New Niches Mean More Power for Vanderbilt's Law Faculty

By PETER SCHMIDT

At Vanderbilt University Law School, an effort to offer students an array of distinct academic programs has led not just to curriculum changes, but also to a transformation in how the school is governed.

As part of a reorganization begun in 2005, the law school has established distinct faculty groups to oversee each of its eight academic concentrations: in litigation and dispute resolution, constitutional law and theory, environmental law, international legal studies, law and human