Vanderbilt University Law School

Vanderbilt Law School
Established1874
School typePrivate
Endowment$100 Million
Parent endowment$6.4 billion
DeanChris Guthrie
LocationNashville, Tennessee, United States
36°08′53″N 86°48′01″W / 36.1480°N 86.8003°W / 36.1480; -86.8003
Enrollment640
Faculty100[1]
USNWR ranking16th (2024)[2]
Bar pass rate92.05%[1]
Websitelaw.vanderbilt.edu

Vanderbilt University Law School (also known as VLS) is the law school of Vanderbilt University. Established in 1874, it is one of the oldest law schools in the southern United States. Vanderbilt Law enrolls approximately 640 students, with each entering Juris Doctor class consisting of approximately 175 students.

According to Vanderbilt Law School's 2020 ABA-required disclosures, 84.44% of the Class of 2020 obtained full-time, long-term, bar examination passage-required employment nine months after graduation, excluding solo practitioners.[3] The dean of the law school is Chris Guthrie, who began his third five-year appointment as dean on July 1, 2019.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Vanderbilt University Law School - 2015 Standard 509 Information Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-07.
  2. ^ "Vanderbilt Law". U.S. News & World Report. Archived from the original on 30 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Section of Legal Education, Employment Summary Report". American Bar Association. Archived from the original on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  4. ^ Owens, Ann Marie Deer. "Guthrie reappointed as dean of Vanderbilt Law School". Vanderbilt University. Archived from the original on 2019-02-19. Retrieved 2019-02-19.