VLS students are working in federal and state judicial chambers, in the offices of U.S. Attorneys and state attorneys general, and with corporations and advocacy organizations.
During summer 2015, 39 Vanderbilt Law students are pursuing externships for course credit in federal and state judicial chambers; in federal and state attorneys’ and public defenders’ offices; at federal and state agencies; in corporate legal departments; and with nonprofit legal aid and advocacy organizations. Students are pursuing legal externships for credit in 14 states, Washington, D.C., and China.
“Our students secured an impressive array of externships where they will gain extremely valuable on-the-job experience as well as insight into how various aspects of the legal system work,” said Susan Kay, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, who oversees Vanderbilt’s externship program.
Students are pursuing externships for course credit with the following legal employers:
Federal Government Agencies
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Atlanta, Georgia (2)
Federal Judicial Chambers
- Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Houston, Texas
- Judge John A. Kronstadt, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Los Angeles
- Judge Anthony J. Battaglia, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, San Diego
- Judge Richard Leon, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Washington
- Judge Marcia Morales Howard, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Jacksonville
- Chief Judge Anne C. Conway, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Orlando
- Judge Edmond Chang, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Chicago
- Judge Renee Marie Bumb, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, Camden
- Judge Michael R. Barrett, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Cincinnati
- Judge L. Felipe Restrepo, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Magistrate Judge E. Clifton Knowles, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville (2)
- Magistrate Judge Jason B. Libby, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Corpus Christi
- Judge Ronald B. Leighton, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, Tacoma
- Judge Caryl E. Delano, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa
State Judicial Chambers
- Associate Justice Cynthia J. Cohen, Massachusetts Appeals Court, Boston
- Judge Robert Ullmann, Suffolk County Superior Court, Boston, Massachusetts
- Judge Robert L. Holloway Jr., Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, Nashville
- Williamson County Courthouse, Franklin, Tennessee
U.S. Attorneys’ Offices
- District of Maryland, Baltimore
- District of Massachusetts, Boston
- Western District of New York, Buffalo
- Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville (3)
State Attorneys Generals Offices
- Florida Attorney General’s Office of Statewide Prosecution, Orlando
State Agencies
- Tennessee Department of Children’s Services, Nashville (2)
Public Defenders
- Federal Public Defender for the District of Maryland, Baltimore
Corporate Legal Departments
- Cicayda, Nashville, Tennessee
- Nielsen, New York, New York
International
- CITIC Construction, Beijing, China
Advocacy
- American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee, Nashville
- Public Counsel, Los Angeles, California
- Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Salt Lake City
- Tennessee Youth Court, Nashville
- Volunteer Lawyers & Professionals for the Arts, Nashville, Tennessee