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On-Campus Events

Student-guided group tours will re-open for registration in Fall 2025. Student-led building tours will be Group tours and class visits will not be held when classes are not in session. 

Please note:

  • Due to extensive building renovations during Summer 2025, visitors will not be allowed to enter the building. 
  • The Admissions Office will be closed on the following dates: May 26, June 19, July 4, September 1, November 27 - 28, December 24, 2025 - January 1, 2026. 

Directions to Vanderbilt

  • From Nashville International Airport

    Take I-40 west to exit 209A. Turn left onto Broadway. Follow Broadway and veer right to West End Avenue. Allow approximately thirty minutes driving time from the airport to Vanderbilt University. If traffic is light, it will take less time.

    Nashville International Airport is less than 10 miles from campus and served by most major airlines. 

  • Vanderbilt Via the Interstates
    • From the north, take I-65 to I-40 west and then look for I-40 east to exit 209B. Turn right on Broadway.
    • From the east or south, take I-40 west to exit 209A. Turn left on Broadway.
    • From the west, take I-40 east to exit 209B. Turn right on Broadway (US 70S).

    Follow Broadway and veer right to West End Avenue.

    Vanderbilt is located a mile and a half southwest of downtown Nashville and is approximately 4 hours from Atlanta, 3 hours from Birmingham, 2 1/2 hours from Knoxville, 3 hours from Louisville, and 3 hours from Memphis.

  • Directions to Public Parking
    • Directions from the airport to Wesley Place parking garage:
      Take I-40 West toward Nashville. Follow the signs for I-24 West/I-40 West, then I-65 South/I-40 West. Exit at Broadway. At the base of the ramp, go straight through the traffic light at McGavock Street, and turn left onto Broadway. Stay left. Continue on Broadway to 16th Avenue, where the road splits. Veer left onto Broadway. Broadway will become 21st Avenue South. As you pass the traffic light at Grand Avenue, the Vanderbilt main campus will be on your right. Turn left at Scarritt Place (first traffic light after Grand Avenue). The entrance to the Wesley Place parking garage will be on your right, 1/2 block past the intersection. Public parking spaces are 52-170.
    • Directions from the airport to Terrace Place parking garage:
      Take I-40 West towards Nashville. Follow the signs for I-24 West/I-40 West, then I-65 South/I-40 West. Exit at Broadway. At the base of the ramp, go straight through the traffic light at McGavock Street, and turn left onto Broadway. Stay right. Continue on Broadway to 16th Avenue, where the road splits. Veer right onto West End Avenue. Turn left onto 21st Avenue South (a one-way street). Take the first left onto Terrace Place. Go 1/2 block. The Terrace Place garage entrance will be on your left. Public parking spaces are 41-92.

    Campus visitors and Vanderbilt community members can use hourly paid parking spaces in select parking lots and garages across campus for short-term and visitor parking needs. These spaces are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week and are marked with ParkMobile signs. Parking is $9.00/hour as of July 2024.  All pay by phone transactions will incur a $0.45 transaction fee, including each extension of parking.  

    The closest parking lots with paid parking spaces include Lot 5A (parking spots #10 - 15) and Lot 5B (spots #97 - 102). For more information, consult the Vanderbilt campus map. If spaces are not available, please visit Parking Services for Visitor Parking information.

accommodations

  • Aertson Hotel

    Aertson Hotel Website
    2021 Broadway (across the street from law school)
    Toll-free 877-239-2269; local 615-340-6376

  • Courtyard by Marriott

    Courtyard by Marriott
    1901 West End Avenue (1/3 mile from law school)
    Toll-free 800-245-1959; local 615-327-9900

  • Embassy Suites

    Embassy Suites
    1811 Broadway (1/3 mile from law school)
    Toll-free 800-EMBASSY; local 615-320-8899

  • Hampton Inn & Suites

    Hampton Inn & Suites
    2330 Elliston Place (1/3 mile from law school)
    Toll-free 888-880-5395; local 615-320-6060

  • Hampton Inn Vanderbilt

    Hampton Inn Vanderbilt
    1919 West End Avenue (1/4 mile from law school)
    Toll-free 888-880-5394; local 615-329-1144

  • Hermitage Hotel

    Hermitage Hotel
    231 6th Avenue North (downtown Nashville, the only five-star hotel in TN, 2 miles from law school)
    Toll-free 888-888-9414; local 615-244-3121

  • Hilton Garden Inn Nashville Vanderbilt

    Hilton Garden Inn Nashville Vanderbilt
    1715 Broadway (4 blocks from law school)
    Toll-free 800-HILTONS; local 615-369-9500

  • Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt

    Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt
    2555 West End Avenue (2/3 mile from law school)
    Toll-free 800-336-3335; local 615-321-1300

  • Loews Vanderbilt Hotel

    Loews Vanderbilt Hotel
    2100 West End Avenue (1 block from law school)
    Toll-free 800-336-3335; local 615-320-1700

  • Renaissance Nashville Hotel

    Renaissance Nashville Hotel
    611 Commerce St. (downtown Nashville, 2 miles from law school)
    Toll-free 800-327-6618; local 615-255-8400

  • Scarritt Bennett Center

    Scarritt Bennett Center
    A former college, Scarritt Bennett is now a conference center with inexpensive, semi-private, and private dorm-like accommodations
    1008 19th Avenue South (3 blocks from law school)
    Toll-free 866-420-5486; local 615-340-7500

Off-Campus Events (In-Person and Virtual)

Each year, representatives from Vanderbilt Law School attend recruitment events throughout the country and host virtual information sessions through the fall semester. 

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