Eighty-six Vanderbilt Law students received summer stipends to support their volunteer work in positions with government agencies; the chambers of federal, state and local judges; federal and state District Attorneys and Public Defenders’ offices; and public interest and advocacy organizations. Students receiving Vanderbilt law stipends are working pro bono for 76 legal offices and organizations in 25 states, the District of Columbia, and in five foreign nations.
Summer stipends, which are sponsored by Vanderbilt Law School and the Vanderbilt Legal Aid Society, help defray the travel and living expenses of students who serve in unpaid legal internships with government or non-profit organizations. Students may only receive stipend support for work for which they do not receive course credit or pay.
“Vanderbilt Law students are working pro bono in a multitude of legal practices and in many areas of the world with support from stipends funded by the law school and by the Vanderbilt Legal Aid Society,” said Sue Kay, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs. “Their experiences will enrich their careers, their legal education and the education of their fellow students as they bring their knowledge and understanding into the classroom.”
Students received Vanderbilt Law stipends to support their legal work with the following organizations:
Federal Government
- Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C.
- Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Atlanta, Georgia
- Federal Trade Commission, Northwest Office, Seattle, Washington
- U.S. Department of Defense, Office of General Counsel, International Affairs, Arlington, Virginia
- U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Washington, D.C.
- U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Torts Branch, Environment Torts Litigation Section, Washington, D.C.
- U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Torts Branch, Federal Tort Claims Act Litigation Section, Washington, D.C.
- U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Washington, D.C.
- U.S. Department of State, Office of Peace Operations, Sanctions & Counter-terrorism, Washington, D.C.
- U.S. Department of State, Office of Policy and Resource Planning, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, Washington, D.C.
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Denver, Colorado
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, Virginia
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Experience Program, Washington, D.C.
U.S. and State Attorneys’ Offices
- U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, Washington
- U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Kentucky, London
- U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Missouri, Kansas City
- U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of North Carolina, Charlotte
- U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville
- New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, Division of Law, Newark
- Office of the District Attorney General, 20th Judicial District, Nashville, Tennessee (5)
- Office of the District Attorney General, 21st Judicial District, Franklin, Tennessee
Judicial Chambers
- Judge Timothy Stanceu, U.S. Court of International Trade, New York, New York
- Judge Abdul K. Kallon, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Birmingham
- Judge Terry Hatter, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Los Angeles
- Judge Richard J. Leon, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.
- Judge Charles Kahn, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, Pensacola
- Judge Joseph Hood, U.S. District Court for Eastern District of Kentucky, Lexington
- Judge Jillyn Schulze, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Greenbelt
- Judge Gerald E. Rosen, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Detroit
- Judge James C. Mahan ’73, U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Judge James C. Francis, U.S. District Court for Southern District of New York, New York
- Judge Michael H. Watson, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Columbus
- Judge William J. Haynes Jr. ’73, U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville
- Judge Marilyn Shea-Stonum, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Ohio, Akron
- Judge David Furman, Colorado Court of Appeals, Denver
- Judge Philip J. McNulty, 1st Judicial District, Golden, Colorado
- Judge Mary Palmer and Judge Charles Shubow, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Hearing Office, Baltimore, Maryland
- Judge Thomas W. Brothers ’77, Sixth Circuit Court for the 20th Judicial District of Tennessee, Nashville
- Judge Larry Noll, 408th Civil District Court, Bexar County, San Antonio, Texas
- South Carolina Supreme Court, Columbia
International
- Centro para Desarrollo de la Justicia y la Seguridad Ciudadana, Lima, Peru
- Defense Counsel, International Criminal Tribunal, The Hague, Netherlands
- International Criminal Court: The Office of Public Counsel for the Defence, The Hague, Netherlands
- International Law Institute African Center for Excellence, Kampala, Uganda
- Irish Centre for Human Rights, Galway, Ireland
- United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Arusha, Tanzania
District and State Attorneys’ Offices
- Los Angeles City Attorney, Los Angeles, California
- El Paso County District Attorney’s Office, Colorado Springs, Colorado
- City of Chicago Department of Law, Chicago, Illinois
- Cook County State’s Attorney Office, Chicago, Illinois
- Marion County Prosecutor’s Office, Indianapolis, Indiana
- Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office, Wisconsin
Public Defenders’ Offices
- Federal Public Defender, Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans
- Federal Public Defender, Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville
- Broward Public Defender’s Office, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Public Defender’s Office, Ninth Judicial District, Orlando, Florida (2)
- Rome Judicial Circuit, Public Defender’s Office, Rome, Georgia
- Public Defender of Metropolitan Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee (5)
State Agencies
- Office of the Independent Police Monitor, Office of Inspector General, New Orleans, Louisiana
- New York City Department of Environmental Protection, Flushing, New York
- Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation, Nashville
- Department of Children’s Services, Nashville, Tennessee
Advocacy and Non-Profit Organizations
- American Bar Association, Center for Human Rights, Washington, D.C.
- American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska, Anchorage
- American Civil Liberties Union, Nashville, Tennessee (2)
- Battered Women’s Legal Advocacy Project, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Colorado Lawyers for the Arts, Denver
- Community Legal Aid, Akron, Ohio
- Legal Information for Families Today, New York, New York
- National Endowment for the Arts, Office of General Counsel, Washington, D.C.
- Southern Migrant Legal Services, Nashville, Tennessee (2)
- Tennessee Justice Center, Nashville
- The LIST Project to Resettle Iraqi Allies, Pro Bono Practice of Mayer Brown, Washington, D.C.
- Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, San Antonio, Texas (2)
- Vera Institute of Justice, Washington, D.C.