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2009 summer stipend award winners announced
Release Date: May 08, 2009
Thirty-five Vanderbilt law students have been awarded public interest stipends for work in the public sector during summer 2009. "These students are serving as interns in judicial chambers, U.S. Attorney's offices, government agencies, NGOs, non-profit legal aid organizations and federal public defenders offices," Dean Edward L. Rubin said. "These stipends, which are funded by Vanderbilt Law School and the Vanderbilt Legal Aid Society, provide an important means of support for the students who serve in these internships, and I want to thank everyone who has supported the Summer Stipend fundraising events this year."
Students awarded summer stipends include:
- Sofia Aguilar, Class of 2011 – San Diego County Counsel’s Office,San Diego, California
- Donna Baldry – Judge Duane Benton, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, Kansas City, Missouri
- Johanna Barde, Class of 2011 – Federal Public Defender's Office, Nashville
- Sara Elizabeth Barker, Class of 2010 – Neighborhood Entrepreneur Law Project, New York, New York
- Thomas Barr, Class of 2011 – U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Delaware
- Barbara Barreno, Class of 2011 – U.S. Department of State, Office of Global Women's Issues, Washington, D.C.
- Tatiana Boza, Class of 2011 – Global Constitutional Justice Project, Utrecht, Netherlands
- Robert W. Crump, Class of 2011– Kentucky Attorney General, Medicaid Fraud and Abuse, Frankfort, Kentucky
- Erica Deray, Class of 2011 – Public Defender's Office, Miami, Florida
- Eva Dossier, Class of 2011 – Judge Aleta Trauger, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville
- Preston Dyer, Class of 2011 - Chancellor William Chandler, Chancery Court, Wilmington, Delaware
- Rebecca Evans, Class of 2011 – Securities & Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.
- John Andrew Foster, Class of 2011 – U.S. State Department, International Organizations Bureau, Office of Peacekeeping, Sanctions and Counter-terrorism, Washington, D.C.
- Kathleen Greenhaw, class of 2010 – Environmental Protection Agency, Dallas, Texas
- Katharine (Kate) Healy, Class of 2011 – Environmental Protection Agency
- Lindsay Langholz, Class of 2011 – Project Vote, Washington, D.C.
- Thaddeus Lenkiewicz, Class of 2011 – The Honorable Frederick J. Scullin, Jr., U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
- Aubry Alexis (Lexi) Menish, Class of 2011 – Asser Instituut in the Hague, branch of International Humanitarian and Criminal Law
- Jesse M. Minc, Class of 2011 – The Honorable Barbara Kapnick, New York State Supreme Court, First Judicial District
- N. Antonio (Tony) Niknejad, Class of 2011 – U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Georgia
- Kelly Lee Padgett, Class of 2011 – U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of North Carolina
- Steven Reilly, Class of 2010 – The Honorable Nancy B. Firestone, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, Washington, D.C.
- Mitchell Ronningen, Class of 2011 – The Honorable Ricardo Urbina, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.
- Trevor Stutts, Class of 2011 – Internal Revenue Service-Office of Chief Counsel, Nashville, Tennessee
- Juliet Sullivan, Class of 2011 – The Honorable John D. Bates, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- John Synowicki, Class of 2010 – The Honorable Napoleon Jones, Federal District Court, Southern District of California, and The Honorable James Mahan, U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Alex Talesnick, Class of 2011 – New York State Attorney General’s Office
- Joshua Thomas, Class of 2011 – U. S. Department of State, Bureau of International Information Programs, Washington, D.C.
- Adaeze Ugwu, Class of 2011 – The Honorable Jeff Bohm, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston
- Lee Williams, Class of 2011 – Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law, The Hague, Netherlands
- Peter Wiltenburg, Class of 2010 – International Civilian Office, Kosovo
