Programs
Vanderbilt's upper-level concentration programs allow students to earn a certificate in Law & Business, as well as concentrate their studies in such fields as international law, intellectual property law, litigation and dispute resolution, environmental law and criminal law as well as social justice. In 2005, the Cecil D. Branstetter Litigation & Dispute Resolution Program received a $2.9 million endowment through a cy pres settlement of a class action lawsuit. Vanderbilt also has programs that allow students to focus on constitutional law, regulatory law, comparative law, and law and human behavior. In fall 2011, Vanderbilt University received a $4.85 million grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for the establishment of a national MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Law and Neuroscience.
In the spring of 2006, the law school announced the creation of a new program to award a Ph.D. in Law & Economics—the first program of its kind in the nation—directed by economists W. Kip Viscusi and Joni Hersch. The program admitted its first class in fall 2007 and expects its first graduate in 2012.
Vanderbilt Law School also offers a summer study program, Vanderbilt in Venice, which is open to students from all accredited law schools and offers courses in comparative and international law.
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