Career Services
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Mikkaela Salamatin ’21 receives Honorable Distinction for Governance Insight Award from Investments & Wealth Institute
Salamartin accepted the award at the institute’s 2022 ACE conference for her article, “Balancing Innovation and Protection: Understanding the Landscape of DeFi Regulation,” which she wrote as a VLS student with support from Professor Michael A. Newton. Salamatin is an associate at Norton Rose Fulbright in New York. Read MoreJun. 3, 2022
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Gautam Rana ’97 nominated to serve as ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Slovak Republic
Rana is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service and currently serves as Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Algeria. Read MoreMay. 26, 2022
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Ryan Buchanan ’05 sworn in as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia
Buchanan joined the Department of Justice in 2010 at an assistant U.S. attorney in Birmingham, Alabama. He has worked as a federal prosecutor in Atlanta since 2013. Read MoreMay. 4, 2022
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Philip Morel, Class of 2021, Law Clerk, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
As a law clerk at FERC, Philip Morel works at the intersection of law and energy policy. He joined FERC's Office of Administrative Law Judges as a clerk after graduation. Read MoreMar. 24, 2022
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Khalil Bryant, Class of 2022, named Distinguished Law Student for the Sixth Circuit by American College of Bankruptcy
To qualify for this prestigious award, students must be nominated by a College member or a professor or dean of their law school. Nominees undergo a rigorous evaluation process that includes interviews, submission of written materials and a review of the candidate’s academic standing by members of the ACB council. Read MoreMar. 4, 2022
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22 government and public interest employers participate in new Public Interest Viritual Recruiting Program
Employers participated in one of two ways—through virtual interviews that took place Sept. 20-Oct.1 and through resumé collections in mid-September. 2L students had opportunities to apply and interview for internships in summer 2022, and 3Ls could apply and interview for postgraduate opportunities, including those supported by sponsored fellowships. Read MoreOct. 19, 2021
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James Truong ’21 selected as Presidential Management Fellow at USAID
Truong is focusing on labor and employment issues at USAID, which provides humanitarian aid and fosters economic development in foreign nations. Read MoreOct. 15, 2021
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97 VLS students to work pro bono for judges, government agencies and law offices, and nonprofits in summer 2021
Students will be working for course credit or stipend support in state and federal courts and government, nonprofit and corporate law offices in 20 states, Puerto Rico,, Washington, D.C., and Canada. Read MoreJun. 16, 2021
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Micah Bradley receives Class of 2020 Founder’s Medal for First Honors
21 2020 graduates honored for scholastic accomplishments, leadership and contributions to the Vanderbilt Law community. Read MoreMay. 8, 2020
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94 VLS students receive 2017 summer stipends to support pro bono legal work
VLS students are working in judicial chambers, with government agencies and attorneys’ offices, and with nonprofit organizations in 20 states, Puerto Rico, D.C., and Brussels. Read MoreJun. 15, 2017