Eighty-five Vanderbilt Law students will be pursuing externships for course credit at federal and state agencies; in federal, state and local judicial chambers; in federal and state attorneys' and public defenders' offices; in corporate legal departments; and with non-profit legal aid and advocacy organizations. Students will be pursuing legal externships for credit in 20 states and two foreign nations.
"Vanderbilt places a strong emphasis on experiential learning, and 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 Sue Kay, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, who oversees Vanderbilt's externship program.
Vanderbilt students are pursuing externships for course credit with the following locations:
Federal Agencies
- Federal Communications Commission, International Bureau, Strategic Analysis and Negotiations Division, Washington, D.C.
- Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Atlanta, Georgia
- The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center & School, Center for Law and Military Operations, Charlottesville, Virginia
- U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Nashville Division Counsel, Nashville, Tennessee
- U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Washington, D.C.
- U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Torts Branch, Franklin Station, D.C.
- U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Washington, D.C.
- U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Agency, Office of General Counsel, Arlington, Virginia
- U. S Department of Justice, Environmental Torts Section, Washington, D.C.
- U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Legal Policy, Washington, D.C.
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, Virginia
Judicial Chambers
- Judge Karon O. Bowdre, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Birmingham
- Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Birmingham
- Judge R. David Proctor, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Birmingham
- Judge William R. Wilson '65, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Little Rock
- Judge Richard J. Leon, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Judge Terry J. Hatter Jr., U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Los Angeles
- Judge John L. Kane, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, Denver
- Judge Charles Kahn, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, Pensacola
- Judge Robert W. Pratt, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
- Judge Mark A. Randon, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, Detroit
- Judge Michael P. Mills, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, Oxford
- Judge Sarah W. Hays, U.S. Courts for the Western District of Missouri, Kansas City
- Judge James C. Mahan '73, U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Judge Robert C. Jones, U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, Reno
- Judge James C. Francis IV, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, New York
- Judge Stephani W. Humrickhouse, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Raleigh
- Judge Nora Barry Fischer, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
- Judge Curtis L. Collier, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Chattanooga
- Judge John T. Nixon '60, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville
- Judge Kevin H. Sharp '93, U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville
- Judge William J. Haynes Jr. '73, U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
- Magistrate Judge E. Clifton Knowles, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
- Magistrate Judge Joe Brown '65, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
- Magistrate Judge John Bryant, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville
- Judge A. Joe Fish, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas
- Judge Reed O’Connor, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas
- Judge Ewing Werlein Jr., U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts for the Southern District of Texas, Houston
- Judge Jeff Bohm, U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts, Southern District of Texas, Houston
- Judge Lynn Hughes, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston
- Judge Matthew F. Cooper, Supreme Court, State of New York, New York
- Judge Patricia A. Orozco, Arizona Court of Appeal, Phoenix
- Judge Lori Rowe, Florida First District Court of Appeal, Tallahassee
- Judge William A. Van Nortwick Jr., Florida First District Court of Appeal, Tallahassee
- Judge John C. Martin, North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts, Court of Appeals, Raleigh
- Judge Patricia Cottrell, Tennessee Court of Appeals, Nashville, Tennessee
- Judge Joseph L. Boohaker, Circuit Court for the State of Alabama, Birmingham
- Judge Kimberly M. Esmond Adams, Fulton County Superior Court, Atlanta, Georgia
- Judge Jacqueline Bolton, Hamilton County Courthouse, Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Judge W. Jeffrey Hollingsworth, Circuit Court, Second Division, Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Judge Royce Taylor, Tennessee Circuit Court, Nashville
- Judge Caroline E. Baker, Texas 295th Civil Court, Houston
- Judge Larry Noll, 408th Civil District Court, Bexar County, San Antonio, Texas
- Memphis Immigration Court, Memphis, Tennessee
Federal, State and City Attorneys’ Offices
- U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Alabama, Montgomery
- U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta
- U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York, Buffalo
- U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina, Asheville
- U.S. Attorney’s Office for the MIddle District of Tennessee, Nashville
- Tennessee Attorney General, Nashville
- Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, California
- Office of the District Attorney, Nashville, Tennessee
- Metropolitan Department of Law, Nashville, Tennessee
Public Defenders’ Offices
- Office of the Public Defender, Ninth Judicial Circuit, Orlando, Florida
- Toledo Public Defender’s Office, Toledo, Ohio
- Office of the Public Defender, 21st Judicial District, Franklin, Tennessee
- Federal Public Defender’s Office, Nashville, Tennessee
- Tennessee Public Defenders Conference, Nashville
Corporate Legal Offices
- Indiana Pacers, Pacers Sports and Entertainment, Indianapolis
- Nashville Predators, Office of General Counsel, Nashville, Tennessee
- Sony Music Nashville, Legal & Business Affair Department, Nashville, Tennessee
- The Nielsen Company, New York, New York
- United Steel Workers Special Counsel, Nashville, Tennessee
- University of Texas Medical Branch Hospital, Department of Legal Affairs, Galveston
- Vanderbilt University Compliance Office, Nashville, Tennessee
State Agencies
- North Carolina Department of Justice, Insurance Section, Raleigh
- North Carolina Department of Justice, Water and Land Section, Environmental Division, Raleigh
- Tennessee Department of Children’s Services, Nashville, Tennessee
- Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Nashville, Tennessee
Pro Bono, Non-Profit and Advocacy Organizations
- Administrative Conference of the United States, Washington, D.C.
- Center for Court Innovations, New York, New York
- Disability Law and Advocacy Center, Nashville, Tennessee
- Institute for Justice, Texas Chapter, Austin
- Tennessee Justice Center, Nashville
- Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, Weslaco
- The Land Trust for Tennessee, Nashville
- Vera Institute of Justice, Washington, D.C.
- Volunteer Lawyers & Professionals for the Arts, Nashville, Tennessee
International
- Legal Offices of the Latter Day Saints Church, Moscow, Russia
- United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Arusha, Tanzania
- World Bank, Washinton, D.C.
- World Intellectual Property Organization, Copyright and Related Rights Sector, Geneva, Switzerland