Visiting VULS
We encourage prospective students to visit Vanderbilt Law School. Visitors are welcome at any time, but you’ll get the most from your visit if you call ahead to schedule an appointment during regular business hours (appointments are scheduled between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Monday-Friday). A typical visit consists of a personal tour of the VULS facilities; applicants can include an Admissions Interview during their tour/meeting. During the VULS regular class schedule, visitors can also arrange to sit in on a first-year law class. Fall 2008 classes open to visitors include Civil Procedure, Contracts, and Regulatory State. Click here for a schedule of these classes and for more information.
Please call ahead (615-322-6452) to schedule your visit; walk-in visitors are not always able to secure an appointment. Use the links on this page for directions to our office; the Admissions Office is in Suite 106 on the first floor of the Law School Building.
*When planning your visit, please note that Nashville is located in the Central Time Zone.
Planning your trip to VULS
- Recorded directions to campus: 615-343-2135
- Nashville Vicinity Map with Interstates
- Law school vicinity map
- Accommodations
- Things to do in Nashville
- Eating in Nashville
Travel By Air
Nashville International Airport is less than 10 miles from campus and is served by most major airlines, including American, Continental, Delta, Frontier, Northwest, SkyWest, Southwest, United and US Airways. The Nashville Vicinity Map above includes directions for driving from the airport to Vanderbilt University (we suggest you allow 30 minutes ffor your trip rom the airport to VULS).
A taxi from the airport typically costs between $25 and $30, one-way. Information on ground transportation can be found at http://www.nashintl.com/ground_trans/default.aspx. INShuttle company charges $12 one-way between the airport and VULS (and $18 round-trip) when reservations are made online in advance.
Travel By Car
Nashville is located at the intersection of three major interstates: I-40, which runs east and west, and I-65 and I-24, which both run north to south. Nashville is approximately 4 hours from Atlanta, 3 hours from Birmingham, 3 hours from Knoxville, 3 hours from Louisville, and 3 hours from Memphis. Vanderbilt is less than 2 miles from downtown Nashville. The Nashville Vicinity Map includes driving directions to Vanderbilt University, while the Law School Vicinity Map gives specific directions to the Law School.
*When planning your visit, please note that Nashville is located in the Central Time Zone.
Parking at VULS
Visitors may park in one of three designated parking spaces (marked for visitors) in from of the Law School, located at 21st Avenue and Grand Avenue. Please obtain a parking pass for your vehicle from the information dsk in the main hallway of the Law School. Other spaces in front of the law school are designated "Zone 2" for employees and students and are not available for visitors. If visitor parking in front of the law school is not available, please park in the Terrace Place Garage (spaces 1-92, at the corner of 21st Avenue and Terrace Place), or the Wesley Place Garage (spaces 52-170, at the corner of 21st Avenue and Scarritt Place). Parking costs between $4 and $12 at these garages, and both are within three blocks of the Law School and are marked on the Law School Vicinity Map.
