Vanderbilt Law School Viewbook by Vanderbilt Law School

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into the qualities we seek in Vanderbilt Law students, visit our website at law.vanderbilt.edu and sample the profiles of our students and graduates.

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CHRIS GUTHRIE | Dean | John Wade–Kent Syverud Professor of Law

In 2001, I visited Vanderbilt for the first time as a faculty candidate—and discovered an environment unique among American law schools. Collegial and supportive,

challenging and academically rigorous, Vanderbilt offers a community where all of the elements required to create a great law school come together in ways that surpass expectations. I joined this community in 2002 because here great scholars and teachers thrive. As Vanderbilt’s dean, one of my top priorities is maintaining the strong sense of community that sets Vanderbilt apart from other law schools. Experience it and you will find compelling reasons to make Vanderbilt your law school. You’ll find talented students from across the nation and a welcoming network of alumni who live and work around the globe. You’ll find a distinguished faculty of experts who are leaders in their fields, a rigorous curriculum, and a wide array of academic, dual-degree and interdisciplinary programs, in a modern building on a beautiful campus in a vibrant city. Most importantly, you’ll find an extraordinarily collegial and collaborative school culture, the hallmark of a Vanderbilt legal education that our students have treasured for decades. You’ll discover that Vanderbilt stands apart not only for the quality of the legal training delivered by our faculty of renowned legal scholars and teachers, but also for the support you’ll receive from one of the nation’s best Career Services programs. Our academic programs go beyond providing outstanding training and connect legal theory to realworld strategies, knowledge and experiences. That approach provides immediate advantages when you interview for legal positions and begin practicing law. Finally, you’ll find yourself at home in one of America’s most livable cities. Like few other places, Vanderbilt’s Nashville setting lets you balance the rigors of study with abundant opportunities to enjoy a city with a remarkable blend of cosmopolitan sophistication and the feel of a friendly small town. I invite you to visit Vanderbilt—and discover these things for yourself. Sincerely yours,

CHRIS GUTHRIE

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A leading law school at a leading university Founded in 1874 in conjunction with

Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt Law School has trained distinguished and influential lawyers, policymakers and public servants for more than 145 years. Building on this tradition of excellence, the law school has established itself as a leader in designing programs that connect outstanding theoretical training to real-world experiences relevant to 21st-century law practice. Our law school is not the only national leader on campus. Vanderbilt also houses prestigious graduate/ professional programs in medicine, education, business,

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engineering, divinity, nursing and music, among others. As an integral part of top-ranked Vanderbilt University, the law school offers the cultural diversity and advantages of life at a leading institution of higher education. It also affords students access to highly regarded interdisciplinary and dual-degree programs, including a J.D./Ph.D. in Law and Economics, a JD/MBA, a three-year J.D./M.S. in Finance and other dual-degree programs in medicine, public policy and divinity, among other areas.

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Ranking of Faculty by Scholarly Impact, Joshua Fischman

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Best Quality of Life, 2023 Princeton Review Rankings

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2023 Above the Law Ranking of Top 50 Law Schools based on employment outcomes, cost, and student debt

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Percentage of 2021 Graduates who took “elite” full-time, long-term, bar passage required jobs, either federal clerkships or associates at firms of 100 or more attorneys (72.4%, based on ABA data)

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Best Classroom Experience, 2023 Princeton Review Rankings

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CUSTOMIZE YOUR EDUCATION Learn from Leading Legal Scholars

Learning to think like a lawyer remains the bedrock of a sound legal education. Vanderbilt’s faculty is known for teaching students the rigorous analytic and problemsolving skills used by legal professionals. Consistently ranked among the most productive in the nation, Vanderbilt Law professors are known nationally and internationally for their work in such areas as corporate and business law, law and economics, international law, environmental and property law, energy law, intellectual property law, criminal law, complex litigation, constitutional law, law and neuroscience, social justice, health law and policy, and bioethics. As a result, Vanderbilt students learn about the law from some of the nation’s leading legal scholars. Faculty expertise translates into engaging coursework that takes students to the cutting edge of current legal scholarship. More than that, Vanderbilt faculty are committed teachers and mentors, and our school’s small size allows students to enjoy substantial access to faculty throughout their time in law school. The availability of faculty to work with and come to know students as individuals both in and out of class adds greatly to the value of a Vanderbilt legal education.

Tailor Your Experience

Vanderbilt Law offers an unmatched opportunity to custom-build a top-tier legal education tailored to your individual goals and interests. A deep dive into the study of law and legal reasoning in the first year provides the framework for continued development of high-level skills in analysis, problem-solving, advocacy, speaking and writing, and also helps students identify general or specific areas of law and legal practice that interest and inspire them. Guided by faculty mentors during the second and third years, students can take advantage of our broad curriculum, flexible and diverse academic programs, an array of experiential learning opportunities, and co-curricular options to create an educational experience tailored to their individual interests and professional goals.

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Vanderbilt’s faculty ranked ninth among U.S. law schools in the study “Scholarly Impact of Law Faculties in 2021: Updating Leiter Scores to Rank the Top Third,” conducted by a team led by University of St. Thomas Professor Gregory Sisk. The ranking is based on citations of faculty work over the past five years.

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Business / Corporate Law Programs and Specialties, U.S. News & World Report

Contracts / Commercial Law Programs and Specialties, U.S. News & World Report

Three-Year Curriculum First-year requirements provide the intellectual foundation on which to build a legal education that is tailored to meet individual needs and interests in the second and third years. Upper-level offerings are almost entirely elective, allowing students to choose from a broad curriculum, combining courses, clinics, externships, independent work, and courses outside the law school to accomplish career goals. Second- and third-year students also have the option of pursuing specific areas of interest through the law school’s special academic programs. 1L Curriculum • • • • • • • • • •

Civil Procedure Contracts Criminal Law Legal Writing I - Fall semester Legal Writing II - Spring semester Life of the Law Property Regulatory State Torts First Year Elective

Elective Paths for 2L and 3Ls:

• Litigation and Dispute Resolution • Criminal Law • Environmental Law • Intellectual Property Law • International Law • Law & Business • Law & Government • Social Justice

See our full course catalog. Note that not all courses are taught every year.

At Vanderbilt, we pride ourselves on classroom teaching. We deliver a firstrate legal education that is thoroughly engaged with national debates and conversations. We want our students to experience intellectual rigor, and we also want them to feel at home and excited to be in class and to contribute to a community that is genuinely collegial and always encouraging. YESHA YADAV | Milton R. Underwood Professor of Law Associate Dean and Robert Belton Director of Diversity, Equity and Community Faculty Co-Director, LL.M. Program Professor Yadav worked as legal counsel with the World Bank before joining Vanderbilt’s faculty, where she teaches Securities Regulation, Corporate Bankruptcy, and Financial Markets. She is a member of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and has served as an honorary adviser to India’s Financial Services Law Reform Commission and the Atlantic Council’s Task Force on Divergence and the Transatlantic Financial Reform and G-20 Agenda. VANDERBILT LAW | 05

FACULTY EXCELLENCE

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VLS faculty rank in the “Inclusive Citation Rankings of U.S. Law Schools” balanced ranking, Matthew Sag, 2023

Learn more about our entire faculty.

Lisa Bressman

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs | David Daniels Allen Distinguished Chair in Law Lisa Schultz Bressman is an innovative scholar in administrative law and statutory interpretation. She is one of the most cited scholars in the area of administrative law. Her recent work focuses on the Supreme Court’s rules of self-regulation and offers current snapshots of the administrative state, including an article with colleague Kevin Stack describing Chevron as a phoenix likely to rise from the ashes even if overruled, an essay examining the view of Chief Justice Roberts on the legitimacy of modern agency structure, and an essay exploring an early effort of President Biden to reinvision regulatory review. Dean Bressman clerked for Justice Stephen Breyer early in her legal career.

Christopher Serkin

Elisabeth H. and Granville S. Ridley Jr. Chair in Law | Director, Master of Legal Studies Program Professor Serkin teaches and writes about land use and property law. His provocative scholarship addresses local governments, property theory, the Takings Clause, land use regulations and eminent domain. He is the author of The Law of Property, a Concept and Insights book, and co-editor of the leading casebook Land Use Controls. His articles have appeared in the Chicago, Columbia, Michigan, New York University, Notre Dame and Northwestern University law reviews, among others.

Ganesh Sitaraman

New York Alumni Chancellor’s Chair in Law | Director, Program in Law and Government | Director, Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator for Political Economy and Regulation Professor Sitaraman teaches and writes about constitutional law, the regulatory state, economic policy, democracy, and foreign affairs. He is the author of The Great Democracy: How to Fix Our Politics, Unrig the Economy, and Unite America and the The Counterinsurgent’s Constitution: Law in the Age of Small Wars, which won the 2013 Palmer Civil Liberties Prize. He is a co-author of The Crisis of the Middle-Class Constitution: Why Economic Inequality Threatens Our Republic, one of The New York Times’ 100 notable books of 2017. He was a longtime adviser to Elizabeth Warren, including serving as a senior adviser on her 2020 presidential campaign, her senior counsel in the Senate, and her policy director during her 2012 Senate campaign.

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Daniel Gervais

Milton R. Underwood Chair in Law | Director, Vanderbilt Intellectual Property Program | Faculty Co-director, LL.M. Program Daniel Gervais focuses on international intellectual property law and the law of Artificial Intelligence. He spent 10 years researching and addressing policy issues as a legal officer at the World Trade Organization, head of the Copyright Projects section of the World Intellectual Property Organization, deputy secretary general of International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC), and vicechair of the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organizations. He is the author of The TRIPS Agreement: Drafting History and Analysis, a leading guide to the text that governs international intellectual property rights now in its fifth edition.

Ingrid Brunk

Helen Strong Curry Chair in International Law | Director, Branstetter Litigation & Dispute Resolution Program Ingrid Brunk is a leading scholar of foreign relations, public international law and transnational litigation. Professor Brunk is currently co-editor-in-chief of the American Journal of International Law. She is a member of the American Law Institute and was named as a Reporter for the Restatement (Fourth) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States. She has received numerous honors and fellowships, including the Morehead Scholarship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Fulbright Senior Scholar award, the German Chancellor’s Fellowship, election to the German Society of International Law, election to the Order of the Coif, and many teaching awards.

Tracey George

Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Professional Education | Charles B. Cox III and Lucy D. Cox Family Chair in Law and Liberty Tracey George brings a social science perspective to a range of topics, including judges and courts, judicial selection and elections, legal education and the legal profession, and contract law and theory. She has published numerous studies in which she examines how institutional design influences actions and outcomes in state and federal judicial systems. She is also a recognized expert on the study of legal education. She currently serves as University Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Professional Education, overseeing faculty hiring and retention, appointments and promotions, awards and honors, and development and support.

Michael Vandenbergh

David Daniels Allen Distinguished Chair in Law | Director, Climate Change Research Network | Co-Director, Energy, Environment and Land Use Program Professor Vandenbergh is an award-winning teacher and scholar whose research focuses on working with interdisciplinary teams to explore environmental governance, environmental behavior and climate change. His research has developed the concept of private environmental governance and explored how private governance initiatives can address polarization and other barriers to climate change mitigation. His interdisciplinary work with Vanderbilt’s Climate Change Research Network focuses on the reduction of carbon emissions from the household sector, and he is one of the top 25 law professors in the US based on peer-reviewed literature citations.

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Kip Viscusi

University Distinguished Professor of Law, Economics, and Management | Co-Director, Ph.D. Program in Law and Economics Viscusi is the award-winning author of more than 30 books and nearly 400 articles. His pathbreaking research has addressed a wide range of individual and societal responses to risk and uncertainty, including risky behaviors, government regulation, and tort liability. He is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading authorities on cost-benefit analysis. Viscusi’s estimates of the value of risks to life and health are currently used throughout the federal government. His book Pricing Lives: Guideposts for a Safer Society synthesized much of his work in this area. In the Carter administration, he was deputy director of the Council of Wage and Price Stability, which was responsible for White House oversight over all new federal regulations. He has served on different panels of the Science Advisory Board of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for over a decade.

Edward Cheng Hess Chair in Law

Ed Cheng’s research focuses on evidence (especially expert evidence), law and statistics, and damages. Professor Cheng is a co-author of Modern Scientific Evidence, a five-volume treatise, and is the host of Excited Utterance, a long-running podcast focusing on scholarship in evidence and proof. His articles have been published in the Journal of Legal Studies, Yale Law Journal, and Stanford Law Review, among other prestigious law journals.

J.B. Ruhl

David Daniels Allen Distinguished Chair in Law | Director, Program on Law and Innovation Co-Director, Energy, Environment and Land Use Program J.B. Ruhl is an expert in environmental, natural resources, and property law, focusing his research on climate change adaptation, ecosystem services, and adaptive governance. His influential scholarly articles relating to climate change, the Endangered Species Act, ecosystems, governance, and other environmental and natural resources law issues have appeared in the California, Duke, Georgetown, Stanford and Vanderbilt law reviews, the environmental law journals at several top law schools and leading peer-reviewed scientific journals. His works have been selected by peers as among the best law review articles in the field of environmental law 12 times from 1989 to 2021.

Yesha Yadav

Milton R. Underwood Chair Professor of Law | Associate Dean and Robert Belton Director of Diversity, Equity and Community | Faculty Co-Director, LL.M. Program Professor Yadav’s studies financial and securities regulation, notably with respect to the evolving response of regulatory policy to innovations in financial engineering and globalization. She has developed particular specialization in market microstructure, examining the regulation of trading ecosystems for various asset classes, notably equity, U.S. Treasuries, corporate bonds, and cryptocurrencies. She served on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Technology Advisory Committee, where she sat on the Distributed Ledger Technology and Algorithmic Trading Subcommittees. She is a member of Nasdaq’s Hearing Panel and the Current Vice-Chair of the Tennessee State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

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Randall Thomas

John S. Beasley II Chair in Law and Business | Director, Law & Business Program Randall Thomas has earned a reputation of being one of the most productive and thoughtful corporate and securities law scholars in the nation. His recent work addresses issues such as hedge fund shareholder activism, executive compensation, corporate voting, corporate litigation, shareholder voting, and mergers and acquisitions. Twelve of his papers have been selected by his peers as among the Ten Best Corporate and Securities articles in the year they were published by Corporate Practice Commentator.

Sean Seymore

Centennial Professor of Law Sean Seymore’s research focuses on how patent law and policy should evolve in response to advances in science and technology. Before earning his J.D. and entering the legal academy, Seymore held academic appointments in chemistry at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and Rowan University and was a visiting scientist at Indiana University, Bloomington. After earning his law degree, he practiced patent law with Foley Hoag in Boston.

Jim Rossi

Judge D. L. Lansden Chair in Law Jim Rossi is nationally recognized for his research on administrative and energy law topics. His recent articles focus on the role of public utility doctrines and principles in modern energy markets, as well as federalism and other shared jurisdictional issues affecting agency regulation. His article, “Energy Exactions,” co-authored with Christopher Serkin, received the 2020 Morrison Prize, which recognizes the most impactful sustainability scholarship published during the previous year. Professor Rossi serves on the Advisory Council of the Electric Power Research Institute, an independent research consortium that helps address technology gaps and broader social needs that can benefit from groundbreaking energy research.

Brian Fitzpatrick

Milton R. Underwood Chair in Free Enterprise Brian Fitzpatrick’s research at Vanderbilt focuses on class action litigation, federal courts, judicial selection, and constitutional law. His 2019 book The Conservative Case for Class Actions argues that class action lawsuits are a powerful tool for holding businesses accountable. He graduated first in his class from Harvard Law School and clerked for Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Justice Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court. He practiced commercial and appellate litigation for several years at Sidley Austin in Washington, D.C., and served as Special Counsel for Supreme Court Nominations to U.S. Senator John Cornyn.

Rebecca Allensworth

Associate Dean for Research | David Daniels Allen Professor of Law Professor Allensworth studies antitrust and professional licensing. Her work on antitrust focuses on how to adapt competition policy to address competition problems posed by tech platforms and her research on professional licensing explores how lawmakers should balance the need for expertise in regulating the professions with the problems that can arise from self-regulation. She is currently writing Board to Death, a book about professional licensing and self-regulation. Her article about medical licensing boards and unethical prescribers, “Licensed to Pill,” appeared in The New York Review of Books in July 2020. Her work has been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court and has received the thirteenth annual Jerry S. Cohen Memorial Fund Writing Award for groundbreaking antitrust scholarship.

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Collegial Culture, Global Outlook Law graduates must be team players in difficult circumstances, and Vanderbilt’s well-established culture promotes collaboration in a challenging learning environment. Students choose Vanderbilt for its long-standing reputation for collegiality, professionalism and relationship building, because they recognize that mutual support, teamwork and respect for others’ views are essential to professional success. In fact, our students and alumni consistently say that the strong sense of community among their colleagues here is one of the most valuable and enduring aspects of a Vanderbilt legal education.

My mother lived through the Nigeria-Biafra war as a child. When I think about her story, I have a strong desire to help people who have suffered from conflicts. I came to Vanderbilt seeking to practice international law, and I’ve had opportunities to participate in activities here that solidified that interest. DORA DURU | Class of 2020 Helen Strong Curry International Law Scholar Attorney, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chief Counsel’s Honors Program, Huntsville, Alabama

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Law practice is increasingly global, and Vanderbilt prepares its graduates for a world in which few lawyers work only with the laws of a single state or nation. Even as students benefit from Vanderbilt’s broad curriculum and small-school culture, they also engage in professional practice settings far beyond our campus through externships for academic credit and stipendsupported legal work experiences throughout the world. Our summer study program in Venice, student exchange programs in Belgium and India, and International Law Practice Lab further extend students’ global outlook, as does the inclusion of internationally trained lawyers and judges in our LL.M. program who learn about American law alongside J.D. students in an enriched learning environment.

Interdisciplinary and Highly Innovative Vanderbilt’s commitment to programs that integrate rigorous training in legal theory with contemporary law practice extends to our extensive array of interdisciplinary and dual-degree programs. These programs also reflect Vanderbilt University’s strong commitment to initiatives that encourage faculty and students from Vanderbilt’s 10 schools to work together on issues that demand an interdisciplinary approach. The law school’s location on the university’s campus, near top-ranked schools of medicine, business, engineering, and education, makes Vanderbilt an especially attractive choice for students who want to pursue a dual degree. INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS The MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience, a grant-funded program supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, is headquartered at Vanderbilt University and directed by Owen Jones, Glenn M. Weaver, M.D. and Mary Ellen Weaver Professor of Law, Brain and Behavior. The Climate Change Research Network, directed by law professor Michael Vandenbergh, integrates faculty and students from six Vanderbilt schools. DUAL-DEGREE PROGRAMS The PH.D. IN LAW AND ECONOMICS allows students to enter with a J.D. from any ABAapproved law school or to earn both a J.D. and a Ph.D. concurrently in a fully integrated curriculum. The J.D./M.S. IN FINANCE, which allows students to earn both degrees in three academic years, is available in conjunction with the Owen Graduate School of Management.

Vanderbilt offers its well-established J.D./M.B.A. program in conjunction with the Owen Graduate School of Management, which adjoins the law school. Medical students can expand their professional horizons through Vanderbilt’s J.D./M.D. Three faculty members—bioethics expert Ellen Wright Clayton, health policy expert James Blumstein, and criminal law expert Christopher Slobogin— have dual appointments at Vanderbilt’s law and medical schools.

Vanderbilt University faculty who have dual appointments at the law school

Earn a J.D./M.DIV. or J.D./M.T.S. in con-junction with the Vanderbilt Divinity School. Earn a J.D./M.P.P. in conjunction with Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of education and human development. Tailor your own program to earn a J.D./M.A. or J.D./PH.D. in conjunction with the Vanderbilt Graduate School.

My law professors were great at teaching the fundamentals of contracts, civil procedure, and property, but I found myself more curious about the topics their research addressed. JENNIFER BENNETT SHINALL Professor of Law, J.D./Ph.D. in Law and Economics 2012 Professor Shinall was a clerk for Judge John Tinder of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 2012–13. She joined Vanderbilt’s Law and Economics faculty in 2014 after serving as a postdoctoral research fellow. She is a labor economist whose research focuses on discrimination.

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Academic Programs Overview + Introduction Vanderbilt’s academic programs enable students to gain broad exposure to many areas of law or tailor their curriculum to take a deep dive into their desired area of practice. Each program integrates theoretical and skills classes with experiential learning to prepare students for real-world legal practice.

Law and Business. Earn a certificate in Law and

Litigation and Dispute Resolution. Prepare

Business through an intensive upper-level curriculum, including transactional seminars, that allows students to build expertise in business law, corporate management, finance, and accounting. The faculty includes experts in corporate, commercial, bankruptcy, antitrust, and tax law as well as arbitration and economics. Vanderbilt also offers a three-year J.D./ M.S.F. and a four-year JD/MBA.

to step immediately into sophisticated litigation practice through an advanced curriculum that offers a practical and conceptual understanding of the different methods that our justice system employs to resolve disputes. Faculty include leading scholars, practitioners, and judges.

Intellectual Property. Prepare to enter copyright or patent law practice, domestic and international, through courses taught by international intellectual property expert Daniel Gervais, patent law expert Sean Seymore, music copyright scholar Joseph Fishman and noted practitioners, as well as an intellectual property clinic.

Energy, Environment and Land Use. Prepare for regulatory practice through a broad array of courses taught by leading scholars. The program also sponsors externships and fosters research opportunities through the Climate Change Research Network, an interdisciplinary team of faculty and graduate and professional students representing several Vanderbilt schools and academic departments.

Criminal Justice. Focus on criminal theory and practice, criminal procedure, juvenile justice, international criminal law, mental health law and other areas through an array of upper-level courses and clinics taught by experts in fields such as law and neuroscience, human rights and juvenile justice.

International Legal Studies. Prepare for careers in a global environment by combining substantive classroom exposure to cutting-edge topics in international law with practical experience in their application through the International Law Practice Lab and externships. Core faculty have expertise in international corporations and transactions, intellectual property, human rights, trade law, and constitutional and criminal law.

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Social Justice. Explore the role of law in creating, perpetuating, and eradicating hierarchies of power and privilege in our society through a curriculum that includes seminars, clinics, externships, and directed research projects along with ample extracurricular opportunities for pro bono legal work.

Law and Government. Prepare for careers in public law and policy through a comprehensive curriculum taught by faculty with nationally recognized expertise in constitutional and public law.

Law and Innovation. Anticipate the opportunities created by changes in law and legal practice. Launched in 2015 to train the next generation of lawyers to succeed in tomorrow’s legal environment, this program offers a robust curriculum and activities focused on four related themes: the legal industry, legal technologies, legal innovation and entrepreneurship, and access to legal services.

Vanderbilt’s Program on Law and Innovation is designed to equip our students to successfully navigate and influence the ways in which law and legal practice are changing. J.B. RUHL | David Daniels Allen Distinguished Professor of Law

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Branstetter Litigation and Dispute Resolution Program The Branstetter Litigation and Dispute Resolution Program prepares students for the real world of litigation practice by acquainting them with the wide variety of ways that disputes are resolved, including arbitration, court-supervised settlement, mediation, negotiation and trial. The program offers students an advanced legal curriculum designed to enable them to step immediately into sophisticated litigation practice.

Deep Expertise

Vanderbilt’s law faculty includes experts in all aspects of litigation, including civil procedure, evidence, trials, juries, sentencing, appeals, transnational litigation, federal courts, the judiciary and judicial selection. Adjunct faculty who teach LDRrelated courses include federal judges, assistant U.S. attorneys, vice chancellors of the Delaware Court of Chancery, Metro Nashville public defenders, and high-profile corporate and criminal defense lawyers.

Branstetter Summer Fellows The Branstetter Summer Fellows program is an initiative designed to enable law students who are interested in litigation and dispute resolution to work in unpaid summer internships with a non-profit or government organization where they will gain meaningful litigation experience. The Branstetter Program selects ten Branstetter Summer Fellows who receive a whole summer stipend or partial summer stipend for the internship.

No one really thinks companies ought to be able to do whatever they can get away with. But someone has to enforce the rules. Who will do it if there are no class action lawsuits? BRIAN FITZPATRICK | Milton R. Underwood Chair in Free Enterprise

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Appellate Litigation Arbitration Complex Litigation Conflict of Laws Evidentiary Challenges in the Courtroom International Arbitration Negotiation Remedies Transnational Litigation Advanced Legal Research Corporate Litigation Legal Interviewing & Counseling Mediation Patent Litigation Practicum Pretrial Advocacy

Criminal Justice Program Vanderbilt’s Criminal Justice Program offers students a thorough grounding in the theory and practice of criminal law and procedure. The United States has the biggest prison population in the world, the West’s longest sentences, more than 50 different criminal codes, and a complicated procedural regime. Criminal lawyers need to understand the principles underlying this complex system and how the rules work on the ground if they hope to achieve justice for criminal defendants, victims, and society. Vanderbilt offers a comprehensive curriculum that combines cuttingedge theory with ample opportunities to gain practical skills in clinics and through externships in the offices of prosecutors and public defenders. The Criminal Justice Program’s faculty is ranked among the best in the nation.

Integrated and Comprehensive Curriculum Every student takes Criminal Law in the first year. This course introduces students to the purposes of criminal punishment, the structure of criminal statutes, and basic liability and sentencing rules. In the second and third years, students may choose from an array of electives. Two criminal procedure courses, offered every year, cover regulation of the police, including search and seizure and interrogation rules, and “bail-to-jail” issues such as preliminary hearings, plea bargaining, the right to jury trial, double jeopardy, sentencing and habeas corpus.

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Nancy King co-authors the most widely used criminal procedure treatise in the country and serves on the Advisory Committee for the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Her co-authored book, Habeas for the TwentyFirst Century, proposes reforms to ensure that habeas appeals remain a vital part of the American justice system going forward.

Criminal Law Specialty, U.S. News & World Report, 2023-2024

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International Criminal Law Juvenile Justice Mental Health Law Policing in the 21st Century Trial Advocacy Criminal Practice Clinic Actual Innocence Law and Neuroscience Sentencing White-Collar Crime Seminar Restorative Justice Short Course

I became interested in criminal law while interning for a federal judge and had an opportunity to learn more about white-collar crime as a research assistant for Professor Nancy King. After those experiences, I knew I wanted to prosecute tax and financial crimes, and the DOJ’s Tax Division is a great place for that. MITCHELL GALLOWAY | Class of 2019 Attorney, Department of Justice Honors Program, Washington, D.C.

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The Energy, Environment and Land Use Program The Energy, Environment and Land Use Program (EELU) prepares students for careers i these rapidly evolving areas of law at government agencies, law firms, and legal nonprofits by offering a broad curriculum of courses focusing o key regulatory regimes along with research opportunities, a student-edited journal and internships.

Research Opportunities for Students VLS students are encouraged to write scholarly papers for journals and enter writing competitions, and they have ample opportunities to work with EELU program faculty on cutting-edge scholarship. Students may also serve as EELU Fellows, a position that allows them to co-author white papers on key energy, environmental, and land use issues. Students have won the prestigious national Burton Award, the ABA’s energy law writing competition, and other important national writing competitions, and their writing has been published.

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Environmental Law Programs and Specialties, U.S. News & World Report

Energy is going to be one of the foremost regulatory spheres going forward. But what really sold me on taking a job at FERC were the people I worked with at its Office of the General Counsel. PHILIP MOREL | Class Of 2021 Law Clerk, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

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Environmental Law I: Public Governance Environmental Law II: Private Governance Climate Change Law & Policy Lab Energy Law International Environmental Law Land Use Planning Real Estate Finance and Development Water Law Climate Change Governance Seminar Sustainable Cities Property Theory Seminar Private Capital and the ESG Transition International Renewable Energy Development and Finance The National Environmental Policy Act & Infrastructure Permitting

George Barrett Social Justice Program Law school is where each attorney’s unique path to building a better world through law first takes shape. The George Barrett Social Justice Program at Vanderbilt Law School promotes a dynamic atmosphere in which students and faculty focus on issues of equality, access and service—both inside and outside the classroom. The program is just one element of Vanderbilt’s institutional commitment to lawyering in the public interest.

A variety of ways to engage

Throughout the year, the Social Justice Program sponsors guest speakers, conferences, workshops, and a variety of activities for both students and faculty. In our annual flagship event, the Social Justice Program recognizes a Social Justice Fellow, a distinguished member of the bar who has devoted his or her career to public interest law. During an on-campus residency, the Fellow gives a public lecture, presents to the faculty, and offers individual student mentoring sessions. Students can also gain invaluable hands-on experience in our clinical courses, pursue volunteer opportunities through student organizations such as the Legal Aid Society and Law Students for Social Justice, take the Pro Bono Pledge to devote time each year to public service, participate in a Pro Bono Spring Break, and spend a summer or semester interning at a public interest organization or government agency.

George Barrett Social Justice Fellowship and Summer Stipends The Barrett Social Justice Fellowship honors the legacy of renowned Nashville civil rights attorney George “The Citizen” Barrett ‘57 by enabling a Vanderbilt Law graduate to carry out a one-year public interest project under the supervision and sponsorship of a host organization. The law school will provide funding to enable the Fellow to receive a salary and health insurance from the host organization. Students seeking to launch social justice careers receive summer stipends from the George Barrett Social Justice Program to help defray their living expenses while they work pro bono for public interest organizations.

Helping people navigate a really complex process like immigration successfully is exactly the kind of work I want to do. ALLEN KING | Class Of 2021 2021–22 George Barrett Social Justice Fellow Staff Attorney, Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors Attorney, Department of Justice Honors Program, Washington, D.C.

Courses

• Juvenile Justice Seminar • Law and the Emotions Seminar • Legal History of Race in the United States • Legal History of the Voting Rights Act Seminar • Race and Law • Education Law • Employment Discrimination Law • Employment Law • Family Law • Immigration Law and Policy • Juvenile Justice • Mental Health Law: Deprivations of Life and Liberty • Non-Litigation Strategies for Change in Public and Social Policy • Poverty Law • Advanced Evidence & Trial Advocacy: Civil • E-Discovery • Legal Interviewing & Counseling • Litigating the Capital Punishment Case

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Intellectual Property Program Intellectual property is one of the most vibrant and challenging areas of today’s legal profession. Emerging technologies are transforming the role communications networks and content play in our lives, and information has become globally accessible. Attorneys must be prepared to navigate an expanding array of rapidly evolving legal regimes. Clients need lawyers who are well prepared to help them thrive in this dynamic environment. The Vanderbilt Intellectual Property Program prepares Vanderbilt Law graduates to meet this challenge.

A Varied and Highly Relevant Curriculum Students learn IP law basics in introductory courses— Intellectual Property, Copyright Law, Patent Law, and Trademarks—and gain practical experience in the Intellectual Property and the Arts clinic and the Patent Litigation practicum. They also explore advanced topics, including international intellectual property law, intellectual trade law, comparative copyright law, sports law, music and copyright, entertainment law, artificial intelligence, the law of cyberspace, and science and technology law.

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Administrative Law Antitrust Law Copyright Law Entertainment Industry Transactions: Negotiation and Drafting First Amendment Constitutional Law Intellectual Property and the Arts Clinic Intellectual Property and the Arts Clinic Advanced Intellectual Property Licensing

• Intellectual Property Research • International Intellectual Property • Law of Cyberspace • Music and Copyright Seminar • Patent Law • Patent Litigation Practicum • Trade Secrets • Trademarks Short Course

I wanted to pursue a career in patent law, and the Vanderbilt Intellectual Property Program attracted me to the law school. VIVEK BISWAS | Class of 2019 Associate Robins Kaplan, Minneapolis 2018-19 Managing Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law

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International Legal Studies Program The International Legal Studies Program equips students to practice international law in their field of choice through a broad array of courses taught by renowned scholars and practitioners, internships where students gain practical experience, and the International Law Practice Lab, where students do high-impact work for clients around the globe. High-profile international practitioners and scholars visit Vanderbilt throughout each academic year to teach short courses, deliver talks, and mentor students. Students can expand their exposure to cuttingedge legal scholarship by joining the staff of the highly ranked Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law.

Gain Concrete Experience in the International Law Practice Lab

Students in Vanderbilt’s unique Practice Lab immerse themselves in substantive legal work for clients that include U.N. agencies; the Departments of State, Justice, Homeland Security, and Defense; and national governments such as Ukraine, Israel, Iraq, and Uganda. Practice Lab students also work on domestic human rights litigation around the world in nations such as Australia, Peru, and Kazakhstan, and support international tribunals, such as the International Criminal Court and the European Convention on Human Rights.

International Law Scholarships and Stipends Vanderbilt offers an array of scholarships for students seeking careers in international law that include financial support for summer and semester internships. Students may apply for the Raymonde Paul Scholarship, which includes tuition for Vanderbilt in Venice. First-year students may apply for the Helen Strong Curry International Law Scholarship, which provides support for the remaining two years of law school. Students may conduct paid work through two State Department grants the program administers. Funding for interns’ living expenses is available from Vanderbilt University and VLS.

When I looked at law schools, Vanderbilt had one of the top international law faculties in the country, and professors here are highly respected in their fields. The faculty here is nothing short of exceptional. Professors are committed to your professional excellent and invested in your development. HARNELLE ST. CLOUD | Class of 2023 Helen Strong Curry Scholar, Associate, Dechert, New York

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• Advanced Topics in International Humanitarian Law • Comparative Perspectives on Counterterrorism • Foreign Affairs • Immigration Law and Policy • International Arbitration • International Business Transactions • International Criminal Law • International Environmental Law • International Intellectual Property • International Protection of Human Rights • International Trade Law • Islamic Law: from Mecca to Modernity • Law of Cyberspace • Public International Law • Transnational Legal Research • Transnational Litigation • Immigration Practice Clinic • International Law Practice Lab • Jessup Competition Team • Human Trafficking: Law, Policy, and Litigation • International Mergers and Acquisitions • Comparative Corporate Governance • International Renewable Energy Development and Finance • International Labor Migration: Lawyering for Social Justice in Comparative Contexts • United Nations Law and Practice • Cybersecurity Law • International Trade Law (Spring 2023) • European Union Law (Spring 2023) • Globalization and Expertise Seminar • Advanced Evidence & Trial Advocacy: Criminal • Advanced Legal Research • E-Discovery • Legal Interviewing & Counseling • Litigating the Capital Punishment Case

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The Law & Business Program Vanderbilt’s Law & Business Program offers an innovative, intensive upper-level curriculum to students interested in a career in business law. The program allows students to build expertise in business law, corporate management, accounting, and finance by choosing among an extensive array of elective courses, including intensive transactional courses and seminars, without extending their studies beyond the normal three-year J.D. program.

Earn a Certificate of Specialization

Graduates of the Law & Business Program are prepared to enter legal practice with a solid understanding of the basic principles of finance and accounting, how businesses work, the ways in which the increasingly complex regulatory environment impacts publicly traded companies, their managers and their directors, and how to work effectively with businesspeople to help them navigate laws and regulations governing business activities. Graduates who fulfill the program’s requirements receive a certificate of specialization in Law and Business along with their degree.

Courses

• Alternative Business Entities • Comparative Corporate Governance • Corporate Litigation • Industry Transactions: Negotiations and Drafting • Hedge Fund Regulation and Compliance • International Renewable Energy Development and Finance

• International Mergers & Acquisitions • Introduction to Private Equity • The Swinging Pendulum of Corporate Law • Lifecycle of a Corporation • Role of the In-House Counsel • Real Estate Finance and Development • Real Estate Transactions

• Financial Markets: Past, Present and Future • Regulating Financial Stability • Law as a Business • Negotiation and Drafting of Key Corporate Documents • Negotiated Public Mergers and Acquisitions • Drafting Securities Filings

Cheek Business Law Scholarships and Summer Stipends James H. Cheek III, J.D. ‘67, generously established the Cheek Business Law Scholarship and the Cheek Summer Stipends to provide financial support for deserving students participating in the Law & Business Program. Each year, the law school selects at least one Cheek Business Law Scholar to receive supplemental scholarship funds for their second and third years of study completing the certificate in law & business, and Cheek Summer Stipends support experiential opportunities in certain government agencies, courts, or other settings that enhance preparation for a career in business law.

I came to law school with no clear path. I gravitated toward the Law and Business Program after taking Corporations with Professor [Morgan] Ricks my 1L year—I loved the class and wanted to take other corporate law courses. Many program faculty possess strong work experience and relate their realworld experiences to class discussions in an insightful way. LUKE KESSEL | J.D./M.S.F. Class of 2022.

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The Program in Law & Government The Program in Law and Government aims to encourage teaching, scholarship, and intellectual engagement in structures of government, the allocation of powers among governmental institutions, and limitations on those powers. Disputes in these areas touch on fundamental values of the legal order and speak to some of the most vexing and interesting issues of our time. The program offers classes, lectures, panel discussions, and conferences each year designed to expose students to a wide range of scholarly perspectives—legal, political, historical, philosophical, and economic—that inform the practice of public law in the United States and abroad.

A Career Track in Government Service Recent Vanderbilt Law graduates James Truong, Class of 2021, and Chris Gracey, Class of 2019, are Presidential Management Fellows with the U.S. Agency for International Development and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, respectively. Philip Morel, Class of 2021, joined the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as a law clerk. Other recent graduates have also been selected for the Honors Programs of the Departments of Justice and Housing and Urban Development, and alumni serve on the legal staffs of many federal agencies and departments, including FERC, the Environmental Protection Agency, the State Department, the DOJ and the U.S. Copyright Office.

Courses

• American Legal History • Appellate Practice and Procedure • Behind the Curtain of the Supreme Court Seminar • Constitutional Law I Structural Questions, Federalism, and Separation of Powers • Constitutional Law II Individual Rights • Family Law • Federal Courts and the Federal System • Federal Indian Law • Federalism Seminar • First Amendment Constitutional Law • Foreign Affairs • Gender and the Law • Government Contract Law

• Health Policy Seminar • Immigration Law and Policy • Immigration Practice Clinic • International Protection of Human Rights • Law of Economic Security & Industrial Policy Seminar • Marijuana Law and Policy • Policing in the 21st Century Short Course • Public International Law • Reproductive Rights and Justice • Stanton Foundation First Amendment Clinic • Textualism and Originalism Seminar • Water Law

I was interested in work that involved public policy and public service. USAID delivers humanitarian assistance to other countries. That was a mission I could get behind. JAMES TRUONG | Class of 2021 Presidential Management Fellow, USAID, Washington, D.C.

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Program on Law & Innovation The law, the legal services industry, and legal education are all undergoing unprecedented transformations because of rapid social, economic, and technological changes. Vanderbilt’s Program on Law and Innovation (PoLI) is designed to equip Vanderbilt Law students with what they need to successfully navigate and influence the directions in which these changes take law, and the legal industry, throughout their careers. PoLI’s curriculum and activities focus on four related themes: 1) The Legal Industry, 2) Legal Technologies, 3) Legal Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, and 4) Access to Legal Services.

Explore the Future of Legal Practice

The Program on Law & Innovation offers an innovative curriculum designed to prepare Vanderbilt Law students to thrive in a rapidly changing environment. Beginning with Law Practice 2050, the program’s anchor course, students explore scenarios for future social, economic, technological and environmental change and learn to anticipate the corresponding impact on legal services. Courses teach students to exploit advancements in legal search engines, electronic document review, and emerging legal solution platforms, explore the laws of cyberspace, and learn how law firms, in-house legal departments, and alternative legal business structures operate.

PoLI Initiatives

Music City Legal Hackers The Music City Legal Hackers work at the intersection of law, technology, and the public interest to deploy technology in innovative ways to meet legal service needs. The group, affiliated with a global network, brings together law students, academics, practicing lawyers, and other disciplines to explore how social concerns can be addressed through innovative approaches to the delivery of legal services. VLS students participate in regular “hackathons,” creating solutions to pressing legal needs in the Nashville community. Blockchain and the Law Following the phenomenon of Bitcoin, businesses and lawyers are beginning to explore the unique technology on which it was built. Blockchain, a distributed ledger platform, is a secure, transparent, virtually instant, and verifiable technology that can be used to support many kinds of transactions without much of the costly intervention of numerous intermediaries which reduce the value of the transaction. These “smart contracts” or “intelligent transactions” can literally execute themselves. The Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and the Law The Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Law brings together academics and practitioners working in one or both of two themes—AI for Law, which explores how AI will be deployed in legal research and practice; and Law for AI, focused on the legal, policy, and ethical issues that the deployment of AI in society is likely to create. Each year’s workshop includes some of the nation’s most thoughtful experts and thinkers in both spaces.

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Law as a Business • Legal Operations • Legal Problem Solving Legal Project • Management Design Your Life in the Law Leading in the Law • Blockchains and Smart • Contracts Intellectual Property • Survey Patent Law Advanced Patent Law and Policy

Law of Cyberspace Legal Practice Technology Non-Litigation Strategies for Change in Public and Social Policy Negotiation Role of In-House Counsel Robots, Artificial Intelligence, and the Law

In Law Practice 2050, you learn the skills to identify an evolving area of law and become an expert in it. I chose to focus on artificial intelligence and quantum computing. It’s really exciting to be working in an area of the law that is innovative and constantly evolving. RYAN MCKENNEY | Class of 2019 (BA’15) Cyber, Privacy and Data Innovation Associate, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, San Francisco

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I am grateful to be part of a community that’s friendly and values collegiality. Law school is inherently hard work and time consuming, but you should enjoy the people you’re around and feel supported in your classroom and that’s what’s here. SAMANTHA SMITH | Class of 2022 Associate, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer Samantha Smith was one of 14 attorneys worldwide chosen for the 2022 law program of the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics, a two-week program in Germany and Poland.

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EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING Vanderbilt is a leader in designing innovative academic, clinic, and externship opportunities that connect outstanding theoretical training to 21st-century law practice. Vanderbilt offers ample opportunities for students to gain practical experience through clinics, practicums, supervised summer and semester externships for course credit, an international practice lab in which students work on such high-level projects as treaties and statutes, and corporate practice courses taught by experienced practitioners focusing on business documents, transactions, and bankruptcy.

Clinical Legal Education Vanderbilt’s eight clinics enable students to gain real-world legal experience under the expert guidance of members of the law faculty. Working under close supervision, students in Vanderbilt’s clinics represent clients in state and federal courts, administrative proceedings, transactions and other matters. They also complete substantive legal research in support of government agencies, international institutions and international tribunals.

Students in Vanderbilt’s clinics have won cases in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and in federal district courts, obtained post-conviction relief on behalf of clients convicted of murder and other crimes, obtained relief for clients facing deportation, prosecuted trademark applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, assisted in major international human rights prosecutions and defenses, helped parents obtain educational accommodations, and appeared in every level of state, federal and administrative tribunal in the state of Tennessee.

Build Substantive Experience Clinics rank among the school’s most popular courses because students learn to apply the knowledge of the law they gain in other courses to actual legal cases. Individual clinics afford an opportunity to delve into a particular area of law, and students in all clinics learn lawyering skills they can then apply to all aspects of legal practice. They also gain an in-depth understanding of the legal system and its participants. Equally valuable, students gain a working understanding of their role as lawyers and the expectations, professional responsibilities and challenges presented by that role.

Gain Practical Lawyering Skills Students in Vanderbilt’s clinics advance their skills in interviewing and counseling, factual development, legal research, negotiation, advocacy, and the development of legal documents ranging from pleadings and amicus briefs to treaties. Students can choose clinical courses from an array of practice areas that include litigation and trial advocacy, business and transactional law, civil actions, protection of intellectual property rights, immigration law, housing law, youth law and international legal practice.

Clinics bridge the gap between the actual practice of law and the doctrine and theory students study in other classes. They’re integral to the learning experience, and both are essential. SUSAN KAY | ‘79 Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs

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Externships and Summer Stipends Gain Valuable Experience Across the Nation and Around the World Vanderbilt Law students have ample opportunities to gain substantial experience working alongside legal professionals anywhere in the world. Externships and summer stipends allow students to choose and design placements tailored to their

individual interests, typically by working with federal or state judges, prosecutors, defenders or agencies; state attorneys general or legislative offices; corporate legal departments; or legal aid or other nonprofit or nongovernmental organizations.

Externships: Course Credit for Supervised Legal Work Experience Vanderbilt Law students receive course credit each year for working pro bono in summer and semester externships with faculty-approved legal employers throughout the U.S. and abroad. Students seeking to gain work experience during the academic year may apply for externships in the offices of federal and state attorneys’ offices, in judicial chambers, and with federal and state agencies in Nashville. A limited number of semester externships in other U.S. locations or in other nations are also available each year. To receive course credit for semester or summer externships, students must choose a placement site, obtain approval, and register for credit through the law school’s Legal Clinic.

Externships in Nashville Students may engage in semester-long or summer externships in Nashville in self-designed placements or at sites that include the chambers of judges and magistrates of the Middle District of Tennessee’s federal district and bankruptcy courts; the Tennessee Supreme Court and the Courts of Appeals and of Criminal Appeals for Tennessee’s Middle Section; in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office, the Federal Public Defender’s Office, and the Metropolitan Nashville Public Defender’s Office; with the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands; and with other courts, law offices and advocacy organizations.

Externships Throughout the U.S. and Abroad Students may engage in externships throughout the U.S. and overseas in self-designed placements or through two Vanderbilt Law School academic programs, the International Legal Studies Program and the Energy, Environment and Land Use Program, both of which sponsor semester externships in Washington, D.C., and abroad.

Stipends to Help with Living Expenses Students who serve in unpaid legal positions with government or nonprofit organizations receive financial support to help defray their living expenses. These summer support stipends are funded by Vanderbilt Law School, the Vanderbilt Legal Aid Society and various endowment funds.

All of my summer experiences at Vanderbilt supported my career goals. As a 1L, I worked for the federal judge I clerked for after graduation. I feel fortunate that I really got a chance to observe what it means to be a litigator. ZOE BEINER BEN-OREN | Class of 2018 2018–20 Clerk, Judge Leigh Martin May, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia 2020–21 Clerk, Judge Jay S. Bybee, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit VANDERBILT LAW | 25

Criminal Practice Clinic Students in the Criminal Practice Clinic obtain experience in pretrial, trial, and post-conviction matters under the close supervision of clinical faculty. Students represent individuals charged with felonies from indictment through disposition - either trial or plea negotiation and sentencing - and, in some instances, on appeal. In addition, students handle post-conviction relief petitions on behalf of persons in prison. The clinic includes a series of introductory classes on the lawyering process and relevant issues of substantive law and procedure.

While working in the criminal clinic, I actually had the opportunity to argue my client’s case to the Tennessee Criminal Court of Appeals. It was definitely a life-changing moment. I learned how to truly defend a client on an appeal. It further helped me learn how to prepare for arguments for an appellate court as well as thinking on my feet and formulating appropriate arguments. JUDGE SHEILA CALLOWAY | JD ’94 Davidson County Juvenile Judge

Clinic Director: Sue Kay, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs (J.D. Vanderbilt), teaches the Criminal Practice Clinic as well as courses on criminal law and evidence. She also supervises the Trial Advocacy courses and student externships. Within the clinic, she has conducted major public law litigation concerning jail overcrowding, inmates’ rights and juvenile justice. She is a past president of the Clinical Legal Education Association.

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Stanton Foundation First Amendment Clinic The Stanton Foundation First Amendment Clinic introduces students to civil litigation implicating First Amendment rights of persons and organizations otherwise unable to afford counsel for those matters. Casework focuses on free speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of assembly. Through, and in preparation for, the representation of their clients, students will learn the foundational principles of current First Amendment doctrine, including prior restraint, time/place/manner restrictions, content and viewpoint discrimination, and the intersection of the rights protected by the Amendment. As part of that work, students engage in legal advocacy, including: client interviewing and counseling; research, writing, and drafting; discovery; oral and written advocacy; negotiation; and client-centered lawyering.

Clinic Director: Jennifer Safstrom, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law Before joining Vanderbilt’s law faculty, Professor Safstrom worked as counsel at the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection and as supervising attorney and clinical teaching fellow with the Civil Rights Clinic at Georgetown Law. She also served as the Dunn Legal Fellow at the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia.

Housing Law Clinic Students in the Housing Law Clinic represent low-income tenants and homeowners from across the state of Tennessee in a wide variety of matters that directly impact their housing. Students defend clients in eviction and foreclosure actions, represent them in Fair Housing claims, work with local housing authorities to protect their federally subsidized housing benefits, and negotiate settlements with private landlords. Students also work directly with governmental and nonprofit agencies to create educational materials for tenants and homeowners and to effect state-level policy change affecting this vulnerable population. Students in the Housing Law Clinic take primary responsibility and decision-making authority for their cases under the mentorship of the clinic faculty member. Classes will provide a strong foundation in substantive housing law, including the Federal Regulations governing public housing benefits and subsidized housing, the Fair Housing Act, and the Tennessee Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act. Classes are also taught on substantive subjects specific to representing low-income tenants and homeowners, including the impact on housing insecurity on families and children, the lack of adequate affordable housing options in Nashville specifically, and the ways in which people of color are disproportionately impacted by evictions and foreclosures.

Clinic Director: Jennifer Prusak, Associate Clinical Professor of Law (J.D. Michigan), has worked in private practice and in public advocacy positions with nonprofit agencies, advocating for low-income and disabled tenants in eviction proceedings and supporting initiatives aimed at preventing homelessness, and she has also taught Disability Law

Immigration Law Clinic Students in the Immigration Practice Clinic have full responsibility for defending clients against deportation in the Memphis Immigration Court, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and the federal courts of appeals. As part of that work, students write complex legal briefs, argue cases, conduct fact investigation, interview witnesses and clients, and represent clients in administrative law trials. Students also engage advocacy in partnership with local and national immigrants’ rights organizations. Students in the Immigration Practice Clinic represent vulnerable low-income immigrants from all over the world before the immigration agencies, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) and federal courts in humanitarian immigration cases. Students take on cases under the mentorship of the clinic faculty member. Early classes provide knowledge in substantive immigration law, including the

Immigration and Nationality Act, the applicable Code of Federal Regulations, and Department of Homeland Security forms, applications, and internal policies. Classes are also taught on substantive subjects specific to representing immigrants, including working with interpreters and the impact of the administrative nature of the system.

Serving as a student attorney in the Immigration Practice Clinic developed me as an advocate in ways no other academic experience has. To know I played a role in advancing my clients’ movement toward a secure, stable, fulfilling life in the United States, is truly an honor of a lifetime.

Clinic Director: Alvaro Manrique Barrenechea, Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor of Law LLM’19, teaches the Immigration Practice Clinic. As a Staff Attorney for Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors, he focuses on providing legal representation to individuals and families that are making the United States their second home.

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Intellectual Property and the Arts Clinic Students in the Intellectual Property and the Arts Clinic represent and counsel individuals, businesses, organizations, groups and associations in matters involving trademark law, copyright law, cyberlaw, trade secrets, and publicity rights. Students work with entertainers, artists, and arts organizations on other legal matters such as entertainment-related contracts; music and film industry issues; and the drafting and filing of corporate and non-profit documents for arts and entertainment-related organizations. Past students have represented clients before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in federal courts. Clinic Director: Michael Bressman, Professor of the Practice of Law, teaches the Intellectual Property and the Arts Clinic and directs Vanderbilt’s Clerkship Program. He has extensive experience in private practice, where he focused on intellectual property, internet and technology law.

International Law Practice Lab The field of international law is one of the most dynamic areas of legal practice, and its principles are increasingly applied by practitioners addressing complex problems on behalf of their clients. Students in the Practice Lab draft treaties, legal and policy briefs, and legal guidelines for international courts. They also develop legal and policy positions for governments and NGOs addressing human rights, criminal justice, and other transnational issues. VLS graduates have accepted offers from top law firms in areas related to projects undertaken as part of the Practice Lab.

Clinic Director: Michael A. Newton, Professor of the Practice of Law, an expert on accountability and conduct of hostilities issues, developed and teaches the International Law Practice Lab. In addition to garnering substantive projects for Practice Lab students, Professor Newton helps students find international externship placements to further their career goals.

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The International Law Practice Lab was both enlightening and practical. We learned about treaty formatting and negotiation strategies, and we also worked on group research projects for real clients. Students researched new arguments for the European Court of Human Rights on extraterritorial justice and the Right to Protect, while others worked for the State Department or with lawyers abroad to draft a prosecutorial memo. MELISSA GERDTS | Class of 2023 Raymonde I. Paul Scholar, Associate, Sidley Austin, Washington, D.C

Turner Family Community Enterprise Clinic The Turner Family Community Enterprise Clinic allows students to represent small businesses and nonprofit organizations in a range of transactional matters, including entity formation, governance, tax, contracts, employment, intellectual property, and risk management. Projects may include creating a new business, drafting a lease or other agreement, or applying for tax-exempt status. Under faculty supervision, students conduct client interviews, perform fact investigations and legal research, draft client-ready transactional documents and advisory memoranda, and counsel clients on their recommendations. Students also organize a community education project to facilitate entrepreneurship and inclusive economic development in the region. Clinic Director: Lauren Rogal, Associate Clinical Professor of Law, practiced at Klamp & Associates, a D.C.-based firm that represents nonprofits and social enterprises, before earning her LL.M. in advocacy. She also served as a clinical teaching fellow in the Social Enterprise & Nonprofit Law Clinic at Georgetown University Law Center.

The Community Enterprise Clinic was the most challenging and rewarding experience of my law school career. Clinical experience prepares you for actual legal practice—you feel the weight of how your analysis will impact the lives of real people. SCOTT DAVIDSON | Founder’s Medalist, Class of 2021, Associate, Bass, Berry & Sims

Youth Opportunity Clinic Students enrolled in the Youth Opportunity Clinic represent young people (aged 16-25) who are at risk for criminal legal involvement by providing civil legal representation that will help them access opportunities in the areas of education, secure housing, and employment. Clinic students learn about the school-to-prison pipeline and the collateral effects of the criminalization of youth through representing clients in proceedings such as school disciplinary hearings, housing evictions, and record sealing and expungement. Under faculty supervision, students are responsible for client interviewing, client counseling, representation of clients in administrative proceedings and in court, and through written and oral advocacy. Students also develop community education materials and engage in efforts to promote policies that support young people’s efforts to achieve in school, to access and maintain secure housing, and to become self-sufficient.

The reentry work I did in the Youth Opportunity Clinic offered me a glimpse into a subset of public-interest work I had not known much about but that I now see as a viable way to use my law degree to support my community. EMILY BURGESS | JD ’22 Law Clerk for The Honorable Travis McDonough, Chief Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee

Clinic Director: Cara Suvall, Associate Clinical Professor of Law, teaches the Youth Opportunity Clinic. Professor Suvall co-founded the Bronx Defenders’ Adolescent Defense Project, which provides holistic, individualized representation to clients age 14 to 17 charged in adult criminal proceedings, after having created a pilot program representing young clients in school discipline and other education matters as a Yale Public Interest Law Fellow.

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Prepare for Work in the Public Interest Vanderbilt provides extensive resources to prepare for and launch a public interest law career in government service, criminal defense, nonprofit advocacy, legal aid, NGOs or your own brand of public interest entrepreneurship. The Public Interest Office coordinates pro bono service opportunities and facilitates law careers for students and recent graduates seeking to work in the public interest, and Vanderbilt’s George Barrett Social Justice Program offers comprehensive, hands-on training and mentoring specifically designed to prepare graduates for work in the public interest.

Curricular Offerings

• Upper-level classes and seminars. Take advantage of a robust curriculum addressing a wide range of public interest law topics, including equality, access to justice, and human rights. • Social Justice and Criminal Justice Programs. Both programs offer an array of courses, research opportunities, and access to faculty and alumni mentors.

Supplemental Scholarships and Stipends

First-year students committed to social justice and public interest legal careers may apply in the spring semester for Garrison Social Justice Scholar awards, which provide supplemental scholarships for the second and third years of law school and summer support stipends to allow students to accept unpaid summer internships with legal nonprofits and public defender’s offices. Academic programs also provide summer stipend support for unpaid work with government law offices and legal nonprofits.

Specialized Career Advising

Our assistant dean for public interest works one-on-one with students seeking public interest careers. The annual Government and Public Interest Day allows students to network with government and nonprofit employers. Students may also attend the annual Equal Justice Works Conference and Career Fair with support from Vanderbilt.

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Practice Opportunities

• Clinics. Learn the theory and practice of law in context, under the guidance of expert attorneys, through our extensive array of clinical legal courses. • Externships. Gain valuable professional experience for academic credit by engaging in our individualized Externship Program placements in Nashville, across the nation or abroad. • Vanderbilt Legal Aid Society. Participate in pro bono legal projects or community legal education programs during the academic year through the student-run Legal Aid Society. • Summer stipends. Engage in pro bono legal work over the summer with the support of a public interest stipend. (Students cannot earn academic credit for positions for which they receive financial support.) • Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands. Volunteer at community legal clinics hosted by Middle Tennessee’s Legal Aid Society. • Pro Bono Pledge. Commit to work 75 pro bono legal service hours over the course of your three years in law school. • Law Students for Social Justice. Join a student organization that sponsors speakers, events and pro bono service opportunities.

VLS Public Service Pathways Vanderbilt’s Public Service Pathways program enables new VLS graduates to gain valuable public-sector work experience by supporting them as they pursue permanent employment in a location of their choice. Graduating students secure volunteer legal internships with government agencies, in judicial chambers, with public defenders’ or prosecutors’ offices, or with nonprofit advocacy organizations, which are funded by VLS stipends after graduation. Some graduates have garnered permanent positions at the organizations they first joined as interns; others have secured full-time legal employment elsewhere. The program currently provides financial assistance for bar preparation and stipend support for up to six months. VLS Loan Repayment Assistance This program pays from 20 percent to 50 percent of annual loan repayment obligations for up to 10 years for eligible graduates in qualifying public service positions.

Learn more about Public Interest at Vanderbilt Law.

Support for Launching Public Interest Careers Launching a public interest career is challenging, particularly for new law school graduates entering the legal employment market. Many public interest employers do not have the resources to do significant entry-level hiring. By starting early and taking full advantage of the resources offered by the Public Interest and Career Services offices, students can position themselves as effectively as possible to land an entry-level job and embark on a satisfying public interest career.

Fellowships

Post-graduation fellowships are timelimited employment opportunities that provide pathways into the public interest legal sector for new law graduates. Some fellowships include funding for innovative legal advocacy projects; others are essentially endowed entry-level attorney positions at nonprofit organizations. All fellowships accelerate new lawyers’ careers by providing valuable professional experience, access to professional

networks, and the distinction of having secured a coveted opportunity to work in the public interest. Vanderbilt Law School’s endowed George Barrett Social Justice Fellowship is awarded by competitive application to a graduating student to carry out a oneyear public interest project under the supervision and sponsorship of a host organization. Vanderbilt participates in the

Gideon’s Promise Law School Partnership, which provides financial support and training to graduates committed to indigent defense careers. After an initial fellowship period, the graduates transition to full-time public defender positions in participating offices. And in recent years, a number of VLS graduates have secured external fellowships, including highly coveted Skadden and Equal Justice Works fellowships.

More information is available in “Launching Your Public Interest Career: A Vanderbilt Student’s Guide to Fellowships.

The Vanderbilt Law community provided me with the support to begin and sustain a meaningful career in public interest law. I am honored by the opportunity to utilize my expertise to foster the ongoing growth of a vibrant culture of public service at Vanderbilt Law School. BETH CRUZ | Assistant Dean & Martha Craig Daughtrey Director for Public Interest

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Serve While You Learn, and Vice Versa Opportunities for public service begin during orientation, when you may choose to take the Pro Bono Pledge, a commitment to perform at least 75 hours of pro bono legal work and community service during law school. Many students also pursue summer work in judicial chambers, the offices of federal and district attorneys and public defenders, and with government agencies and legal nonprofits, receiving course credit or stipends funded by the law school to help defray their living expenses. Alumni who serve as federal and state judges, as prosecutors and public defenders, and with national and local advocacy organizations teach at Vanderbilt, hire students as semester or summer interns, and involve students in pro bono and public interest projects.

Vanderbilt supports students seeking to practice in the public interest or enter government service through intensive mentoring and career guidance offered by Beth Cruz, who heads the Public Interest Office. 1Ls seeking to launch careers in the public interest may apply for the Garrison Social Justice Scholarship, which provides a supplementary scholarship and stipend support for the remaining two years of law school. Graduates may also apply for Barrett Social Justice Fellowships, which provide a year of salary while the graduate works at a host organization.

Two teams of Vanderbilt Law students spent their 2022 spring break working with staff attorneys at the Tennessee Justice Center in Nashville and at the Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center in Whitesburg, Kentucky. Since the Pro Bono Spring Break Program was launched in 2016 by Darrius Woods, Class of 2017, VLS students have worked for advocacy organizations throughout the Southeast on projects addressing the rights of immigration detainees, criminal record expungement, inequitable policing practices, predatory lending, work-related disability benefits and self-advocacy resources for people who cannot afford to hire lawyers. The program is sponsored by the Public Interest Office, and students are invited to apply each fall. Students in the 2020 team (right) worked with attorneys at the Mississippi Center for Justice supporting immigration and employment rights.

2022 Barrett Social Justice Fellows Miles Malbrough and Brian Ruben are both receiving a year of salary from Vanderbilt’s Barrett Social Justice Program for their work on projects they designed, Malbrough is working at the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and Ruben at the Colorado Center on Law and Policy.

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students worked as legal interns with federal and state judicial chambers, U.S. and District Attorneys’ and public defenders’ offices, government agencies, legal nonprofits and corporate law offices in summer 2022.

As a child, I watched my father navigating the immigration process, and I knew I wanted to practice in the public interest. But I didn’t put together my interests in immigration and practicing public interest law until my first semester in the Immigration Practice Clinic. FUNMI AKINNAWONU | Class of 2020 2020 George Barrett Social Justice Fellow, Mississippi Center for Justice Funmi Akinnawonu became aware of the need for attorneys willing to represent undocumented immigrants employed in the U.S. while working at the Southern Poverty Law Center in Jackson, Mississippi, during summer 2019. On Aug. 9, immigration authorities arrested and detained 680 undocumented workers at seven poultry plants in Mississippi on the first day of school, leaving many children with no adult at home. “Some individuals from that raid still remain in detention,” she said. “My project at the Mississippi Center for Justice is to provide direct representation for immigrants who still lack legal representation.” VANDERBILT LAW | 33

Dedicated to Your Success Vanderbilt has one of the most successful career services programs among the nation’s leading law schools, providing comprehensive resources to help students explore top-tier career options and to guide graduates to employment opportunities across the United States and around the world. Led by Assistant Dean Elizabeth Workman, our experienced and dedicated counselors work one-on-one with students starting in the first year. Through our comprehensive program of coaching and counseling, you will learn how to approach your job search strategically, identify and secure summer jobs and internships that will enhance your resumé, and make good long-term career decisions based on your career goals. Even more critically, students gain networking skills and alumni connections through academic program activities, pro bono legal

works, externships, and meetings with legal professionals who to visit the law school each year to teach short courses or give talks about their areas of practice. In addition to personalized career counseling, Vanderbilt hosts On Campus Interview sessions each fall and spring, facilitates virtual interviews throughout the year, and participates in job fairs with legal employers in major legal markets.

The results speak for themselves.

Each year, employment outcomes for new Vanderbilt J.D. graduates consistently stand among the best in the nation for positions requiring bar passage, including coveted federal judicial clerkships and employment in the nation’s largest law firms and in government and public interest positions.

J.D. Class of 2022

Vanderbilt Law graduates launch careers in every employment sector and consistently secure top-tier legal employment across the nation and around the world.

178 Total graduates 94% of 2022 graduates were employed 10 months after graduation.

92% of 2022 graduates too employment outside

Tennessee across 27 states, Washington, D.C. and abroad (85% of 2018-22 graduates took employment outside Tennessee across 40 states, D.C., and abroad.

$205,000 J.D. class of 2022 private sector median

salary; average salary $192,041 (based on 109 of 122 graduates reporting salaries). Public sector median salary $67,000; average salary $67,714 (based on 41 of 45 graduates reporting salaries.

Wherever we travel, employers tell us how highly they regard Vanderbilt graduates. They’re well-educated lawyers who are also good people. ELIZABETH WORKMAN | Assistant Dean for Career Services

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NO.

2023 Above the Law ranking of the Top 50 law schools based on employment outcomes, cost and student debt.

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Percentage of 2022 graduates employed in full-time, long-term positions as lawyers (91%, based on ABA data)

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Federal Judicial Clerkship Report of Recent Law School Graduates, 2020 Edition (based on ABA data), Derek T. Muller, excessofdemocracy.com

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Law schools that sent the highest percentage of 2022 graduates to the nation’s 100 largest law firms, National Law Journal/Law.com

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True Nationwide Employment J.D. Employment Destinations—Classes of 2018–2022 MOST POPULAR D E ST I N AT I O N S CLASSES 2018–2022

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CA46 AZ2

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UT3

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OH21

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LA6

DE6 DC84

NC18

TN129

AR6

NJ11

MD2

KY21

MS3 TX99

NY149

MI6

New York 17% Tennessee 15% Texas 11% Washington, D.C. 10% Georgia 8% California 5% Florida 4% Illinois 4%

NH1 MA5 CT1

The remaining 26% took employment across another 34 states and internationally.

SC5 GA66

AL19

International: 14 Bahrain (1) Belgium (1) China (9) Nepal (1) Switzerland (1) United Kingdom (1)

FL32

AK2

U.S. Military JAG: 13

D O M E ST I C G R A D U AT E S AT A G L A N C E

Class: New York Tennessee Texas Washington, DC Georgia California Florida Illinois Kentucky Ohio Alabama Pennsylvania North Carolina Colorado New Jersey Missouri Virginia Arkansas Delaware Louisiana Michigan

2018 30 29 15 13 15 5 5 8 6 4 7 2 5 1 3 2 – 2 1 – 1

2019 26 34 19 22 9 16 13 3 3 4 2 8 4 2 4 1 1 1 2 2 1

2020 23 23 29 5 14 10 3 8 5 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 – 2 3 3 2

2021 34 28 19 25 16 5 8 6 4 5 3 3 4 2 2 – – – – – 1

2022 Total 36 149 15 129 17 99 19 84 12 66 10 46 3 32 6 31 3 21 2 21 2 19 2 19 2 18 8 15 1 11 4 8 6 7 1 6 – 6 1 6 1 6

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2018 2019 2020 China (2) Bahrain (1) China (2) U.S. Air Force JAG (1) Nepal (1) U.S. Army JAG (3) U.S. Army JAG (1) U.S. Army JAG (2) U.S. Navy JAG (1)

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2021 China (3) Belgium (1) London, U.K. (1) U.S. Army JAG (3) U.S. Air Force (1)

2022 Switzerland (1) U.S. Army JAG (4) U.S. Marine Corps JAG (1)

Accelerate Your Career with a Judicial Clerkship As first employment out of law school, a judicial clerkship typically accelerates a young lawyer’s career. A judicial clerkship provides an in-depth, contextual understanding of a wide range of legal issues as well as firsthand knowledge of how judges make decisions and how the judicial system works. As a result, experience as a judicial clerk is highly valued by subsequent legal employers in both the private and public sectors. In addition, the judges with whom clerks serve often become lifelong mentors and advocates for their former clerks.

Vanderbilt’s faculty takes an active leadership role in the judicial clerkship program, working closely and individually with interested students. Professor Michael Bressman heads the program, providing valuable expertise, guidance, and support throughout law school and the clerkship application process. In recent years, Vanderbilt Law graduates have clerked for the U.S. Supreme Court, for each of the U.S. Courts of Appeals, and for a variety of U.S. District Courts across the nation.

The career value of clerking makes these positions extremely competitive, particularly in the national employment market for federal clerkships.

In recent years, Vanderbilt Law graduates have clerked for the U.S. Supreme Court, for each of the U.S. Courts of Appeals, and for a variety of U.S. District Courts across the nation.

VLS Class Total Graduates % Federal Clerks U.S. Law Schools 2022

178

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9th

2021

192

8.9%

13th

2020

180

16.1%

5th

2019

209

7.7%

17th

2018

176

9.5%

10th

Clerkships are a one-stop shop for new lawyer training. As a clerk, you’re uniquely positioned at the right hand of the judge, managing cases, researching disputed legal issues and drafting opinions. Perhaps most importantly, you get an insider’s look at what makes a good lawyer, which will prepare you for a law job of any type, whether you’re headed to a firm, a nonprofit organization or the government. When you start your next job, you’ll already know what a judge is looking for. SAMIYYAH ALI | Class of 2016 Associate, Wilkinson Stekloff, Washington, D.C. 2018–19 Clerk, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, U.S. Supreme Court 2017–18 Clerk, Judge Srikanth Srinivasan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit 2016–17 Clerk, Judge Amul R. Thapar, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

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National Reach. National Presence. National Impact. Vanderbilt Law School attracts highly qualified students and faculty from throughout the U.S. and abroad because it allows them to have a national impact. Vanderbilt Law graduates are represented in the judiciary and in almost every branch of the federal government, as U.S. Attorneys and federal defenders, in Congress and state legislatures and government agencies, as managing partners of major international law firms, as corporate officers and counsel, on law faculties, in the Judge Advocate General Corps, heading influential advocacy groups, and in law offices in all 50 states and Washington, D.C.

Vanderbilt owes its national stature to the outstanding career accomplishments of its alumni and its faculty. Its reputation for producing skilled attorneys who are team players has been gained over decades as members of graduating classes have gone to legal jobs throughout the nation. Vanderbilt’s extensive alumni network and the global professional networks of its faculty combine to help Vanderbilt students secure coveted summer externships, fellowships, and employment with federal and state judicial chambers and agencies, government attorneys’ offices, law firms, and advocacy programs.

Vanderbilt alumni are founding or managing partners at a number of leading national firms. Matthew R. Burnstein, Class of 1996 Chairman, Waller Michael Daneker, Class of 1992 Co-Managing Partner, Arnold & Porter Richard Hays, Class of 1986 Managing Partner, Alston & Bird Robert Hays, Class of 1983 Chairman & Managing Partner, King & Spalding Timothy Lupinacci, Class of 1991 Chairman & CEO, Baker Donelson

Stephen C. Mahon, Class of 1989 Executive Leadership Group, Squire Patton Boggs Darren Robbins, Class of 1993 Founding Partner, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd Mark Ruehlmann, Class of 1997 Chairman & Global CEO, Squire Patton Boggs Guilford F. Thornton Jr., Class of 1990 Managing Partner, Adams and Reese

Speaking as someone with no lawyers in my family, I learned just how drastically attending a top-tier law school improves your likelihood of employment. Large law firms and government agencies directly seek to hire Vanderbilt students. Many students find postgraduate employment as early as the beginning of 2L year. TOM JOHNSON | Class of 2018 Associate, Locke Lord, Houston Although Tom Johnson planned to focus on energy law, he chose to join the staff of the Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law because he was also interested in intellectual property law. He was JETLaw’s editor in chief in 2017–18 and said his work on the journal was “one of the most rewarding aspects of law school.” VANDERBILT LAW | 38

of graduating Vanderbilt Law students who have taken employment out of state during the five-year period from 2018-2022 across 40 states, D.C., and abroad”

58.5

of 2022 VLS graduates took employment in firms of over 100 attorneys; 10.7% went to federal clerkships immediately after graduation.

Vanderbilt J.D. Class of 2022 Employment Summary Employment Summary for 2022 Graduates Full Time Full Time Part Time Part Time Employment Status Long Term Short Term Long Term Short Term Number

% All Vanderbilt ’22 Graduates (167)

Employed - Bar Passage Required 162 0 0 0 Employed - JD Advantage 2 0 0 0 Employed - Professional Position 0 0 0 0 Employed - Other Position 0 0 1 0 Employed - Law School / University Funded 2 0 0 0 Employed - Undeterminable 0 0 0 0 Enrolled in Graduate Studies Employed - Start Date Deferred Unemployed - Not Seeking Unemployed - Seeking Employment Status Unknown Total Graduates

91.0% 1.1% 0.0% 0.6% 1.1% 0.0% 1.1% 0.6% 1.1% 0.6% 2.8% 100.0%

Employment Type

Full Time Long Term

Full Time Short Term

Part Time Long Term

162 2 0 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 5 178

% All ABA ’22 Graduates (36,078)

77.8% 9.0% 1.0% 1.3% 5.3% 1.0%

Part Time Short Term Number

Law Firms Solo 1 0 0 0 1 0.6% 1-10 3 0 0 0 3 1.7% 11 - 25 6 0 0 0 6 3.4% 26 - 50 5 0 0 0 5 2.8% 51 - 100 1 0 0 0 1 0.6% 101 - 250 11 0 0 0 11 6.2% 251 - 500 8 0 0 0 8 4.5% 501+ 85 0 0 0 85 47.8% Unknown Size 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% Business & Industry 1 0 1 0 2 1.1% Government 15 0 0 0 15 8.4% Public Interest 10 0 0 0 10 5.6% Clerkships - Federal 19 0 0 0 19 10.7% Clerkships - State, Local, and Territorial 1 0 0 0 1 0.6% Clerkships - Tribal 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% Clerkships - International 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% Education 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% Employer Type Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% Total Employed 166 0 1 0 167 93.8%

Class of 2022 Salaries

Employment by Sector: # of jobs % of # with 25th 75th reported Reported salary percentile Median percentile Mean Private Sector Vanderbilt 122 73.1% 109 $ 185,000 $ 205,000 $ 215,000 $ 192,401 National 21,911 67.8% 14,693 $ 80,000 $ 125,000 $ 215,000 $ 140,893 Public Sector Vanderbilt 45 26.9% 41 $ 64,000 $ 67,000 $ 71,000 $ 67,714 National 10,370 32.1% 7,085 $55,000 $ 65,000 $ 73,000 $ 65,675 Vanderbilt Salaries by Employment Categories # of jobs reported Education 0 Business 2 Judicial Clerk 20 Private Practice 120 Government 15 Public Interest 10 167

% of Reported 0.0% 1.2% 12.0% 71.9% 9.0% 6.0% 100.0%

# with 25th 75th salary percentile Median percentile Mean – – – – – – – – – – 18 $ 66,000 $ 67,000 $ 68,000 $ 65,781 108 $ 185,000 $ 205,000 $ 215,000 $ 191,921 14 $ 67,000 $ 74,000 $ 89,000 $ 75,140 9 $ 59,000 $ 64,000 $ 64,500 $ 60,029 VANDERBILT LAW | 39

The Right Balance While free time during law school can seem scarce, most students find it important to balance the demands of study by joining one or more organizations for professional advancement, personal development, community service, and professional networking. Our Student Affairs office provides year-round support to individual students and to student organizations. Students also receive the support of a dedicated information technology staff, a committed legal writing faculty and expert legal librarians. Nonprofessional student organizations devoted to everything from soccer to religious fellowship to cooking are encouraged and supported. Vanderbilt University also provides a wide array of services to meet your academic and personal needs.

Assistance to Students with Disabilities

Our office works closely with the Student Access Center to provide reasonable accommodations for students consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

International Student Support

You will spend much of your time in the law school building, and Vanderbilt’s modern facility offers a wealth of natural light and comfortable study nooks, along with a Wi-Fi network, attractive classrooms, student lounges, and a new student service suite.

We provide cultural adjustment support, advising, and general programming to our international students at VLS. Our students are encouraged to use the VLS Office of Student Affairs as a resource for their needs as an international student on our campus. We also join with other campus partners to ensure our international students excel during their time at VLS.

The Office of Student Affairs

Co-Counsel Program

The Office of Student Affairs is the place students come if they are struggling with non-academic struggles during the course of their time at VLS. In addition to providing general counseling, the office provides referrals for medical or psychological assistance when necessary. The Office often serves as a central hub and coordinate with faculty and appropriate campus resources when students experience a crisis or traumatic life event.

Support to Student Organizations

At VLS, we have over 45 Student Organizations that put on a wide variety of events each week ranging from Blackacre social gatherings to major speaker events sponsored by the Hyatt Fund. We also provide support to student publications and managing subscription lists. The VLS Office of Student Affairs is here to assist with everything from event planning to financial management.

Diversity and Inclusion

We promote a culture of inclusive engagement through opportunities to explore our differences and each student’s unique story. The Office of Student Affairs acts as the adviser to the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Council and works in close partnership with the Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Community. We work collaboratively with students to build a community that encourages respect, tolerance, and appreciation of individual differences.

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We oversee the Co-Counsel Program at VLS, where incoming students are assigned to an upper class mentor. These mentors are there to smooth the transition into law school and ensure students are socially connected, informed, and prepared to be successful during their first year of law school. Each incoming student is also part of a larger circuit that holds social gatherings.

Orientation Week

Orientation Week is a mix of optional and mandatory sessions focusing on your success both inside and outside the classroom. Programming is centered around building community, providing tools for academic success, and knowledge of campus resources.

ONEelevate Leadership Program

ONEelevate is a highly selective leadership training program for Vanderbilt 1L’s. Students will be selected based on demonstrated leadership potential as well as lived experience overcoming adversity. The program aims to: • provide a collaborative learning experience for underrepresented populations in law school and beyond, • promote a culture of diverse leadership, • remove barriers to success, and • teach skills necessary to become active leaders in the law school and legal profession. Each year, the program selects a cohort of ten first-year students. Selected students are each matched with two mentors: a current 2L or 3L student and a prominent local attorney or judge.

I’d spent my entire life in team sports, so when I decided to study law, I looked for a school with that same team environment. Vanderbilt was the one place where that clicked. Everyone here is extremely driven and takes their academics seriously, but there is no sense of competition or succeeding at the expense of anyone else. JEFF TURNER | Class of 2020 Associate, Bush Seyferth, Troy, Michigan 2020–21 Clerk, Judge Joseph H. McKinley Jr., U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

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Vanderbilt unlocked all of my potential. I learned from amazing professors and had the opportunity to undertake research for them and to publish my own Note as an editor of the Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law.

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ALON SUGARMAN | Class of 2021 Associate, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, New York

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STUDENT PUBLICATIONS The Vanderbilt Law Review is published six times a year, and is ranked No. 8 in the 2022 W&L Law Journal Rankings Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc is the online companion journal to the Vanderbilt Law Review, designed to advance scholarly discussion. When reexamining a case “en banc” an appellate court operates at its highest level, with all judges present and participating “on the bench.” We chose the name “En Banc” to capture this spirit of focused review and provide a forum for further dialogue where all can be present and participate. Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc publishes various forms of scholarship, including the following: • Roundtables to host debates among legal academics and practitioners, usually on notable cases pending before the U.S. Supreme Court or topical issues; • Responses to articles originally published either in the Vanderbilt Law Review or with Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc; • Essays written by scholars, practitioners, judges, or students on contemporary legal issues; • Delaware Corporate Law Bulletins written by professors and students, commenting on recent corporate case law developments in Delaware; • Notes and Comments written by Law Review members on various legal issues; and • Book Reviews written by professors on recent pieces of scholarship, with a focus on reviewing books authored by a Vanderbilt Law faculty member. The Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law ranks fifth among the 74 student-edited journals focusing on international law published by U.S. law schools in the 2022 Washington & Lee Law Journal Rankings, published in July 2023. Established in 1967, the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law is one of the world’s most prominent and widely cited legal journals devoted to current and emerging issues of comparative and international law. The Journal, a student-edited publication, annually publishes five issues containing articles written by prominent international law scholars and legal practitioners. The Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law is an integral part of the intellectual life at

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Vanderbilt Law School. The Journal hosts a biennial symposium on current issues in international and comparative law. Recent symposia have drawn participants from around the world to discuss topics such as foreign state immunity, international law and the arctic, and transborder trusts and estates. The Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law ranks second among 21 student-edited U.S. law journals in the field of Arts, Entertainment and Sports Law and sixth among 32 journals focusing on Science, Technology and Computing Law in the most recent (2020) Washington and Lee Law Journal Rankings. JETLaw publishes four editions each year and hosts an annual symposium, which in 2021 explored “The Law of Global Emergencies,” including the impact of laws governing patents, technology transfer and emergency action. The Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law (JETLaw) is an official, highly-ranked, student-run publication of Vanderbilt University Law School and publishes four issues annually. A special issue includes papers presented at its annual symposium, hosted on the law school campus in Nashville, TN. JETLaw serves as a unique yet inclusive forum for cutting-edge legal scholarship dedicated to the expanding nexus of entertainment, technology, and law in an increasingly connected world. Recognizing that this fusion of entertainment and technology poses novel legal issues in many fields of law, JETLaw welcomes scholarly submissions from the perspectives of copyright, administrative, sports, art, science, technology, and entertainment law, among others. The Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review is an annual compendium of the best legal and policy scholarship published the previous year produced by VLS students and the Environmental Law Institute staff. ELPAR affords students the opportunity to identify the year’s best scholarship in environmental law, publish a student-edited volume and participate in a symposium focusing on policy recommendations. ELPAR is designed to bring ideas from the academy to policymakers and practitioners, as well as recognize and incentivize scholars to write articles that include creative and feasible law and policy proposals. At the same time, ELPAR seeks to provide a first-rate educational experience to law students interested in environmental law and policy.

8 NO. 2 NO. 5 NO.

Vanderbilt Law Review in W&L Law Journal Rankings

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law in W&L Law Journal Rankings

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law in W&L Law Journal Rankings

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People in the Nashville MSA

Nashville: Cosmopolitan, culturally unique, convenient They still call it “Music City,” but Nashville has earned a few other distinctions. It’s perennially on the list of America’s friendliest cities. It has been named the nation’s No. 1 smartest place to live. With more than 100 health care companies, it has been called the industry’s “Silicon Valley.” It’s an insurance capital. A publishing capital. A financial capital. A tourist destination. And a dynamic state capital. Meanwhile, it’s a vibrant, cosmopolitan place that blends a growing international flavor (more than 80 languages are spoken here) with traditional Southern hospitality and the laid-back feel of the West Coast. All of that helps make Nashville a great place to gain your legal education.

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In Nashville, you always have a banquet of tempting options. Take your pick of buzzing nightspots and incredible live music, from downtown honky-tonks to the famous Bluebird Café, a worldclass symphony, bluegrass legends at The Station Inn, club shows of every persuasion or whoever’s playing tonight at the historic Ryman Auditorium. Beyond Nashville’s famous hot chicken, there are so many musttry restaurants—representing a broad array of genres, innovations and corners of the world—that The Wall Street Journal calls Nashville “a culinary powerhouse.” Savor four distinct seasons in Nashville’s beautiful parks and on hundreds of miles of trails and greenways. Take in an NFL game with the Tennessee Titans or an NHL game with the Nashville Predators. Or major-league soccer. Or minor-league baseball. Or big-time college sports just a stroll across the campus. Sure, you can be bored here. But you’ll have to work very, very hard at it.

Nashville has an easygoing hipness that comes from the perfect mix of culture and counterculture. And it’s the perfect size—big enough to have a robust legal culture apart from the law school, but small enough to allow Vanderbilt students to influence that culture through clinics and volunteer work. As someone who grew up out West and went to school back East, I feel funny saying this, but Nashville feels like home. REBECCA ALLENSWORTH

David Daniels Allen Chair in Law

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Alumni Impact Law practice is a global endeavor. Almost 600 Vanderbilt J.D. graduates now live and work in 45 nations outside the U.S., and that number is growing each year. That network is extended by Vanderbilt’s LL.M. graduates, who come here to study the American legal system after earning a law degree in their home country. And in the U.S., approximately 10,000 Vanderbilt Law graduates practice in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. Alumni are a vital force in the life of the law school. Two decades ago, their contributions allowed Vanderbilt to complete a $24 million expansion and renovation project that almost doubled the size of our building, which remains one of the most technologically current, attractive and comfortable facilities in the nation. The financial support alumni provide

allows the law school to maintain a key advantage: the small size of our student body. In recent years, alumni have endowed the George Barrett Social Justice Program, funded Vanderbilt’s well-regarded Law and Business Program, created new scholarships and post-graduate fellowships, and endowed faculty positions and public interest summer stipends. But Vanderbilt alumni provide much more than financial support. They recruit our students, help students network with prospective employers, teach courses as members of our adjunct faculty and take an active role in decisions about the law school’s academic programs, curriculum and governance. They also interview J.D. applicants during the admission process and mentor and hire our students and graduates.

PAUL DEEMER ’75 (BA’69), now retired from his partnership at Vinson & Elkins in London, teaches a short course, Energy Industry Mergers and Acquisitions, as a member of Vanderbilt’s adjunct law faculty. Deemer spent his entire career with Vinson & Elkins, opening offices for the firm in Moscow and Beijing. He was featured as “Dealmaker of the Year” by The American Lawyer in 2010 for his role in representing the Chinese state-owned oil giant Sinopec Corp. in its $7.2 billion acquisition of Canada’s Addax Petroleum.

SAMAR ALI ’06 (BA’03) co-chairs the Vanderbilt University Project on Unity and American Democracy. Ali helped establish Hogan Lovell’s office in Dubai before serving as a 2010 White House Fellow, after which she worked with U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. She then managed Tennessee’s global relations under Gov. Bill Haslam and practiced law at Bass Berry & Sims before joining Vanderbilt’s faculty as a research fellow in political science and law. VANDERBILT LAW | 48

ADOLPHO BIRCH III, Class of 1991, joined the Tennessee Titans as chief legal officer and senior vice president of business affairs in 2020 after working for 24 years in the legal department of the National Football League. During his tenure with the NFL, Birch worked with federal, state and local officials nationwide on key legal issues such as youth concussion laws, the league’s tax status and the FCC’s blackout rule. MITCH GLAZIER, Class of 1991, is chairman and CEO of Recording Industry of America, a trade group that represents record labels’ business and legal interests. Glazier started his career on the legal staff of former U.S. Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., during which he helped craft the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

I became interested in criminal law while interning for a federal judge after my 1L year, but knew that I also wanted to use my business education in my legal career. I learned more about white-collar crime working as a research assistant for Professor Nancy King. After those experiences, I knew I wanted to prosecute tax and financial crimes. DOJ’s Tax Division is a great place for that. MITCHELL GALLOWAY | Class of 2019 Legal Honors Program, U.S. Department of Justice

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Mitchell Galloway has joined the Criminal Enforcement Section of DOJ’s Tax Division in Washington, D.C. He earned his undergraduate degree in accounting summa cum laude as well as his MBA from Freed-Hardeman University. When Galloway considered applying for the Department of Justice’s Honors Program, he was mentored by colleagues at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee, where he was working as an intern. “One was a former trial attorney in the Tax Division, and his advice was invaluable,” he said.

Number of Vanderbilt Law J.D. alumni who live and work outside the U.S.

Vanderbilt Law Alumni as of June 2022

International, U.S. Territories and U.S. Armed Forces Afghanistan Australia Austria Bahrain Belgium Brazil Canada Chile China Colombia Ecuador England France Germany Hong Kong Iceland India Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Luxembourg Mexico

1 3 1 1 10 11 18 2 363 1 1 27 6 19 16 2 11 1 2 3 70 1 1 9

Morocco Netherlands Nicaragua Nigeria Northern Marina Isl Norway Peru Philippines Poland Qatar Republic of Korea Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Spain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine United Arab Emirates Venezuela

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VT19

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SD3

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MN58

WI31

LA69

MS83

NY555

AL327

GA734

FL643

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We’d like to know you better as a prospective student—and for you to learn more about VLS. That’s why we strongly encourage admission interviews. We can arrange for you to interview with alumni who live and work throughout the U.S. and abroad. VLS admissions officers also interview applicants at scheduled events on university campuses and in major cities coast to coast.

To request an admission interview, submit your VLS application by Nov. 15 with the interview request section completed. Visit VLS. Another great way to discover whether Vanderbilt is the right school is to visit us. We host two Admitted Students Days each spring. You may also arrange a visit that may include a tour of our building, observation of first-year class, and a meeting or interview with an admissions officer by contacting our Admissions Office at 615-3226552 or admissions@law.vanderbilt.edu.

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VLS applicants for the Class of 2025 took advantage of the opportunity to be interviewed by VLS alumni who conduct admission interviews across 40 states, D.C., and nine foreign locations.

5,811 Number of applicants to the J.D. Class of 2025

I chose Vanderbilt for its academic reputation, bustling location in the South, biglaw job prospects and the small class sizes and collegial atmosphere. When I visited for Admitted Students Weekend, I was surprised by how comfortable I felt. I was truly excited to be here. SAMANTHA FURMAN | Class of 2021

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Vanderbilt Law School | Vanderbilt University Campus, Nashville, Tennessee Getting to Vanderbilt Law School via the Interstates

Vanderbilt University's urban campus is surrounded on all sides by restaurants and shops. There is surface parking for students in front of the law school building at 131 21st Ave. South, with covered parking located nearby.

Once on Broadway, stay in the right-hand lane until you bear to the right at the intersection where Broadway splits into West End Avenue. Move into the left lane, and continue on West End Avenue to 21st Avenue South (a one-way street). Turn left on 21st Avenue South and drive one block. The law school is on the right. If the designated visitor spaces in front of the law school are full, you'll find surface parking across the street and covered parking at Wesley Place.

From the north, take I-65 to I-40 east to exit 2O9B. Turn right on Broadway (U.S. 70S). From the east or south, take I-40 west to exit 209A. Turn left on Broadway (U.S. 70S). From the west, take I-40 east to exit 209B. Turn right on Broadway (U.S. 70S).

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