Vanderbilt law career services 2015

LAW SCHOOLCareer Services

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– On-Campus Interviews– Employment – Judicial Clerkships

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One of the most important questions prospective law students ask when choosing a law school is whether their degree will serve them well in pursuing a career after they graduate.

It’s a smart question. Law school requires a significant investment of time and money, and it’s important to evaluate law schools based on the quality of the education they offer. But there’s another extremely important consideration: the quality of assistance you will receive as you explore your career options.

Our program is designed to provide you with the resources and support you need to achieve your career goals. Beginning in the first year, you will meet individually – and often – with a career counselor dedicated to your success. You will learn how to develop your resumé, emphasize your strengths, and identify opportunities well suited to your aptitudes and desires. You will also have an opportunity to participate in a mock interview conducted by a practicing attorney. Through our comprehensive program of coaching and counseling, you will learn how to think about your job search strategically, pursue summer jobs that will enhance your resumé, and make good long-term career decisions based on your personal situation.

Vanderbilt hosts a large On-Campus Interview (OCI) session each fall for second-year students and another session each spring for first-year students. Employers from private firms, public interest organizations, and government departments and agencies value the talent and balance of Vanderbilt Law students, and they come to campus in large numbers.This booklet highlights the results of our program, including the employers who attended our OCI and other interview sessions and those who hired our graduates. I’m proud of the students whose success and hard work are reflected here, and I look forward to having the opportunity to work with you as a Vanderbilt Law student to achieve your career goals.

Elizabeth Workman

Will a Vanderbilt Law Degree Equip You to Achieve Your Career Goals?

ELIZABETH WORKMAN | Assistant Dean, Career Services

Vanderbilt has one of the most successful career services programs among the nation’s leading law schools, providing comprehensive resources to help students explore career options and to guide graduates to career opportunities across the United States and around the world. Led by Assistant Dean Elizabeth Workman, our experienced and dedicated counselors work one on one with students starting in the first year to explore professional interests and aspirations.

The results speak for themselves. Each year, new Vanderbilt J.D. graduates enter private practice, judicial clerkships, public service or other positions throughout the United States and overseas. Members of the Classes of 2009 through 2013 (approximately 1,000 graduates) garnered positions in 41 states, the District of Columbia, and 7 foreign nations. More than 75 percent took employment out of state (see page 17). Today, more than 9,000 Vanderbilt Law graduates form a global network that spans 50 states and D.C., 2 U.S. territories and 37 foreign nations, and offers a unique advantage to new graduates.

A Career Services Program Dedicated to Your Success

National Presence, National Reach, National ImpactTypically, about 75 percent of each graduating class takes employment out of state, across approximately 30 states coast to coast. See pages 17–28 for detailed information.

Vanderbilt JD Class of 2013Based on ABA data

11TH11th, Percentage of 2013 graduates employed in federal judical clerkships

12TH12th, Percentage of 2013 law graduates employed in full-time, long-term jobs that require bar passage and were not funded by the school

14TH14th, Percentage of 2013 graduates employed at law firms with 100+ attorneys

Vanderbilt is recognized by a number of entities that examine career prospects for graduates of American law schools in different ways:

6th, (tie) U.S. News Judicial Clerkship ranking, percentage of J.D. graduates going to federal clerkships in 2012 (posted June 12, 2014)

7th, Law schools that saw the most alumni promoted to partner (in the 250 largest law firms) in 2011, National Law Journal

7th (2013, 2012, 2011), Best Career Prospects, Princeton Review Best Law Schools

7th, (score 4.12 out of 5) in 2014 American Lawyer survey asking mid-level associates at private firms to rank their law schools on how well they prepared students for practice

12th, Law schools with the highest percentage of graduates hired by the 250 largest law firms, National Law Journal, 2010

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Vanderbilt Law Career Services offers comprehensive resources for finding a great job. See page 21 for information on recent steps Career Services has taken in response to the changing employment market.

ON-CAMPUS INTERVIEWS (OCI)

Vanderbilt graduates are in high demand for their outstanding legal training and for the interpersonal and professional skills they develop during law school. Legal employers representing hundreds of offices located throughout the nation and abroad come to the Vanderbilt campus each fall semester to interview second- and third-year students for summer and permanent employment. See pages 3–5 for a list of participating employers.

SPRING OCI SESSION

Employers from law firms throughout the Southeast visit the law school each spring to interview first-year students for summer employment.

OFF-CAMPUS INTERVIEW PROGRAMS

With fewer legal employers traveling to law school campuses nationwide, Vanderbilt has created opportunities for students to arrange interviews in employers’ locations. Second- and third-year students can arrange employment interviews conducted in New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Dallas and Houston, and similar opportunities are planned for Florida. See page 5 for a list of participating employers.

OFF-CAMPUS JOB FAIRS

Job fairs nationwide focus on special career interests, minority hiring, public service employment and regional positions. See page 26 for more information.

RESUMÉ FORWARDING

Throughout the year, nearly 400 employers solicit resumés from Vanderbilt students and post job listings with the Career Services office. Some employers ask students to contact them directly while others have Career Services forward students’ resumés. The program frequently leads to personal interviews and permanent jobs.

Rich Resources for a Great Career Start

Vanderbilt’s Career Services Program has a well-earned reputation for its effectiveness in enabling graduates to secure positions that meet their career goals. At Vanderbilt, the ratio of students to employment counselors is low, and the level of support you can expect is very high. In addition to helping you develop a professional resumé and improve your i nterviewing skills, Vanderbilt Career Services offers workshops and other opportunities to learn how law firms approach hiring and employment, how they are financed, how to get a job in a depressed market, how to succeed as a summer associate and beginning lawyer, and how to get a public interest job.

AN ACCLAIMED CAREER SERVICES PROGRAM

ALUMNI LEADS LIST

The Career Services office supports Vanderbilt graduates for life. Employers around the nation advertise positions for experienced attorneys through our Leads List, which is accessible to our graduates online and updated continuously.

JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP PROGRAM

Vanderbilt offers a successful faculty-led judicial clerkship program. See pages 13–15 for more information about this program.

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ALABAMABirminghamBaker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & BerkowitzBalch & BinghamBradley Arant Boult CummingsBurr & FormanButler SnowLightfoot Franklin & WhiteMaynard Cooper & GaleSirote & PermuttSouthern Environmental Law Center

HuntsvilleBradley Arant Boult Cummings

MontgomeryBradley Arant Boult Cummings

ARIZONAPhoenixBryan CaveDickinson Wright

CALIFORNIACosta MesaSheppard Mullin Richter Hampton

IrvineBryan CaveJones Day Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear

Los AngelesAlston & BirdDechertFoley & LardnerJones DayKnobbe Martens Olson & BearLatham & WatkinsPerkins CoieSheppard Mullin Richter HamptonSimpson Thacher & Bartlett

Orange CountyDechertLatham & Watkins

Palo AltoBaker BottsFinnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett &

DunnerKnobbe Martens Olson & BearSheppard Mullin Richter HamptonSimpson Thacher & Bartlett

San DiegoFoley & LardnerJones DayKnobbe Martens Olson & BearLatham & WatkinsSheppard Mullin Richter Hampton

San FranciscoBryan CaveDechertFoley & LardnerJones Day Knobbe Martens Olson & BearLatham & Watkins Sheppard Mullin Richter Hampton

Santa BarbaraSheppard Mullin Richter Hampton

Santa MonicaBryan Cave

Silicon ValleyAlston & Bird DechertFoley & LardnerJones DayKnobbe Martens Olson & BearLatham & Watkins

COLORADODenverBryan Cave

CONNECTICUTHartfordDechert

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAWashingtonAlston & Bird Baker Botts Bryan CaveDechert DLA Piper USFinnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett &

DunnerFoley & LardnerHogan Lovells USHunton & WilliamsJones DayKing & SpaldingKnobbe Martens Olson & BearLatham & Watkins Nelson Mullins Riley & ScarboroughSheppard Mullin Richter Hampton Simpson Thacher & BartlettSouthern Environmental Law Center Sutherland Asbill & Brennan U.S. Department of Labor Vinson & Elkins

DELAWAREWilmingtonMorris Nichols Arsht & TunnellRichards, Layton & Finger

FLORIDAFt. LauderdaleBurr & Forman

JacksonvilleBilzin Sumberg Baena Price & AxelrodFoley & LardnerNelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

MiamiFoley & LardnerHunton & Williams

OrlandoBaker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & BerkowitzBurr & FormanFoley & LardnerLowndes Drosdick Doster Kantor & Reed

TallahasseeFoley & Lardner

TampaBurr & FormanFoley & Lardner

GEORGIAAtlantaAlston & BirdArnall Golden GregoryBaker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & BerkowitzBryan CaveBurr & FormanFinnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett &

DunnerJones DayKing & SpaldingMcKenna Long & AldridgeMeunier Carlin & CurfmanNelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker Smith Gambrell & RussellSutherland Asbill & BrennanTroutman Sanders

ILLINOISChicagoBryan CaveDechertDLA Piper USFoley & LardnerJones DayLatham & WatkinsPerkins CoieSheppard Mullin Richter HamptonTaft Stettinius & Hollister

INDIANAIndianapolisBingham Greenebaum DollFrost Brown ToddIce MillerTaft Stettinius & Hollister

KENTUCKYFlorenceFrost Brown Todd

LexingtonBingham Greenebaum DollDinsmore & Shohl Frost Brown ToddStites & HarbisonStoll Keenon Ogden

LouisvilleBingham Greenebaum DollDinsmore & ShohlFrost Brown Todd Stites & HarbisonStoll Keenon Ogden

LOUISIANABaton RougeBaker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz

New OrleansBaker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz

Fall 2013 On-Campus Employers by location of offices:

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MARYLANDBaltimoreDLA Piper US

MASSACHUSETTSBostonDechertFinnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett &

DunnerFoley & LardnerJones Day Latham & WatkinsNelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

MICHIGANBloomfield HillsDickinson Wright

DetroitDickinson WrightFoley & Lardner

Grand RapidsDickinson Wright

LansingDickinson Wright

MISSISSIPPIJacksonBaker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & BerkowitzBradley Arant Boult CummingsBurr & FormanButler Snow O’Mara Stevens & Cannada

MISSOURIKansas CityBryan Cave

St. LouisBryan Cave

NEW YORKNew YorkAllen & OveryAlston & BirdBaker BottsBracewell & GiulianiDechertFoley & LardnerHogan Lovells USHunton & WilliamsJones DayKenyon & KenyonKing & SpaldingLatham & WatkinsMilbank Tweed Hadley & McCloySeward & KisselSheppard Mullin Richter HamptonSimpson Thacher & BartlettSkadden Arps Slate Meagher & FlomVinson & ElkinsWeil Gotshal & Manges

NORTH CAROLINAAshevilleSouthern Environmental Law Center

Chapel HillSouthern Environmental Law Center

CharlotteAlston & BirdCadwalader Wickersham & TaftDechertK&L GatesMcGuireWoodsNelson Mullins Riley & ScarboroughParker Poe Adams & Bernstein

RaleighAlston & Bird K&L GatesNelson Mullins Riley & ScarboroughParker Poe Adams & BurnsteinSmith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell &

Jernigan

Winston-SalemNelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

OHIOCincinnatiDinsmore & ShohlFrost Brown Todd Taft Stettinius & Hollister

ClevelandJones Day Taft Stettinius & Hollister

ColumbusDickinson WrightDinsmore & ShohlFrost Brown ToddIce MillerJones DayPorter Wright Morris & ArthurTaft Stettinius & Hollister

DaytonTaft Stettinius & Hollister

West ChesterFrost Brown Todd

OREGONPortlandPerkins Coie

PENNSYLVANIAPhiladelphiaDechert

PittsburghJones Day

SOUTH CAROLINACharlestonNelson Mullins Riley & ScarboroughSouthern Environmental Law Center

ColumbiaNelson Mullins Riley & ScarboroughParker Poe Adams & Bernstein

GreenvilleNelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

Myrtle BeachNelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

TENNESSEEChattanoogaBaker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & BerkowitzMiller & Martin

Johnson CityBaker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz

KnoxvilleBaker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz

MemphisBaker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & BerkowitzButler Snow O’Mara Stevens & CannadaGlassman Edwards Wyatt Tuttle & Cox

NashvilleBaker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & BerkowitzBass Berry & SimsBradley Arant Boult CummingsBurr & FormanButler Snow O’Mara Stevens & CannadaCornelius & CollinsDickinson WrightFrost Brown ToddGideon Cooper & EssaryHarwell Howard Hyne Gabbert & MannerNeal & Harwell Nelson Mullins Riley & ScarboroughRiley Warnock & JacobsonSherrard & RoeSouthern Environmental Law CenterStites & HarbisonWaller Lansden Dortch & Davis

TEXASAustinBaker BottsDechertVinson & Elkins

DallasAlston & BirdBaker & McKenzieBaker BottsHaynes and BooneHunton & WilliamsJones Day Locke LordVinson & Elkins

Ft. WorthHaynes and Boone

HoustonBaker BottsBaker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & BerkowitzBracewell & GiulianiHaynes and BooneJones Day Latham & WatkinsLocke Lord Simpson Thacher & BartlettVinson & Elkins

Fall 2013 On-Campus Employers by location of offices (continued):

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RichardsonHaynes and Boone

San AntonioHaynes and Boone

VIRGINIARestonFinnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett &

Dunner

RichmondHunton & WilliamsSouthern Environmental Law Center

WASHINGTONSeattleKnobbe Martens Olson & BearPerkins Coie

WEST VIRGINIACharlestonDinsmore & ShohlFrost Brown Todd

NEW YORKAdvocates for JusticeACLUBlank RomeBronx County District Attorney’s OfficeBrown RudnickCahill Gordon & ReindelCleary Gottleib Steen & HamiltonClifford ChanceCravath Swaine & MooreDavis Polk & WardwellDebevoise & PlimptonFitzpatrick Cella Harper & ScintoFreshfields Bruckhaus DeringerGlobal Justice CenterGoodwin ProcterInternational Justice ProjectJones DayKelley Drye & WarrenKids in Need of DefenseKirkland & EllisLegal Services of NYC & BrooklynMalapero & PriscoMilbank Tweed Hadley & McCloyNassau County District Attorney’s OfficeNew York City Law DepartmentNew York County Defender ServicesOlshan Gundman Frome Rosenzweig &

WoloskyPaul WeissProskauer RoseRuskin Moscou FaltischekSchulte Roth & ZabelSeward & Kissel

Shearman & SterlingSimpson Thacher & BartlettSkadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom

(New York & Wilmington offices)Sullivan & CromwellTisdale Law OfficesWeil Gotshal & MangesWhite & CaseWillkie FarrWilmerHale

WASHINGTON, D.C.Cadwalader WickershamCleary GottliebCooleyCovington & BurlingDrinker BiddleVenableWiley ReinWilliams & ConnollyWilmerhale

CHICAGO Foley & Lardner Greenberg TraurigJones Day Kirkland & Ellis Latham & Watkins Mayer Brown Michael Best & Friedrich Schiff Hardin

HOUSTONAndrews KurthBaker & Hostetler Baker & McKenzieBeck Redden Jackson Walker Locke Lord Norton Ross FulbrightPorter & HedgesSidley AustinThompson & Knight Vinson & Elkins Winstead Winston & Strawn

DALLASGardere WynneJackson WalkerJones DayK&L GatesLocke LordNorton Rose FulbrightSidley AustinStrasburger & Price

2013–14 Off-Campus Interview Programs Participating Employers:

HuntingtonNelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

MorgantownDinsmore & Shohl

WISCONSINMadisonFoley & Lardner

MilwaukeeFoley & Lardner

JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL CORPSU.S. Air Force U.S. Army

7THBest Career Prospects, 2013, 2012, 2011Princeton Review

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Off-Campus Job Fairs

Job fairs address special career interests, minority hiring, public service opportunities or regional hiring. From 2012 through 2014, VLS students participated in the following job fairs through the Career Services office:

ARIZONANational Black Prosecutors Association

Annual Job Fair—Scottsdale

CALIFORNIABay Area Diversity Job Fair—San FranciscoDupont Minority Job Fair—Los Angeles

COLORADORocky Mountain Diversity Legal Career Fair

—Denver

DELAWAREDelaware Minority Job Fair—WilmingtonDelaware Minority Job Fair for First-Year

Law Students—WilmingtonDupont Minority Job Fair—Wilmington

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIABoston Lawyers Group Washington, D.C.

Minority Job FairEqual Justice Works Annual Career Fair and

ConferenceHispanic National Bar Association Job FairIMPACT Career FairNational LGBT Bar Association Lavendar

Career FairVault/MCCA Legal Diversity Fair

FLORIDASouthern Region BLSA Regional Job Fair—

Jacksonville

GEORGIASoutheastern Intellectual Property Job Fair

—Atlanta Southeastern Minority Job Fair —Atlanta

ILLINOISCook County Bar Association Annual Minority

Law Student Job Fair—ChicagoPatent Law Interview Program—Chicago

INDIANAIndianapolis Bar Association Diversity Job

Fair—Indianapolis

KENTUCKYTri-State Diversity Recruitment Program—

Covington

MASSACHUSETTSBoston Lawyers Group Minority Job Fair—

Boston

MINNESOTAMinnesota Minority Recruitment Conference

—MinneapolisNational Black Prosecutors Association

Annual Job Fair—Minneapolis

MISSOURIHeartland Diversity Legal Job Fair—

Kansas CitySt. Louis Diversity Job Fair—St. Louis

NEW YORKInternational Student Interview Program at

New York University

TENNESSEENashville Bar Association Damali Booker 1L

Minority Job Fair—NashvilleTennessee Bar Association Diversity Job Fair

—Nashville

TEXASDupont Minority Job Fair—Houston

WASHINGTONHispanic National Bar Association Job Fair

—SeattleNorthwest Minority Job Fair—Seattle

I found off-campus opportunities to be a great way to expand my job search. I would encourage anyone not to worry about going back home to work with a Vanderbilt Law degree.

AMIT TANTRI | Class of 2013Associate, WilmerHale, Boston Amit landed a coveted internship at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he worked in the Antitrust Division in summer 2011. He spent summer 2012 at WilmerHale and then joined the firm after graduation.

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Akerman Senterfitt, MiamiAlston & Bird, AtlantaArnall Golden Gregory, AtlantaAtlanta Legal Aid Society Inc.Baker Botts, all officesBaker Donelson Bearman Caldwell &

Berkowitz, Birmingham, AlabamaBass Berry & Sims, NashvilleBilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod,

MiamiBracewell & Giuliani, HoustonBradley Arant Boult Cummings,

multiple officesBryan Cave, AtlantaButler Snow, Jackson, MississippiChamberlain Hrdlicka White Williams &

Aughtry, AtlantaCook County State’s Attorney’s Office,

ChicagoDefender Association of PhiladelphiaDeutsche Bank AG, New York DLA Piper, AtlantaDrew Eckl & Farnham, AtlantaEllis & Winters, Raleigh, North CarolinaFisher & Phillips, AtlantaFlorida Rural Legal Services Inc., Fort MyersFried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson,

Washington, D.C.Frost Brown Todd, multiple officesGunster, West Palm Beach, FloridaHill Ward Henderson, Tampa, FloridaHolland & Knight, AtlantaHunton & Williams, Charlotte,

North CarolinaHusch Blackwell, St. Louis, MissouriJones Day, AtlantaK&L Gates, Charlotte, North CarolinaKean Miller, Baton Rouge, LouisanaKilpatrick Townsend & Stockton,

AtlantaKing & Spalding, AtlantaKirkland & Ellis, Washington, D.C.Littler Mendelson, San FranciscoLocke Lord, Austin, TexasLowndes Drosdick Doster Kantor & Reed,

Orlando, FloridaMayer Brown, Charlotte, North CarolinaMcGuireWoods, Charlotte, North CarolinaMcKenna Long & Aldridge, AtlantaMecklenburg County District Attorney’s

Office, Charlotte, North CarolinaMerchant & Gould, multiple officesMiller & Martin, Chattanooga, TennesseeMoore & Van Allen, Charlotte,

North CarolinaMorris Manning & Martin, AtlantaNelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough,

multiple officesNew York City Law DepartmentNorton Rose Fulbright, HoustonParker Poe Adams & Bernstein, Charlotte, North CarolinaPaul Hastings, AtlantaPension Benefit Guaranty Corporation,

Washington, D.C.

Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, OhioRobinson Bradshaw & Hinson,

Charlotte, North CarolinaSchiff Hardin, ChicagoSheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton,

all officesShook Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MissouriSidley Austin, Washington, D.C.Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell &

Jernigan, Raleigh, North CarolinaSteptoe & Johnson,

Morgantown, West VirginiaStites and Harbison, Louisville, KentuckySutherland Asbill & Brennan,

AtlantaTennessee Attorney General’s Office,

Nashville, TennesseeThe Kullman Firm, New OrleansThompson & Knight, Houston

Thompson Coburn, St. Louis, MissouriTroutman Sanders, AtlantaU.S. Air Force, Joint Base, Andrews,

MarylandU.S. Army Office of the General Counsel,

Washington, D.C. U.S. Navy Office of the General Counsel,

Washington, D.C.University of North Carolina School of

Government, Chapel HillVenable, Washington, D.C.Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial,

AtlantaWilson Jones Carter & Baxley, Greenville,

South Carolina

2014 Southeastern Minority Job Fair Participating Employers

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Through my work with Deloitte & Touche, I knew the role the SEC plays in the business sector, and I had an opportunity to work on enforcement out of their field office in Atlanta as an intern during summer 2014.

ANNIE MUSACCHIO, CPA | Class of 2016

Annie is working as an intern in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee during the spring 2015 semester. She will work as a summer associate at Debevoise & Plimpton in Washington, D.C., during summer 2015.

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Federal Government• Center for Law and Military Operations,

Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center, Charlottesville, Virginia

• Federal Communications Commission, Wireline Competition Bureau, Telecommunications Access Policy Division, Washington, D.C.

• National Labor Relations Board, Nashville, Tennessee

• U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, Nashville Field Division

• U.S. Coast Guard, Ninth Coast Guard, Office of the Judge Advocate General, Cleveland, Ohio

• U.S. Department of Justice, Access to Justice Initiative, Washington, D.C.

• U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Torts Branch, Federal Tort Claims Act Staff, Washington, D.C.

• U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, D.C.

• U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor, Washington, D.C.

• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Regional Counsel, Nashville, Tennessee

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Enforcement, Washington, D.C.

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chicago

• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Atlanta

• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Investment Management, Washington, D.C.

• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Litigation and Enforcement Division, New York

State Agencies• New York State Division of Human Rights• Tennessee Department of Children’s

Services

Judicial ChambersFederal Appellate Courts • Judge Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr., U.S. Court

of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Newark, New Jersey

• Judge Eugene E. Siler, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, London, Kentucky

Federal District Courts• Judge James V. Selna, U.S. District Court for

the Central District of California, Santa Ana• Judge Rudolph Contreas, U.S. District

Court for the District of Columbia• Chief Judge Gregory M. Sleet, U.S.

District Court for the District of Delaware, Wilmington

• Judge Harry D. Leinenweber, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Chicago

• Judge Joseph Hood, U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Lexington

• Judge Susie Morgan, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans

• Judge Richard T. Haik, Sr., U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, Lafayette

• Judge Jillyn K. Schulze, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Greenbelt

Gain Valuable Experience Across the Nation and Around the World

Externship and Summer Stipend Placements, Summer 2014

Vanderbilt law students can gain valuable experience through summer externships and summer stipend opportunities in a variety of practice settings anywhere in the world. In externships, students receive academic credit for supervised field work at faculty approved placements, while summer stipends provide financial support for gaining pro bono experience (unpaid work with no academic credit). In recent years, Vanderbilt has expanded its array of externships to include work in corporate legal departments and also increased funding for summer stipends. During the academic year, students can also complete externships in Nashville for course credit, and academic programs sponsor semester externships in Washington, D.C., and other locations.

Vanderbilt also offers two public service summer fellowships. The Environmental Fellowship provides financial support for summer work with environmental agencies or NGOs, and the Regulatory Fellowship provides funds for summer work with government or nonprofit organizations involved in regulatory matters. The Branstetter Litigation & Dispute Resolution Program also provides summer stipends for students to intern in judicial chambers, the offices of public prosecutors and defenders, and other litigation-related settings.

2014 Branstetter Fellows (clockwise from left) included Emily Rickard (U.S. Department of Labor), Kendra Key (Alabama Attorney General), Brittany Perskin (U.S. Court of International Trade), Thomas Cheeseman (U.S. District Court-District of Delaware), Christopher Mair (U.S. District Court-Eastern District of Pennsylvania), Clayton Ankney (Illinois Attorney General), Lucas Anderson (U.S. District Court-District of Columbia), Daniel Rheiner (U.S. Attorney-District of Colorado), Janelle Geddes (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and U.S. District Court-Eastern District of Kentucky), and Calvin Cohen (U.S. District Court-Central District of California).

ANNIE MUSACCHIO, CPA | Class of 2016

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Judicial Chambers, continued• Senior Judge Paul A. Magnuson, U.S.

District Court for the District of Minnesota, Saint Paul

• Judge David D. Noce, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, St. Louis

• Judge James C. Mahan, Class of 1973, U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, Las Vegas

• Judge Michael H. Simon, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, Portland

• Judge L. Felipe Restrepo, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

• Judge E. Clifton Knowles, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville

• Judge John T. Nixon, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville

• Judge Jon P. McCalla, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, Memphis

• Judge Stephen W. Smith, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston

• Judge Mark Lane, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin

• Judge Ted Stewart, U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, Salt Lake City

International Courts• Judge Richard K. Eaton, U.S. Court of

International Trade, New York

State Supreme and Appellate Courts• Justice Steve Leben, Kansas Supreme

Court, Topeka• Justice Cornelia Clark, Tennessee

Supreme Court, Nashville• Judge Patrick K. Norris, State of Arizona

Court of Appeals, Phoenix• Judge Paul D. Mathias, Indiana Court of

Appeals, Indianapolis

State Courts• Judge Elizabeth White, Superior Court of

California, County of Los Angeles• Judge Ronald E. Quidachay, Superior Court

of California, County of San Francisco, Real Property/Housing Court

• Judge F. Rand Wallis, District Court of Appeal for the Fifth District, Daytona, Florida

• Judge Kimberly M. Esmond Adams, Superior Court of Fulton County, Atlanta, Georgia

• Judge Diane E. Bessen, State Court of Fulton County, Division J, Atlanta, Georgia

• Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, Circuit Court of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois

• Judge Holly Clemes, Circuit Court for the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Urbana, Illinois

• Judge Mark J. Fishburn, Davidson County Criminal Court Division, Twentieth Judicial District of Nashville, Tennessee

• Judge Carol McCoy, Davidson County Chancery Court, Nashville, Tennessee

• Judge Jim Jordan, 160th District Court, Dallas, Texas

• Judge Craig Smith, 192nd Judicial District Court, Dallas County, Texas

• Judge Robert Carroll, Ellis County Court, 40th Judicial District, Waxahachie, Texas

U.S. Attorneys’ Offices & FederalPublic Defenders• Office of the Federal Public Defender,

Middle District of Florida, Tampa• Office of the Federal Public Defender,

Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville• U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Colorado,

Denver• U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of

Illinois, Chicago• U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of

North Carolina, Charlotte• U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of

Tennessee, Nashville (2)

State Attorneys General• Alabama Attorney General’s Office,

Constitutional Defense Division, Montgomery

• Alabama Attorney General’s Office, General Civil Litigation and Administrative Law Division, Montgomery

• Illinois Attorney General’s Office, Government Representation Division, Chicago

• Iowa Attorney General’s Office, Consumer Protection Division, Des Moines

• Ohio Attorney General’s Office, Columbus• Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office,

Medicaid Fraud Control Division, Lemoyne• Tennessee Attorney General’s Office,

Environmental Division, Nashville• Tennessee Attorney General’s Office,

Public Interest & Special Litigation Division, Nashville

• Tennessee Attorney General’s Office, Tax Division, Nashville

• Virginia Attorney General’s Office, Public Safety and Enforcement, Richmond

State & City Attorneys Offices• Office of the City Attorney, Los Angeles,

California• San Diego County District Attorney’s Office,

California• Office of the State’s Attorney, Judicial

District of Fairfield, Bridgeport, Connecticut

• Office of the State Attorney, 10th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Bartow

• City Attorney’s Office, New Orleans, Louisiana

• Office of the State Attorney, Cook County, Criminal Prosecution Bureau, Chicago

• Tennessee District Attorney’s Office, Criminal Division, 24th Judicial District, Huntingdon

• Tennessee District Attorney’s Office, 20th Judicial District, Nashville

• Dallas County District Attorney’s Office, Texas

• Office of the Harris County Attorney, Public Law and Labor Employment Divisions, Houston

Public Defenders• Cook County Public Defender’s Office,

Chicago, Illinois• Metropolitan Public Defender’s Office,

Portland, Oregon• Federal Public Defender’s Office, Nashville,

Tennessee• Metro Public Defender’s Office, Nashville,

Tennessee• Metro Public Defender’s Office, Juvenile

Division, Nashville, Tennessee

Corporate Legal Departments• Chico’s FAS Inc., Fort Meyers, Florida• Cicayda Inc., Nashville, Tennessee • Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, Georgia• Nashville Predators Hockey Organization • Nielsen, New York • Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Burbank,

California

International• China Shougang International Trade and

Engineering Corporation, Beijing• GF Fund Management, Internal Affairs

Department, Legal and Compliance Office, Hong Kong

• Irish Center for Human Rights, Galway• International Criminal Court, The Hague,

Netherlands• International Criminal Tribunal for the

Former Yugoslavia, United Nations, Defense Counsel for Ratko Mladic, The Hague, Netherlands

• Office of the Legal Counselor to the State Department, The Hague, Netherlands

• Federal Ministry of Justice of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Abuja

• No Peace Without Justice, Gaziantep, Turkey

Advocacy• A Better Balance: Advancing the Rights of

Working Families, Nashville, Tennessee• Alliance for a Just Society, Seattle,

Washington• American Bar Association, International

Criminal Court Project, Washington, D.C.• American Civil Liberties Union Center for

Democracy, Speech, Privacy & Technology Project, New York

• American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee

Externship and Summer Stipend Placements Continued

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• American Civil Liberties Union of Texas• Bay Area Legal Aid, Housing Law Clinic,

Richmond, California• Brooklyn Defender Services, New York• Cabrini Green Legal Aid, Chicago, Illinois• Center for Court Innovation, Staten Island

Youth Justice Center, New York• Chicago Legal Aid for Incarcerated

Mothers, Illinois• Disability Law and Advocacy Center,

Nashville, Tennessee• Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and

the Cumberlands• Levitt & Quinn Family Law Center, Veterans

Project, Los Angeles, California• Riverkeeper, Ossining, New York• Southern Center for Human Rights, Atlanta,

Georgia• Southern Environmental Law Center,

Nashville, Tennessee• Southern Migrant Legal Services,

Nashville, Tennessee• Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic and

Sexual Violence, Nashville• Tennessee Human Rights Commission,

Nashville• Tennessee Justice Center, Nashville• Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid Office, Austin• United Steelworkers International Division,

Nashville, Tennessee• Volunteer Lawyers & Professionals for the

Arts, Nashville, Tennessee

Vanderbilt Law students used stipends funded by the law school to support their volunteer legal work during summer 2014 with government agencies; in the chambers of federal, state and local judges; with federal and state attorneys and public defenders; and with public interest and advocacy organizations in the U.S. and abroad. Students did pro bono legal work for legal offices and organizations in 16 states, D.C., and two foreign nations. The stipends, sponsored by the law school and the Vanderbilt Legal Aid Society, help defray the travel and living expenses of students who serve in unpaid legal internships.70

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6TH(tie) U.S. News Federal Judicial Clerkship Ranking, 2012 law graduates (posted June 12, 2014)

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Every Vanderbilt Law student is encouraged to consider serving as a judicial clerk after graduation. Clerking for a judge is one of the most exciting and valuable employment experiences available to recent law graduates and typically accelerates a young lawyer’s career by providing an in-depth understanding of a wide range of legal issues in a short period of time. A clerkship also presents an extraordinary opportunity to learn firsthand how judges make decisions and how the judicial system functions, and the judges with whom clerks serve often become lifelong mentors and advocates for their former clerks.

The faculty takes an active leadership role in the judicial clerkship program, working closely and individually with interested students. Professor Michael Bressman heads the program, providing valuable advice and guidance throughout the clerkship application process.

In recent years, Vanderbilt Law graduates have clerked for the U.S. Supreme Court and for each of the U.S. Courts of Appeals.

Consider a Judicial Clerkship

Clerking is an amazing opportunity to witness the American justice system in action. JENNA FARLEIGH | Class of 2012 Jenna was a clerk for Judges Ronald M. Gould and Richard C. Tallman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 2012–14.

Class Federal State/ All Total % of Graduates % of Graduates Local Clerkships Graduates All Clerkships Federal Clerkships

2013 19 6 25 206 12.1% 9.2%2012 23 9 32 196 16.3% 11.7% 2011 21 8 29 198 14.6% 10.6%2010 25 9 34 202 16.8% 12.4%2009 19 4 23 189 12.2% 10.0%

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During the 2013–14 academic year, 33 Vanderbilt Law graduates secured 36 clerkships with the following courts. Clerkships were served in 2014–15 unless otherwise indicated.

FEDERAL APPELLATE COURTSDistrict of Columbia CircuitWashington, D.C.Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson (2)

Sixth CircuitAnn Arbor, MichiganJudge Raymond M. Kethledge (2015-16)

Nashville, TennesseeJudge Gilbert S. Merritt Jr., Class of 1960

London, KentuckyJudge Eugene E. Siler Jr.

Columbus, OhioJudge Jeffrey S. Sutton

Eighth CircuitEl Dorado, ArkansasJudge Bobby E. Shepherd

Eleventh CircuitBirmingham, AlabamaJudge William H. Pryor Jr. (2015-16)

Jacksonville, FloridaJudge Susan H. Black

FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTSAlabamaMiddle District of Alabama, MontgomeryJudge W. Keith Watkins

Northern District of Alabama, BirminghamJudge Madeline H. HaikalaJudges James H. Hancock and R. David

Proctor

ArkansasWestern District of Arkansas, Fort SmithJudge P.K. Holmes III

CaliforniaNorthern District of California, San FranciscoJudge Vince C. Chhabria

FloridaMiddle District of Florida, OrlandoJudge George K. Sharp

Northern District of Florida, PensacolaMagistrate Judge Charles J. Kahn Jr.

GeorgiaNorthern District of Georgia, AtlantaJudge Orinda D. Evans

Southern District of Georgia, AugustaMagistrate Judge Brian Epps

KentuckyEastern District of Kentucky, CovingtonJudge Amul R. Thapar

MichiganWestern District of Michigan, Grand RapidsJudge Robert J. Jonker (2015-16)

MississippiNorthern District of Mississippi, OxfordJudge Michael P. Mills

NevadaDistrict of Nevada, Las Vegas Judge James C. Mahan, Class of 1973 (2)

PennsylvaniaMiddle District of Pennsylvania, ScrantonMagistrate Judge Gerald B. Cohn

TennesseeMiddle District of Tennessee, NashvilleJudge William J. Haynes, Class of 1973

VirginiaSouthern District of West Virginia, Charleston Judge Thomas E. Johnston (2013-14)

FEDERAL BANKRUPTCY COURTS (1)IllinoisNorthern District of Illinois, ChicagoJudge Eugene R. Wedoff

STATE SUPREME COURTSSouth Carolina Supreme CourtJustice Costa M. Pleicones (2015-16)

STATE COURTSAlaskaAlaska Superior Court, FairbanksJudge Jane F. Kauvar

ColoradoColorado District Court, 18th Judicial

District, Castle RockJudges Angela R. Arkin and Vincent R. White

(2013-14)

New JerseyNew Jersey Superior Court, NewarkJudge Michael V. Cresitello Jr. (2)

South CarolinaSouth Carolina Circuit Court, SpartanburgJudge J. Mark Hayes II

TennesseeTennessee Court of Appeals, NashvilleJudge W. Neal McBrayer

Tennessee Chancery Court, 11th District, Chattanooga

Judges Jeffrey M. Atherton and W. Frank Brown II

Tennessee Circuit Court, 20th District, Nashville

Judge Thomas W. Brothers, Class of 1977

During the 2012–13 academic year, 32 Vanderbilt Law graduates secured 34 clerkships with the following courts. Clerkships were served in 2013–14 unless otherwise indicated.

UNITED STATES COURTS OF APPEALSDistrict of Columbia CircuitWashington, D.C.Judge Douglas H. GinsburgJudge Karen LeCraft Henderson

Second CircuitPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaJudge Raymond L. Lohier (2015-16)

Third CircuitPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaJudge Jane R. Roth Fifth CircuitNew Orleans, LouisianaJudge Stephen A. Higginson

Dallas, TexasJudge Catharina Haynes

Sixth CircuitLouisville, KentuckyJudge Danny Boggs

Memphis, TennesseeJudge Bernice Bouie DonaldJudge Ronald L. Gilman

Nashville, TennesseeJudge Gilbert S. Merritt Jr., Class of 1960Judge Jane B. Stranch, Class of 1978 (2014-15)

Eleventh CircuitMobile, AlabamaJudge Emmett R. Cox

FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTSAlabamaNorthern District of Alabama, HuntsvilleJudge C. Lynwood Smith

Washington, D.C.District of ColumbiaJudge Richard J. Leon (2015-16)

Consider a Judicial Clerkship, Continued

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FloridaMiddle District of Florida, TampaJudge James D. Whittemore (2012-14)Southern District of Florida, MiamiJudge Alicia M. Otazo-Reyes

GeorgiaSouthern District of Georgia, BrunswickJudge Lisa Godbey Wood (2014-15)

KentuckyEastern District of Kentucky, CovingtonJudge William O. Bertelsman

Eastern District of Kentucky, LondonJudge Hanly A. Ingram

New YorkSouthern District of New York, New YorkJudge Andrew L. Carter (2012-13)

PennsylvaniaEastern District of Pennsylvania, PhiladelphiaJudge Jan E. DuBoisJudge Eduardo C. Robreno

TennesseeMiddle District of Tennessee, NashvilleJudge Kevin S. Sharp, Class of 1993 (2014-15)

Western District of Tennessee, MemphisJudge John T. Fowkes Jr. (2012-14)Judge S. Hardy Mays Jr.

TexasEastern District of Texas, TylerJudge Leonard E. Davis

Southern District of Texas, LaredoJudge George P. Kazen

VirginiaWestern District of Virginia, AbingdonJudge James P. Jones

Western District of Virginia, RoanokeJudge Glen E. Conrad

STATE SUPREME COURTSTennessee Supreme CourtJustice Cornelia Clark, Class of 1979

STATE COURTSColoradoSecond Judicial District Court, DenverJudge Morris B. Hoffman

New JerseyNew Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, Atlantic CityJudge Carmen Alvarez

TennesseeTennessee Circuit Court, 20th District, NashvilleJudge Thomas W. Brothers, Class of 1977Tennessee Chancery Court, 30th District, MemphisJudge Kenny Armstrong (2012-13)

During the 2011–12 academic year, 32 Vanderbilt Law graduates secured 34 clerkships with the following courts. Clerkships were served in 2012–13 unless otherwise indicated.

UNITED STATES COURTS OF APPEALSThird CircuitWilmington, DelawareJudge Kent A. Jordan

Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaJudge Jane R. Roth

Sixth CircuitMemphis, TennesseeJudge Bernice Bouie Donald (2)Judge Julia Smith Gibbons

Nashville, TennesseeJudge Gilbert S. Merritt Jr., Class of 1960Judge Jane B. Stranch, Class of 1978

Seventh CircuitIndianapolis, IndianaJudge John D. Tinder

Eighth CircuitEl Dorado, ArkansasJudge Bobby E. Shepherd

Ninth CircuitSeattle, WashingtonJudge Ronald M. GouldJudge Richard C. Tallman (2013-14)

Eleventh CircuitAtlanta, GeorgiaJudge Phyllis A. Kravitch

FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTSAlabamaNorthern District of Alabama, BirminghamJudge Karon O. BowdreJudge Abdul K. Kallon

FloridaSouthern District of Florida, Fort LauderdaleJudge William J. Zloch

Southern District of Florida, MiamiJudge K. Michael Moore

GeorgiaMiddle District of Georgia, AlbanyJudge W. Louis Sands

KentuckyWestern District of Kentucky, LouisvilleJudge John G. Heyburn II

LouisianaEastern District of Louisiana,

New OrleansJudge Lance M. AfrickJudge Jane M. Triche-Milazzo

MichiganEastern District of Michigan, DetroitJudge Stephen J. Murphy III

NevadaDistrict of Nevada, Las VegasJudge James C. Mahan, Class of 1973

PennsylvaniaWestern District of Pennsylvania, PittsburghJudge Gary L. Lancaster

South CarolinaDistrict of South Carolina, ColumbiaJudge Joseph F. Anderson Jr.

District of South Carolina, CharlestonJudge Patrick M. Duffy

TennesseeMiddle District of Tennessee, NashvilleJudge William J. Haynes Jr., Class of 1973Judge Kevin H. Sharp, Class of 1993Judge John T. Nixon, Class of 1960

Western District of Tennessee, JacksonJudge J. Daniel Breen

TexasNorthern District of Texas, DallasThe Honorable Reed C. O’Connor

STATE SUPREME COURTSTennessee Supreme Court, NashvilleJustice William C. Koch, Class of 1972

STATE COURTSColoradoColorado Court of Appeals, DenverJudge Richard L. Gabriel

OregonOregon Court of Appeals, SalemJudge Rebecca A. Duncan

TennesseeTennessee Court of Criminal Appeals,

HuntingdonJudge John Everett Williams

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Vanderbilt is a small law school with an expansive reach and longstanding relationships with legal employers across the nation. New graduates consistently choose employment in a wide variety of locations coast to coast and abroad. Collectively, the last five graduating J.D. classes reported employment in 41 states; Washington, D.C.; the U.S. Virgin Islands; seven foreign nations; and three military branches.

Where Do You Go From Here?

30Average number of states in which new Vanderbilt Law graduates have taken employment each year, 2009–2013

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J.D. Destinations–Classes of 2009–2013

M O S T P O P U L A RD E S T I N A T I O N S ,

C L A S S E S 2 0 0 9 – 2 0 1 3

State ‘13 ‘09–’13Tennessee 44 197New York 24 108Washington, D.C. 18 84Georgia 8 60California 15 58Texas 12 49Illinois 9 46Florida 9 33

Utah2

California58

Washington7

Colorado11

Nevada5

Louisiana10

Alabama28

Missouri9

Texas49

North Carolina23

Florida33

Virginia12

Kentucky 15

Illinois46

Ohio20

Minnesota6

Nebraska3

Montana2

New York 108

Pennsylvania16

Georgia60

Tennessee 197

Washington, DC 84

New Jersey 6

Massachusetts 8

International: 14China (3)Dubai (2)England (2)Germany (2)Republic of Korea (2)ChileUnited Arab EmiratesU.S. Virgin Islands

U.S. Military JAG: 10

Maryland 9

Michigan7

Indiana9

Arkansas6

Delaware 10

Connecticut 6

Oregon5

Arizona4

Mississippi4

New Mexico3

SouthCarolina

3

WestVirginia

3

Idaho2

Kansas2

Maine2

Oklahoma2

Iowa1

Class: 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total

Tennessee 36 34 43 40 44 197New York 22 22 14 26 24 108Washington, DC 20 22 10 14 18 84Georgia 16 8 12 16 8 60California 10 12 10 11 15 58Texas 11 6 10 10 12 49Illinois 13 10 7 7 9 46Florida 3 9 6 6 9 33Alabama 8 6 5 5 4 28North Carolina 8 1 6 2 6 23Ohio 5 2 6 3 4 20Pennsylvania 3 1 1 7 4 16Kentucky 2 6 3 4 15Virginia 2 2 3 1 4 12Colorado 2 1 1 2 5 11Delaware 4 6 10Louisiana 2 2 3 1 2 10Indiana 3 1 2 3 9Maryland 4 3 1 1 9Missouri 1 4 3 1 9Massachusetts 2 1 2 3 8

Class: 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total

Michigan 2 3 2 7Washington 2 2 2 1 7Arkansas 1 2 1 2 6Connecticut 2 2 2 6Minnesota 2 2 1 1 6New Jersey 1 1 1 3 6Nevada 1 1 2 1 5Oregon 1 2 2 5Arizona 2 1 1 4Mississippi 1 2 1 4Nebraska 3 3New Mexico 1 2 3South Carolina 1 1 1 3West Virginia 1 1 1 3Idaho 1 1 2Kansas 1 1 2Maine 2 2Montana 1 1 2Oklahoma 1 1 2Utah 1 1 2Iowa 1 1

D O M E S T I C G R A D U A T E S A T A G L A N C E

I N T E R N A T I O N A L / U . S . M I L I T A R Y W O R L D W I D E / U . S . T E R R I T O R I E S G R A D U A T E S A T A G L A N C E

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013China Chile China Dubai (2) Germany (2)United Arab Emirates England England U.S. Army JAG ChinaU.S. Air Force JAG U.S. Army JAG Rep. of Korea U.S. Navy JAG Republic of KoreaU.S. Army JAG U.S. Navy JAG (2) U.S. Virgin Islands U.S. Air Force JAG (2) U.S. Army JAG

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*See page 22 for more information on Class of 2013 employment status.

Nine months after graduation, 94 percent of 2013 Vanderbilt Law graduates were employed and 1 percent (2 graduates) were enrolled in full-time graduate degree programs. Their locations and employers were reported as follows:

A L A B A M A ( 4 )Birmingham Hand ArendallMaynard Cooper & GaleHuntsville Judge C. Lynwood Smith, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of AlabamaMobileJudge Emmett R. Cox, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

C A L I F O R N I A ( 1 5 )Laguna HillsWeil and DrageLos AngelesO’Melveny & MyersPaul Hastings Janofsky & WalkerMoffett FieldOnRamp SystemsNewport BeachPicocoSitzer Law GroupPalo AltoSimpson Thacher & BartlettSan FranciscoAnderson & PooleCapgemini ConsultingKasowitz Benson Torres & FriedmanLeap MotionSquire SandersWikimedia Foundation Inc.San JoseBeck Ross Bismonte & FinleySanta ClaraNorthern California Innocence Project

C O L O R A D O ( 5 )Castle RockJudges Arkin and White, Arapahoe County Court, 18th DistrictColorado SpringsEl Paso County District Attorney’s OfficeDenverFaegre Baker DanielsFidelity InvestmentsJudicial Branch of Colorado, 2nd District

D I S T R I C T O F C O L U M B I A ( 1 8 )Arent FoxArnold & PorterCenter for International Private EnterpriseDickstein ShapiroFederal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Emergency Management AgencyHogan Lovells US (2)Jones DayKing & SpaldingMiles & StockbridgeRegan Zambri Long & BertramSughrue MionSutherland Asbill & BrennanU.S. African Development Foundation, Office of the General CounselJudge Douglas H. Ginsburg, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. CircuitJudge Karen LeCraft Henderson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. CircuitRepresentative John Boehner, Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives

F L O R I D A ( 9 )Boca Raton Falk Waas Hernadez Cortina Solomon & BonnerJacksonvilleAnsbacher & AssociatesFlorida State Attorney’s OfficeMiamiDade County Legal Aid SocietySchlesinger & AssociatesWicker SmithTallahasseeSelf-employedTampa Greenberg TraurigWiland Guerra King

G E O R G I A ( 8 )AtlantaAlston & Bird (3)Georgia State Board of ParoleSutherland Asbill & BrennanTroutman Sanders (2)RomeRome Circuit Public Defender’s Office

I L L I N O I S ( 9 )ChicagoAskounis & DarcyHurley StannersKirkland & EllisParrillo Weiss and O’HalloranShaw FishmanVedder Price Kaulfman & KammholzJudge John Z. Lee, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of IllinoisGenevaKonicek & DillonVandaliaLefevre Oldfield Myers Apke & Payne

K E N T U C K Y ( 4 )CovingtonJudge William O. Bertelsman, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

LexingtonU.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of KentuckyLondonMagistrate Judge Hanly A. Ingram, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of KentuckyLouisvilleJudge Danny Boggs, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

L O U I S I A N A ( 2 )Baton RougeTaylor Porter Brooks & PhillipsNew OrleansJudge Stephen A. Higginson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

M A R Y L A N D ( 1 )FrederickIntegrity Consulting

M A S S A C H U S E T T S ( 3 )BedfordAnika TherapeuticsBostonMassachusetts Committee for Public Counsel ServicesWilmerHale

M I N N E S O T A ( 1 )MinneapolisCarlson Caspers

K A N S A S ( 1 )Kansas CityBryan Cave

M O N T A N A ( 1 )KalispellMoore Cockrell Goicoechea & Axelberg

N E B R A S K A ( 3 )OmahaFidelity National Title Group (3)

N E V A D A ( 1 )Las VegasHutchison & Steffen

N E W J E R S E Y ( 3 )Atlantic CityJudge Carmen Alvarez, New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate DivisionBasking RidgePingry SchoolNewarkNew Jersey Superior Court

N E W Y O R K ( 2 4 )BrooklynLegal Information for Families Today

Class of 2013 Locations and Employers

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BuffaloHodgson RussCentral IslipU.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New YorkFlushingKevin Kerveng TungNew YorkAllen & OveryBaker BottsCahill Gordon & ReindelCredit SuisseLatham & WatkinsMilbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy (2)New York City Law Department (2)New York University School of Law, Center for Law, Economics & OrganizationO’Melveny & MeyersPaul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & GarrisonRopes & GraySimpson Thacher & Bartlett (2)Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & FlomSports InternshipSullivan & CromwellThe Legal Aid SocietyWhite PlainsGoldberg Segella

N O R T H C A R O L I N A ( 6 )Chapel HillUNC Health Care System, Office of Legal and Risk ManagementCharlotteK&L GatesParker Poe Adams & Bernstein (2)GreensboroGuilford County Public Defender’s OfficeWinston-SalemMagnolia Partners

O H I O ( 4 )CincinnatiDinsmore & ShohlTaft Stettinius & HollisterColumbusFreund Freeze and ArnoldNewarkEJW Americorp Legal Fellowship, Veteran’s Legal Corp.

P E N N S Y L V A N I A ( 4 )PhiladelphiaCity of Philadelphia, Commercial Litigation UnitDechert (2)Judge Jan. E. Dubois, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

T E N N E S S E E ( 4 4 )ChattanoogaChambliss Bahner & StophelMiller & MartinFranklinBuerger Moseley & Carson

Johnson City Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & BerkowitzLawrenceburg Boston Holt Sockwell & DurhamMemphisJudge Bernice B. Donald, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitJudge S. Hardy Mays, U.S. District Court for the Western District of TennesseeNashvilleBaker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz (2)Bass Berry & Sims (5)Bradley Arant Boult Cummings (2)Branstetter Stranch & JenningsBureau of TennCareBurr & FormanDepartment of Commerce and Insurance, General Civil DivisionDickinson WrightFarrar & BatesFederal Public Defender, Middle District of TennesseeGordon Law GroupJudge Thomas Brothers, Class of 1977, 20th Judicial District of TennesseeJudge Gilbert S. Merritt Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitLaw Office of Sean RichardsonLaw Office of Stephanie PireraMetro Nashville Hospital AuthorityRose Immigration Law FirmSHR TalentSoftware CompanySupreme Court of TennesseeTennessee Attorney General’s OfficeTennessee Department of Children’s ServicesTennessee State Board of EducationTruxton TrustWalker Tipps & MaloneWaller Lansden Dortch & Davis (2)Wealth AccessWhite Law GroupWoodmont Investment Counsel

T E X A S ( 1 2 )AustinFlores & LopesPremier High School at TravisBeaumont Orgain Bell & TuckerDallasFulbright & JaworskiHaynes and BooneJudge Catharina Haynes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitHoustonAndrews KarthBracewell & GiulianiHaynes and BooneLocke Lord

LaredoJudge George P. Kazen, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of TexasTylerJudge Leonard E. Davis, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

V I R G I N I A ( 4 )AbingdonJudge James P. Jones, U.S. District Court for the Western District of VirginiaAlexandriaOliff & BerridgeRoanokeJudge Glen Conrad, U.S. District Court for the Western District of VirginiaViennaIP&T Group

W A S H I N G T O N ( 1 )SeattleSeattle City Attorney’s Office M I L I T A R Y ( 3 )U.S. Air Force JAG Corps (2)U.S. Army JAG Corps

I N T E R N A T I O N A L ( 4 )Beijing, ChinaHaiwen & PartnersFrankfurt, GermanyFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (2)Seoul, Republic of KoreaKookmin Bank

Pursuing Graduate Degrees Full-TimeNine months after graduation, two members of the Class of 2013 were enrolled in the following degree programs:

LL.M. Tax, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago

LL.M. Bankruptcy, St. John’s University School of Law, New York

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Wherever we travel, employers tell us how highly they regard Vanderbilt graduates. They’re well-educated lawyers who are also good people.

ELIZABETH WORKMAN | Assistant Dean for Career Services

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Expanded Array of Resources

In recent years, Vanderbilt has expanded the resources available to students seeking employment.

Hired additional counseling staff with diversified expertise

Increased outreach to legal employers and alumni nationwide

Launched the Public Service Initiative, a “bridge to practice” program that helps new graduates gain valuable legal experience in public service positions while continuing the search for permanent employment in locations of the their choice

Created off-campus employment interview programs in New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Houston and Dallas, with an additional program planned for Florida

Established a travel fund to support second- and third-year students who obtain interviews from job postings or direct applications to private employers, government and public service organizations

Created more summer and semester opportunities for students to gain practical legal experience through externships and public interest stipends

Launched a formal workshop series on valuable employment topics, such as “Law Firm Economics,” “Professionalism and Young Lawyers,” “Life as a Litigator,” “How to Nail an Interview,” and “How to Ensure, Not Sabotage, Success in Your Summer Job”

Fostered and enhanced communication between alumni and students

Start Your Search from a Strong Position

Legal employers across the nation and a global network of devoted alumni seek to hire Vanderbilt graduates, providing our students with a range of employment opportunities. Our longstanding ties and experience with employers from coast to coast provide substantial resources for helping students and graduates explore career options.

Vanderbilt’s position is fortunate in the changing job market for new graduates of American law schools. As one of the nation’s top schools, Vanderbilt has maintained its strong position in the legal marketplace by adapting to changes in the employment market as they have occurred.

As legal employers faced less certain hiring needs during the recent economic downturn, they scaled back their on-campus interviews at law schools across the nation, including Vanderbilt. While Vanderbilt’s On-Campus Interview program remains popular with employers and continues to be an important source of jobs for our students, we have supplemented OCI with several off-campus employment interview programs in New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Dallas and Houston, with an additional program planned for Florida.

Because strategic self-initiated contacts, referrals and job listings have proven useful for finding jobs in the current employment market, Vanderbilt established a travel fund to support second- and third-year students who obtain on-site interviews from job postings or direct applications to private employers and government and public service organizations.

In addition, Vanderbilt’s Public Service Initiative (PSI) has not only benefited graduates entering the public sector but also served as a bridge to practice for graduates seeking private-sector employment. The PSI helps new graduates gain valuable legal experience in public service positions while continuing the search for permanent employment in locations of their choice.

In percentage of 2013 law graduates employed in full-time, long-term jobs that require bar passage and were not funded by the school (based on ABA data)

12TH

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Employment Status % All Vanderbilt % All ABA ‘13 Full Time Full Time Part Time Part Time ’13 Graduates Graduates Long Term Short Term Long Term Short Term Number (206) (46,774)

Employed – Bar Passage Required 178 2 2 0 182 88.3% 62.3%Employed – JD Advantage 9 0 0 0 9 4.4% 13.6%Employed – Professional Position 2 0 0 0 2 1.0% 4.7%Employed – Non-Professional Position 0 0 1 0 1 0.5% 1.6%Employed – Undeterminable 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.1%Pursuing Graduate Degree Full Time 2 1.0% 1.8%Unemployed – Start Date Deferred 1 0.5% 0.7%Unemployed – Not Seeking 1 0.5% 1.8%Unemployed – Seeking 6 2.9% 11.2%Employment Status Unknown 2 1.0% 2.3%Total Graduates 206 100.0% 100.0% Law School/University Funded Positions Full Time Full Time Part Time Part Time Long Term Short Term Long Term Short Term Number

Employed – Bar Passage Required 17 0 0 0 17Employed – J.D. Advantage 0 0 0 0 0Employed – Professional Position 0 0 0 0 0Employed – Non-Professional Position 0 0 0 0 0Total Employed by Law School/University 17 0 0 0 17

Employment Type Full Time Full Time Part Time Part Time Long Term Short Term Long Term Short Term Number

Law FirmsSolo 1 0 0 0 1 0.5% 2.3%2 – 10 16 0 1 0 17 8.3% 17.5%11 – 25 10 0 0 0 10 4.9% 4.2%26 – 50 3 0 0 0 3 1.5% 2.4%51 – 100 7 0 0 0 7 3.4% 1.9%101 – 250 17 0 0 0 17 8.3% 2.2%251 – 500 15 0 0 0 15 7.3% 2.3%501 + 42 0 0 0 42 20.4% 8.6%Unknown Size 0 1 0 0 1 0.5% 0.6%Business & Industry 17 0 2 0 19 9.2% 15.2%Government 20 0 0 0 20 9.7% 10.6%Pub. Int. 13 0 0 0 13 6.3% 4.8%Clerkships – Federal 19 0 0 0 19 9.2% 2.8%Clerkships – State & Local 5 1 0 0 6 2.9% 4.6%Clerkships – Other 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.1%Education 4 0 0 0 4 1.9% 2.1%Employer Type Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0.2% Total Employed 189 2 3 0 194 94.2% 82.2% Employment Location State Number

State – Largest Employment Tennessee 44 22.7%State – 2nd Largest Employment New York 24 12.4%State – 3rd Largest Employment District of Columbia 18 9.3%

Employed in Foreign Countries 4 2.1% 0.9%

Vanderbilt J.D. Class of 2013 Employment Summary

ABA Standard 509(b) Employment Summary for 2013 Graduates with the Addition of Benchmark Percentages for All 2013 ABA Graduates

The American Bar Association (ABA) requires each ABA-approved law school to disclose employment information on its website in a standard format ABA Employment Summary Report1. To facilitate comparison of Vanderbilt and other law schools’ employment outcomes, we provide below Vanderbilt’s Class of 2013 Summary Report, to which we have added benchmark statistics describing employment outcomes for 2013 graduates of all ABA-approved law schools.

1 Vanderbilt’s Class of 2013 Employment Summary Report: http://law.vanderbilt.edu/employers-cs/2013-EmploymentSummary.pdf

Employment Summary for 2013 Graduates

See Page 26

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By any measure, Vanderbilt Law graduates’ employment outcomes are counted among the best in the nation.

The percentage of Vanderbilt graduates employed in full-time, long-term, bar passage-required positions not funded by the school ranked 12th nationally.1 The percentage of Vanderbilt 2013 graduates securing federal judicial clerkships (9.2%) ranked 11th nationally. When Vanderbilt graduates enter the workforce, more than 75% take employment out of state, fanning out broadly across the nation and abroad. The five most popular destinations for 2013 grads were Tennessee (22.6%); New York (12.3%); Washington, D.C. (9.3%); California (7.7%); and Texas (6.2%).

Vanderbilt J.D. Class of 2013 Employment Survey: Key Statistics

Vanderbilt’s # % rank among 201 Graduates Graduates ABA schools

Total graduates 206 Total employed 194 94.2% 13th Bar passage required positions (BPR): All BPR positions 182 88.3% 9th BPR: Full-time, long-term 178 86.4% 10th BPR: Full-time-long-term, not funded by the school 161 78.2% 12th Law firms with 100+ attorneys 74 35.9% 14thFederal judicial clerkships 19 9.2% 11th

1 Benchmark statistics and Vanderbilt rank standings are based on the ABA Law School Employment Database, Compilation – All Schools Data, available at: http://employmentsummary.abaquestionnaire.org/

Employed – Bar Passage RequiredA position in this category requires the graduate to pass a bar exam and to be licensed to practice law in one or more jurisdictions. The positions that have such a requirement are varied and include, for example, positions in law firms, business or government. However, not all positions in law firms, business or government require bar passage; for example, a paralegal position would not. Positions that require the graduate to pass a bar exam and be licensed after beginning employment in order to retain the position are included in this category. Judicial clerkships are also included in this category.

Employed – J.D. AdvantageA position in this category is one for which the employer sought an individual with a J.D., and perhaps even required a J.D., or for which the J.D. provided a demonstrable advantage in obtaining or performing the job, but which does not itself require bar passage or an active law license or involve practicing law. Examples of positions for which a J.D. is an advantage include corporate contracts administrators, alternative dispute resolution specialists, government regulatory analysts, FBI agents and accountants. Also included might be jobs in personnel or human resources, with investment banks, with consulting firms, doing compliance work in business and industry, in law firm professional development, and jobs in law school career services offices, admissions

offices or other law school administrative offices. Doctors or nurses who plan to work in a litigation, insurance or risk management setting or as expert witnesses would fall into this category, as would journalists and teachers (in a higher education setting) of law and law-related topics. It is an indicator that a position does not fall into this category if a J.D. is uncommon among persons holding such a position.

Employed – Professional PositionA position in this category is one that requires professional skills or training but for which a J.D. is neither required nor a demonstrable advantage. Examples of persons in this category include math or science teachers, business managers or performing arts specialists. Other examples include professions such as doctors, nurses, engineers or architects, if a J.D. was not demonstrably advantageous in obtaining the position or in performing the required duties.

Employed – Non-Professional PositionA position in this category is one that does not require any special professional skills or training.

Short-term A short-term position is one that has a definite term of less than one year. Thus, a clerkship that has a definite term of one year or more is not a short-term position. It also includes a position that is of an indefinite length if that

position is not reasonably expected to last for one year or more. A position that is envisioned by the graduate and the employer to extend for one year or more is not a short-term position even though it is conditioned on bar passage and licensure. Thus, a long-term position that is conditioned on passing the bar exam by a certain date does not become a short-term position because of the condition.

Long-termA long-term position is one that does not have a definite or indefinite term of less than one year. It may have a definite length of time as long as the time is one year or longer. It may also have an indefinite length as long as it is expected to last one year or more. The possibility that a short-term position may evolve into a long-term position does not make it a long-term position.

Full-timeA full-time position is one in which the graduate works a minimum of 35 hours per week. A full-time position may be either short- or long-term.

Part-timeA part-time position is one in which the graduate works fewer than 35 hours per week. A part-time position may be either short- or long-term.

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When you get in the real world and practice at a law firm, you work together in groups representing clients. Vanderbilt does a good job of preparing people to work together.

HARRISON J. FRAHN IV | Class of 1996Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Palo Alto, California.

7TH7th, Law schools that saw the most alumni promoted to partner (in the 250 largest law firms) in 2011, National Law Journal

7TH7th, (score 4.12 out of 5) in 2014 American Lawyer survey asking mid-level associates at private firms to rank their law schools on how well they prepared students for practice

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Vanderbilt stands apart not only for the quality of the legal training we deliver, but also for the support you’ll receive from one of the nation’s best Career Services departments.

CHRIS GUTHRIE | Dean | John Wade-Kent Syverud Professor of Law

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During the recent economic downturn, legal employers across the nation facing uncertain hiring needs reduced the number of positions available to graduating law students. In 2009, VLS launched the Public Service Initiative (PSI) to help new graduates gain valuable legal experience while continuing the search for permanent employment in locations of their choice. Graduating students secure volunteer legal internships with government agencies, in judicial chambers, with public defenders’ or prosecutors’ offices, or with nonprofit advocacy organizations, and receive school-funded PSI stipends for up to one year after graduation.

Information contained in the ABA Law School Employment Database provides some context for considering Vanderbilt’s and other law schools’ school-funded employment outcomes. For 2013 graduates, 141 of 201 ABA-approved law schools each funded positions for its own graduating students. Seventy of those schools, including Vanderbilt, funded full-time, long-term, bar passage-required positions. The percentage of each school’s graduates employed in these positions nine months after graduation ranged from 0.3% to 25.4%.

Nine months after graduation, 17 Vanderbilt 2013 graduates (8.3%) were working for the following employers in PSI-funded positions:

Vanderbilt J.D. Class of 2013 Employment Summary, continued

The Public Service Initiative: Vanderbilt’s School-Funded PositionsSchools reporting 2013 graduates employed in full-time, long-term bar passage-required positions funded by the school (which include all 22 law schools currently ranked 1 through 20 by U.S. News):

The PSI has benefited graduates entering public-sector employment as well as serving as a bridge to practice for graduates seeking employment in the private sector.

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• Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Service, Boston

• Dade County Legal Aid Society, Miami, Florida

• Legal Aid Society, New York City

• Metropolitan Nashville Hospital Authority, Tennessee

• New York City Law Department, Administrative Law Division

• New York City Law Department, Appeals Division

• Northern California Innocence Project, Santa Clara

• Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Middle District of Tennessee, Capital Habeas Unit, Nashville

• Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance, General Civil Division, Nashville

• Tennessee State Board of Education, Nashville

• U.S. African Development Foundation, Office of the General Counsel, Washington, D.C.

• U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Kentucky, Lexington

• U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York, Judge Robert E. Grossman, Central Islip

• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Judge John Z. Lee, Chicago

• University of North Carolina Health Care System, Office of Legal and Risk Management, Chapel Hill

• Washington State Office of the Attorney General, Seattle

• Wikimedia Foundation, San Francisco

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Vanderbilt Class of 2013: Reported Salaries by Region1

Full- time salaries for all jobs reported across all employment sectors

# % VLS # % # jobs % jobs # with Percentile VLS Alums Alums U.S. Lawyers U.S. Lawyers rptd. rptd. salary 25 Median 75 Mean in Region in Region in Region in Region

New EnglandCT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT 398 4% 78,001 6% Vanderbilt 2013 3 1.6% LT5 – – – – NALP 2013 1,970 5.3% 1,106 $46,000 $60,000 $110,000 $79,864Mid- AtlanticNJ, NY, PA 805 9% 257,007 21% Vanderbilt 2013 31 16.2% 18 $145,000 $160,000 $160,000 $145,513 NALP 2013 7,464 20.2% 4,798 $52,500 $80,000 $160,000 $99,936E. North CentralIL, IN,MI, OH, WI 723 8% 166,216 13% Vanderbilt 2013 13 6.8% 8 $55,600 $110,000 $132,500 $97,775 NALP 2013 4,912 13.3% 2,262 $48,000 $60,000 $100,000 $75,706West North CentralIA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD 228 3% 72,589 6% Vanderbilt 2013 5 2.6% 5 $60,000 $60,000 $115,000 $87,000 NALP 2013 1,983 5.4% 1,105 $45,000 $55,000 $70,000 $62,632South AtlanticDE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV 2,253 25% 236,133 19% Vanderbilt 2013 46 24.1% 34 $70,000 $135,000 $145,000 $111,706 NALP 2013 8,507 23.0% 4,802 $45,000 $60,000 $95,000 $76,099East South CentralAL, KY, MS, TN 2,825 31% 51,351 4% Vanderbilt 2013 52 27.2% 36 $51,000 $87,500 $110,000 $80,971 NALP 2013 1,264 3.4% 676 $42,000 $54,000 $70,000 $60,157West South CentralAR, LA, OK, TX 714 8% 119,058 10% Vanderbilt 2013 14 7.3% 12 $60,000 $126,000 $160,000 $113,083 NALP 2013 3,488 9.4% 1,830 $50,000 $65,000 $100,000 $82,693MountainAZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY 275 3% 66,142 5% Vanderbilt 2013 7 3.7% 5 $48,000 $60,000 $86,000 $68,425 NALP 2013 2,140 5.8% 1,234 $49,000 $55,608 $66,865 $62,129PacificAK, CA, HI, OR, WA 607 7% 206,045 16% Vanderbilt 2013 16 8.4% 9 $85,000 $125,000 $150,000 $116,111 NALP 2013 53,02 1 4.3% 3,100 $54,000 $72,010 $150,000 $91,429Foreign 162 2% – – Vanderbilt 2013 4 2.1 LT 5 – – – – NALP 2013 – – – – – – –

Salaries Differ by Employers’ Location

Given the national footprint of 2013 Vanderbilt graduates, it is helpful to look at their salaries in the context of salaries paid to 2013 graduates of all law schools employed in the same region. The chart belows shows salary medians and interquartile ranges by region as reported by the National Association for Law Placement (NALP). For statistical and privacy reasons, neither NALP nor VLS provide statistics where fewer than five salaries are reported (e.g., 2013 VLS graduates in New England).

1 The Vanderbilt Class of 2013 included 206 total graduates of which 194 were known to be employed nine months after graduation. Of the known employed, 129 reported their salaries (66.5%). Because reported salaries do not necessarily represent the full distribution of all employed graduates’ salaries, the salary distributions above should be interpreted with caution, except where the number of jobs reported equals the number with salaries reported. Note, also, that graduates with higher salaries may be more likely to report them, potentially skewing reported distributions.

2 Source: ABA

The chart also shows the number and percentage of all VLS alumni in each region against the number and percentage of all U.S. lawyers in the region.

The statistics below reflect full-time salaries across all employment sectors and types. More information on Vanderbilt Class of 2013 salaries, including breakdowns by public/private sector, employment categories (private practice, government, judicial clerk,

etc.), size of firm and other groupings, is available in the Vanderbilt Law School Class of 2013 NALP Summary Report on our website: http://law.vanderbilt.edu/NALP-Employment-Summary-for-the-Class-of-2013.pdf.

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Standard of Living: Sometimes Less is More

Salaries vary by location, as does the cost of living, but the two do not always go hand in hand. Suppose two new graduates take jobs in law firms that pay $160,000, one in Washington, D.C., the other in New York. Although these might appear to be equal outcomes, a $160,000 salary in Washington, D.C., offers about 55.7% more buying power than the identical salary in New York due to the relative cost of living (source: Buying Power Index Class of 2012, September 2013, containing Buying Power Indexes for each of 84 American cities at www.nalp.org).

Sometimes less is more. A new graduate taking employment with an Atlanta firm paying $135,000 might appear to have done less well than the two graduates above, but $135,000 in Atlanta offers about 36% more buying power than $160,000 in Washington, D.C., and 91% more buying power than $160,000 in New York.

To read “NALP Buying Power Index Class of 2012: How much buying power did salaries offer?”, scan the QR code at the left with your smartphone or visit: www.nalp.org/buying_power_index_class_of_2012?s=buying%20power%20index

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