Eighty-two Vanderbilt Law students are serving in public interest, government or non-profit internships with financial support from one of four different stipend programs during summer 2010. The stipend programs include the Public Interest Stipend Fund, funded by the Vanderbilt Legal Aid Society, and Vanderbilt Law School Stipends, funded by the law school, as well as individual regulatory and environmental stipends, funded by Vanderbilt’s academic programs in those areas. Through all programs combined, students received a total of $278,550 of stipend support for summer internships, the highest total amount ever awarded.
“We awarded more summer stipends than ever before,” said Sue Kay, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, who directs Vanderbilt’s externship and summer stipend programs. “To apply for a stipend award, students have to secure an internship at a qualifying organization, and Vanderbilt students garnered excellent placements working in a variety of different settings. The rich experiences they gain from internships in a variety of courts, law offices, government agencies and advocacy organizations will add a valuable perspective to their legal studies when they return.”
“Internships are an excellent way for students to gain real-world experience," said Dean Chris Guthrie. "The Legal Aid Society provides a valuable benefit to students and the organizations they serve by funding many of these stipends, and the law school has increased the number of stipends we fund because of the tremendous benefit our students and the organizations they serve gain from their work.”
Vanderbilt law students are serving internships with the following organizations:
Public Interest and Non-Governmental Organizations
- American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee, Nashville
- Atlanta (Georgia) Legal Aid Society
- Ayuda, Washington, D.C.
- Coalition to Stop Gun Violence / Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence, Washington, D.C.
- Disability Law and Advocacy Center of Tennessee, Nashville
- Legal Aid Society for Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, Medical-Legal Partnership for Children, Nashville
- Oxford University Press, Law Division, New York, New York
- The List Project to Resettle Iraqi Allies, Immigration Law practice of Mayer & Brown, Washington, D.C. (2)
- Wild Earth Guardians, Denver, Colorado (Environmental Stipend)
International Organizations
- Advocates for Public International Law, Gulu, Uganda
- ChildReach Africa, Kampala, Uganda
- Henry L. Stimson Center, Future of Peace Operations Program, Washington, D.C.
- Human Rights Watch, Terrorism and Counterterrorism Program, New York, New York
- International Chamber of Commerce, Paris, France
- International Civilian Office / European Union Special Representative-Pristina, Kosovo
- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Arusha, Tanzania (2)
- Irish Center for Human Rights, Galway, Ireland (2)
- Office of Harmonization in the Internal Market, Alicante, Spain
- No Peace without Justice, Brussels, Belgium, and New York, New York (2)
- Singapore International Arbitration Center
- World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Attorneys General, District Attorneys & Public Defenders
- Allegheny County (Pennsylvania) Office of the Public Defender
- California Attorney General’s Office, Correctional Law Section, Sacramento Office
- Georgia Office of the Capital Defender, Atlanta
- Iowa Attorney General’s Office
- Maryland Office of the Attorney General, Courts & Judicial Affairs Division
- Metropolitan Nashville District Attorney’s Office (5)
- Oklahoma Supreme Court – The Honorable Marian P. Opala
- Public Defender’s Office, Metropolitan Nashville, Juvenile Division
- Public Defender’s Office, Montgomery County, Tennessee
- Tennessee Office of the Post-Conviction Defender, Nashville (2)
- Travis County Attorney’s Office, Austin, Texas
- U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri
- U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, Civil Division
- U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina
- U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee (2)
Courts
- Circuit Court for Cook County, Chicago, Illinois – The Honorable Susan F. Zwitch
- Delaware Court of the Chancery, Wilmington
- Delaware Supreme Court – Chief Justice Myron T. Steele
- Jefferson County Circuit Court, Kentucky – The Honorable Barry Willett
- Metropolitan Nashville Criminal Court, Division V – The Honorable Monte Watkins
- Oklahoma Supreme Court – The Honorable Marian P. Opala,
- Superior Court, Fulton County, Georgia – The Honorable Wendy Shoob
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit – The Honorable Eugene Siler Jr. (2)
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia – The Honorable Reggie B. Walton
- U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut – The Honorable Peter C. Dorsey
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida – The Honorable K. Michael Moore
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia-The Honorable William S. Duffey, Jr.
- U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada – The Honorable James C. Mahan
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York – The Honorable Kiyo A. Matsumoto
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York – The Honorable David G. Trager
- U.S. District Court for the District of Middle Tennessee – The Honorable John T. Nixon (2)
- U.S. Magistrate Judge Lisa Margaret Smith, Southern District of New York, New York
- U.S. Magistrate Judge E. Clifton Knowles, District of Middle Tennessee, Nashville
Federal, State & Municipal Agencies & Offices
- California State Water Resource Board, Office of Enforcement (Regulatory Stipend)
- City of Houston (Texas) Legal Department, Land Use Division
- Federal Communications Commission, Bureau of Public Safety & Homeland Security, Washington, D.C.
- Tennessee Department of the Environment & Conservation, Office of General Counsel, Nashville
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of International Affairs, Washington, D.C.
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office & Program Enforcement, Washington, D.C.
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of General Counsel, Washington, D.C.
- U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (3), Brentwood, Tennessee
- U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Capital Case Unit, Washington, D.C.
- U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Legislative Affairs, Washington, D.C.
- U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugee and Migration, Washington, D.C.
- U.S. Department of State, Office of Development Finance, Bureau of Economic Energy and Business Affairs, Washington, D.C.
- U.S. Department of State, Office of Global Systems, Washington, D.C.
- U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, Baltimore, Maryland
Military
- Judge Advocate General Corps, U.S. Navy, San Diego, California, and Millington, Tennessee (2)
