Endowed law school directorship honors former NAACP attorney, first Black tenured professor Vanderbilt Law School’s director of diversity, equity and community will have a new title after anonymous donors committed to fund an endowed directorship in honor of longtime law professor Robert Belton. Professor Yesha Yadav has overseen the office, which was founded last summer, and her new title is associate dean and Robert Belton Director of Diversity, Equity and Community. Belton, an expert and labor and employment law, was the first Black professor to gain tenure at Vanderbilt Law School. He joined the faculty in 1975 after five years as an attorney with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and a stint in private practice.