Vanderbilt owes its reputation as a highly selective law school in large measure to the scholarly productivity of its faculty, who are nationally and internationally renowned. Scholarship and teaching go hand in hand at Vanderbilt.
Professors challenge students with the latest problems and issues facing the law.
Vanderbilt Law School has drawn some impressive scholars to its faculty during the past five years. They are, from left to right, John C. P. Goldberg, Christopher S. Yoo, Steven A. Hetcher, Craig T. Smith, David Williams II, Lisa S. Bressman, Randall S. Thomas, Suzanna Sherry, Carol M. Swain, Dean Kent D. Syverud, Paul H. Edelman, Robert B. Thompson, and Chancellor E. Gordon Gee. Not pictured are Beverly I. Moran and Herwig J. Schlunk. As these faculty profiles demonstrate, few generalizations about Vanderbilt faculty are possible other than they demand much of themselves and their students in their teaching, writing, practice, and public service. Faculty fields of expertise are wide-ranging and include most areas of public and private law as well as disciplines outside of law.