its judges. Mike Newton, acting associate clinical professor of law at Vanderbilt University, is an expert on the Iraqi Special Tribunal and international criminal law. Read MoreOct 13, 2005
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Scopes monkey trial play to be performed in Nashville, Great Performances series includes free forum on the trial’s controversial legacy
What would it have been like to have been in the Rhea County, Tenn., courtroom during the summer of 1925 to witness William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow argue Tennessee vs. John Thomas Scopes? Theatergoers will have the opportunity to experience it for themselves when Great Performances at Vanderbilt presents The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial on Oct. 19 and 20. Read MoreOct 6, 2005
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Scopes monkey trial play to be performed in Nashville, Great Performances series includes free forum on the trial‘s controversial legacy
What would it have been like to have been in the Rhea County, Tenn., courtroom during the summer of 1925 to witness William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow argue Tennessee vs. John Thomas Scopes? Theatergoers will have the opportunity to experience it for themselves when Great Performances at Vanderbilt presents The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial on Oct. 19 and 20. Read MoreOct 6, 2005