Externship Links
Gain valuable experience during law school
Vanderbilt law students can gain valuable experience through externships and summer stipend opportunites in a variety of practice settings. Externships can be arranged for summer or during an academic semester, in Nashville or anywhere in the world.
General externship information
International externship program
Summer stipends and fellowships
Summer externship placements
2009 Summer Stipend Awards - 35 Vanderbilt Law students received stipends for work in the public sector during summer 2009 across ten states (California (2), Delaware (2), Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, New York (4), North Carolina, Tennessee (3), Texas (2)), Washington, DC (9), and two foreign nations (The Netherlands (3), Kosovo)
2009 International & Environmental Externships - 28 students served externships and placements related to international law during summer 2009 in Washington, DC (6), and eight foreign nations (Austria, Azerbaijan, Ireland (2), Italy (2), Kosovo, The Netherlands (4), Switzerland (2), Tanzania)
2008 Summer Stipend Awards - 50 Vanderbilt Law students received stipends for work in the public sector during summer 2008 across thirteen states (California (4), Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New York (3), North Carolina, Tennessee (10), Texas), Washington, DC (8), and eleven foreign nations (Azerbaijan, Belgium, Ireland (2), Israel, Italy (3), Jamaica, The Netherlands, Peru, Sierra Leone (2), Switzerland)
2008 Summer International & Environmental Externships - 24 students served externships and placements relating to international law during summer 2008 in two states (Kentucky, New York), Washington, DC (6), and twelve foreign nations (Azerbaijan, Belgium, England, Ireland (2), Israel, Jamaica, The Hague (2), Peru, Sierra Leone, Switzerland, Tanzania).
Externship placements during an academic semester
Spring 2010 semester
International
- International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, The Hague, The Netherlands
Washington, DC
- Environmental Law Institute
- US Securities and Exchange Commission
Nashville
- CMT/MTV Networks
- District Attorney's Office, 20th Judicial District
- Federal Public Defender's Office
- Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, Murfreesboro
- Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, Nashville
- Metropolitan Public Defender’s Office
- Tennessee Attorney General
- Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors
- Tennessee Supreme Court
- US Attorney’s Office
- US Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
- US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
- Volunteer Lawyers & Professionals for the Arts
Fall 2009 semseter
International
- U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Western Hemispheric Affairs, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- U.S. State Department, Organization for Security & Cooperation in Europe, Vienna, Austria
New York
- U.S. Mission to the United Nations
Washington, DC
- White House Counsel
- U.S. Coast Guard
- U.S. Department of Justice, Security Law Division
- U.S. Department of State, Office of Intellectual Property Enforcement
- U.S. Department of State, Office of Private International Law
Nashville
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
- Federal Public Defender Office
- Post-Conviction Defender's Office
- Southern Migrant Legal Services
- Tennessee Supreme Court
- The Land Trust for Tennessee
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
- Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital & Medical-Legal Partnership Office
- Volunteer Lawyers & Professionals for the Arts
Spring 2009 semester
International
- International Bar Association, London, United Kingdom
- Special Court for Sierra Leone, The Hague, The Netherlands
- U.S. Mission to the United Nations, Political and Specialized Agencies Section, Chambesy, Switzerland
Florida
- International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, Tampa, Florida
Nashville
- Disability Law & Advocacy Center of Tennessee
- District Attorney Office, 20th Judicial District
- Federal Public Defender Office
- First Amendment Center
- Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands
- Metropolitan Public Defender’s Office
- Public Defender’s Office, 21st Judicial District
- Tennessee Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
- The Land Trust for Tennessee
- U.S. Attorney’s Office
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
Fall 2008 semester
International
- Legal Assistance Center, Windhoek, Namibia
- Nigerian Copyright Commission, Abuja, Nigeria
- Special Court for Sierra Leone, Office of the Prosecutor, Freetown, Sierra Leone
- U.S. Mission to the United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
New York
- U.S. Mission to the United Nations
Washington, DC
- U.S. Department of State, European Bureau
- U.S. Department of State, Office of Assistant Legal Advisor for Private International Law
- U.S. Department of State, Office of War Crimes Issues
Nashville
- Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
- Internal Revenue Service
- Metropolitan Public Defender’s Office
- Southern Migrant Legal Services
- Tennessee Volunteer Lawyers & Professionals for the Arts
- The Land Trust for Tennessee
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee