Vanderbilt University Law School

Web Address: https://law.vanderbilt.edu/
Phone Number: 615.322.9800
Address: 131 21st Street Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37203-1181

Current Dean

Chris Guthrie
2009-07-01 to Current

Previous Deans (populated by deans in the database)

Kent D. Syverud
1997-05-15 to 2005-06-30

Deans Who Attended Vanderbilt University Law School

Name
Degree
Year of Graduation
Darby Dickerson
J.D.
1988
Mary A. Crossley
J.D.
1987
Lonnie T. Brown Jr.
J.D.
1989

Previous Deans
(information provided by Vanderbilt University Law School)

Name
Tenure as Dean
Edward L. Rubin
2005 - 2009
Kent D. Syverud
1997 - 2005
David F. Partlett (Acting)
1996 - 1997
John J. Costonis
1985 - 1996
C. Dent Bostick
1980 - 1985
C. Dent Bostick (Acting)
1979 - 1980
Robert L. Knaus
1972 - 1980
Paul J. Hartman (Acting)
1964 - 1965
John W. Wade
1952 - 1972
William Ray Forrester
1949 - 1952
Rollin M. Perkins (Acting)
1949 - 1949
L. Dale Coffman
1946 - 1949
Earl C. Arnold
1930 - 1945
Edward T. Seay (Acting)
1929 - 1930
John Bell Keeble
1916 - 1929
John Bell Keeble (Acting)
1915 - 1916
Allen G. Hall
1910 - 1915
Horace H. Lurton *
1904 - 1910
Thomas H. Malone *
1875 - 1904
William F. Cooper
1874 - 1875

* Deceased