Ninety-four Vanderbilt Law students are serving internships for which they will receive course credit during summer 2010. Vanderbilt law students are serving internships with the Fifth, Sixth and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals, with U.S. District Courts in the District of Columbia, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas; with U.S. Attorneys offices in Alaska, California, Georgia, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Virginia; in state and city attorneys’ offices; with the U.S. Navy JAG Corps, and in a variety of agency, corporate, non-profit and other settings.
"Externships offer an excellent opportunity for students to contextualize the doctrine and procedure that they have learned in law school,” said Sue Kay, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, who directs Vanderbilt’s externship program. “Students return with a better understanding of the way the legal system works and the type of work they want to do. In addition, they enhance each others’ education by bringing their new perspectives to bear in the classroom. ”
“Externships, which require supervision from both a faculty member and a practitioner, offer students incomparable exposure to the practice of law as well as meaningful mentoring from both faculty and practicing lawyers and judges," said Dean Chris Guthrie. "I am grateful to Associate Dean Kay for her leadership, to the faculty members who are serving as supervisors, and to the many practicing lawyers and sitting judges who have taken our students under their wings.”
Vanderbilt Law students are pursuing externships with these courts, legal offices and organizations during summer 2010:
Judicial Chambers
- The Honorable W. Eugene Davis, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Lafayette, Louisiana
- The Honorable Jerry E. Smith, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Houston, Texas
- The Honorable Eugene Siler Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, London, Kentucky (3)
- The Honorable Sandra S. Ikuta, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Pasadena, California
- The Honorable Reggie B. Walton, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Washington
- The Honorable Candy Dale, U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, Boise
- The Honorable Kathryn Vratil, U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, Kansas City
- The Honorable Jennifer Coffman, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Lexington
- The Honorable Janie Mayeron, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, St. Paul
- The Honorable James C. Mahan, U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, Las Vegas
- The Honorable Joy Flowers Corti, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
- The Honorable John S. Bryant, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville (2)
- The Honorable Juliet E. Griffin, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville, Nashville
- The Honorable William J. Haynes Jr., ’73, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville
- The Honorable Cliff Knowles, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville (2)
- The Honorable John T. Nixon ’60, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville (2)
- The Honorable Aleta Trauger ’76, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville (2)
- The Honorable Vanessa D. Gilmore, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston
- The Honorable Socrates Manoukian, California Superior Court San Jose
- The Honorable Nancy E. Rice, Colorado Supreme Court, Denver
- The Honorable J. Travis Laster, Delaware Court of Chancery, Wilmington
- The Honorable Benjamin J. Culbertson, South Carolina Judicial Department, Georgetown
- The Honorable Hamilton V. Gayden Jr. ’64, Metro Nashville Court
- The Honorable Randall Kennedy, Circuit Court, Division VII, Nashville
- Tennessee Supreme Court, Nashville (3)
- The Honorable Eric Shepperd, Travis County Court, Austin, Texas
- Johnson County Court, Franklin, Indiana
U.S. Attorney’s Offices
- Division of Alaska, Anchorage
- Civil Division, Sacramento, California
- Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- New York, New York
- Southern District of New York, New York
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Greenville, Tennessee
- Nashville, Tennessee (3)
- Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria
State, District or City Attorney’s Offices
- Assistant City Solicitor, Chelsea, Massachusetts
- Lake County State’s Attorneys Office, Chief of Special Prosecutions, Waukegan, Illinois
- Office of the Attorney General, Constitutional Defense Division, Montgomery, Alabama (2)
- Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Washington
- Office of the Attorney General, Public Safety and Correctional Services, Baltimore, Maryland
- Office of the Attorney General, New York, New York
- Office of the Attorney General, Real Estate Finance Division, New York, New York
- Office of the City Solicitor, Atlanta, Georgia
- Office of the District Attorney for Essex County, Appeals Division, Salem, Massachusetts
- City of Murfreesboro Legal Department, Tennessee
- Office of the District Attorney, Nashville, Tennessee (6)
- Metro Council Office, Nashville, Tennessee
- Office of the Tennessee Attorney General, Tax Division, Nashville
- Travis County Attorney’s Office, Austin, Texas
Public Defender’s Offices
- Office of the Federal Public Defender, Western District of Missouri and Office of the Public Defender, Appellate/Post Conflict Relief Division, Kansas City, Missouri
- Office of the Public Defender, Clarksville, Tennessee (4)
- Office of the Spokane County Public Defender, Spokane, Washington
Corporate Appointments
- Sony Pictures Entertainment, Music Affairs Group, Culver City, California
- Yahoo! Legal Department, Sunnyvale, California
- Dollar General Corporation, Goodlettsville, Tennessee (2)
International
- World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
- World Trade Organization, Shanghai, China
Federal & State Agencies
- California State Water Resources Control Board, Office of Enforcement, Sacramento
- Federal Communication Commission, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Washington, D.C.
- U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Large & Mid-Size Business Division, Boston, Massachusetts
- Office of the Tennessee Attorney General, Nashville (3)
- Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation, Nashville (2)
- Tennessee Department of Health, Office of the General Counsel (2)
Congressional & Gubernatorial Offices
- Office of Congressman Mike Ross, Washington, D.C.
- Office of the Legal Counsel to the Governor, Tennessee
Military
- U.S. Navy, Judge Advocate General Corps (2)
Non-Profit Organizations
- Church Pension Group, New York, New York – Office of the General Counsel
- Vanderbilt University, Office of General Counsel
Public Interest & Advocacy Organizations
- American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, Atlanta
- American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee, Nashville
- Government Accountability Project, Washington, D.C.
- New Orleans Works’ Center for Racial Justice, New Orleans, Louisiana
- The Land Trust for Tennessee, Nashville
- Virginia Outdoors Foundation, Williamsburg