VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL LAW CAREER SERVICES

ON-CAMPUS INTERVIEWS EMPLOYMENT AND JUDICIAL CLERKSHIPS

2012 EDITION Will a Vanderbilt Law Degree Equip You to Achieve Your Career Goals?

ne of the most impor- counselor dedicated to your success. You organizations, and government depart - Otant questions prospective will learn how to develop your resumé, ments and agencies value the talent and law students ask when choosing a law emphasize your strengths, and identify balance of Vanderbilt Law students, and school is whether their degree will serve opportunities well suited to your apti - they come to campus in high numbers. them well in pursuing a career after they tudes and desires. You will also have an This booklet highlights the results graduate. opportunity to participate in a mock inter - of our program, including the employers It’s a smart question. Law school view conducted by a practicing attorney. who attended our OCI sessions and those requires a significant investment of time Through our comprehensive program of who hired our graduates. I’m proud of and money, and it’s important to evalu - coaching and counseling, you will learn the students whose success and hard ate law schools based on the quality of how to think about your job search strate - work are reflected here, and I look for - the education they offer. But there’s anoth - gically, pursue summer jobs that will ward to having the opportunity to work er extremely important consideration: enhance your resumé, and make good with you as a Vanderbilt Law student to the quality of assistance you will receive long-term career decisions based on your achieve your career goals. as you explore your career options. personal situation. Our program is designed to provide Vanderbilt hosts a large On-Campus you with the resources and support you Interview (OCI) session each fall for sec - need to achieve your career goals. Begin - ond-year students and another session Elizabeth Workman ning in the first year, you will meet indi - each spring for first-year students. Employ - Assistant Dean, Career Services viduall y— and ofte n— with a career ers from private firms, public interest 1

A Career Services Program Dedicated to Your Success

anderbilt has one of overseas. Members of the Classes of 2006 Vanderbilt is recognized by a number of entities that gauge career prospects for the most successful career through 2010 (approximately 1,000 grad - graduates of American law schools in different ways: services programs among the uates) garnered positions in 41 states, the ■ 4th, Best Career Prospects, Princeton Review Best Law Schools, 2011 nation’s leading law schools, District of Columbia, and 13 foreign V ■ 9th, Judicial Clerkship Ranking, US News Best Graduate Schools, 2010 providing comprehensive resources to nations. More than 80 percent took ■ help students explore career options and employment out of state. Today, approx - 10th (tied), A look at where new law firm partners in 2009 went to law school, National Law Journal, 2010 to guide graduates to career opportuni - imately 8,500 Vanderbilt Law graduates ■ 11th, Top 25 Law Schools, a survey of 400 law firm hiring partners across the ties across the United States and around form a global network that spans 49 states nation conducted by Vault, 2007 the world. Headed by Assistant Dean and D.C., three U.S. territories and 29 ■ 12th, 2010 “Go-to” Law Schools with the highest percentage of graduates hired Elizabeth Workman, experienced and foreign nations, and offers a unique advan - by NLJ 250 firms, National Law Journal, 2010 dedicated counselors work one on one tage to new graduates. with students starting in the first year to explore professional interests and aspi - rations. Career Services also hosts two well-attended on-campus interview (OCI) sessions each yea r— a fall session for second- and third-year students seeking summer and permanent employment, and a spring session for first-year stu - dents seeking summer positions. The results speak for themselves. Each year, approximately 200 new J.D. graduates enter private practice, judicial clerkships, public service or other posi - tions throughout the United States and 2

Rich Resources for a Great Career Start

anderbilt Law Career Resumé Forwarding Services offers comprehensive Throughout the year, nearly 400 employ - An Acclaimed Career Services Program Vresources for finding a great job. ers solicit resumés from Vanderbilt anderbilt’s Career Services Program has a well-earned reputation for its effec - students and post job listings with the Vtiveness in enabling graduates to secure positions that meet their career goals. On-Campus Interviews (OCI) At Vanderbilt, the ratio of employment counselors to students is low, and the Career Services office. Some employers Vanderbilt graduates are in high demand level of support you can expect is very high. In addition to helping you develop a ask students to contact them directly professional resumé and improve your i nterviewing skills, Vanderbilt Career Serv - for their outstanding legal training and while others have Career Services col - ices offers workshops for the interpersonal and professional and other opportunities lect resumés. The program frequently skills they develop during law school. to learn how law firms leads to personal interviews and per - approach hiring and Legal employers representing hundreds manent jobs. employment, how they of offices located throughout the nation are financed, how to get and abroad come to the Vanderbilt cam - Alumni Leads List a job in a depressed pus each fall semester to interview sec - The Career Services office supports market, how to succeed as a summer associate ond- and third-year students for summer Vanderbilt graduates for life. Employers and beginning lawyer, Career Services organizes two On-Campus Interview (OCI) ses - and permanent employment. See pages around the nation advertise positions for and how to get a pub - sions each year during which students interview for summer and permanent jobs. 3-8 for a list of participating employers. experienced attorneys through our Leads lic interest job. List , which is accessible to our graduates Spring OCI Session online and updated continuously. Public Service Initiative for Loan Repayment Assistance A regional OCI session is offered each Graduating Students Public interest positions are rewarding spring for first-year summer employment. Judicial Clerkship Program Vanderbilt’s Public Service Initiative pro - and offer opportunities to gain substan - vides stipends for graduating students tive legal experience. Unfortunately, they Vanderbilt offers a successful faculty-led who take positions in government or often offer comparatively low salaries. Off-Campus Job Fairs judicial clerkship program. See pages 12- with public interest organizations. The Vanderbilt’s Loan Repayment Assistance Job fairs nationwide focus on special initiative helps graduates gain work expe - Program pays a portion of a graduate’s 14 for more information about this pro - rience as they build their resumés, make annual loan repayment obligation for up career interests, minority hiring, pub - gram. contacts and transition to permanent to 10 years to help ease the financial lic service employment and regional posi - employment. burden for graduates who take public interest employment. tions. See page 9 for a list of job fairs in which Vanderbilt participates. 3

On-Campus Employers, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 by location of offices:

ALABAMA ARIZONA Morgan Lewis & Bockius San Diego Birmingham Phoenix Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker DLA Piper US Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Adams and Reese Bryan Cave Fish & Richardson U.S. Internal Revenue Service Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell Gallagher & Kennedy Foley & Lardner U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission & Berkowitz Maricopa County Attorney’s Office Jones Day Venable Balch & Bingham Snell & Wilmer Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear Winston & Strawn Bradley Arant Boult Cummings U.S. Internal Revenue Service Latham & Watkins Menlo Park Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker Burr & Forman Tucson Carr Allison Davis Polk & Wardwell U.S. Internal Revenue Service Snell & Wilmer Hand Arendall Mountain View San Francisco Hare Wynn Newell and Newton CALIFORNIA Fenwick & West Beveridge & Diamond Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker Dechert Costa Mesa Newport Beach Johnston Barton Proctor & Rose Dewey & LeBoeuf Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto Leitman Siegal Payne & Campbell Dechert Fenwick & West Lightfoot Franklin & White East Palo Alto Oakland Foley & Lardner Maynard Cooper & Gale Dewey & LeBoeuf U.S. Internal Revenue Service Holland & Knight Sirote & Permutt Jones Day Irvine Orange County U.S. Internal Revenue Service Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear Bryan Cave Dechert Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis Latham & Watkins Jones Day Latham & Watkins Walston Wells & Birchall Morgan Lewis & Bockius Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker Huntsville Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker Snell & Wilmer Bradley Arant Rose & White Laguna Niguel Ropes & Gray Maynard Cooper & Gale U.S. Internal Revenue Service Palo Alto Social Security Administration, Office of Sirote & Permutt Los Angeles Alston & Bird General Counsel Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & U.S. Internal Revenue Service Mobile Alston & Bird Dunner U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission Adams and Reese Bryan Cave Morgan Lewis & Bockius Winston & Strawn Hand Arendall Dewey & LeBoeuf Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason Sirote & Permutt Foley & Lardner Ropes & Gray Fulbright & Jaworski San Jose Montgomery Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Hogan Lovells U.S. Internal Revenue Service Balch & Bingham Holland & Knight Riverside Bradley Arant Boult Cummings Santa Monica Hunton & Williams Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear Bryan Cave Jones Day ALASKA Sacramento Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear Silicon Valley U.S. Internal Revenue Service Anchorage Latham & Watkins Dechert U.S. Internal Revenue Service McGuireWoods Fish & Richardson 4

Foley & Lardner DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Sutherland Asbill & Brennan Carlton Fields Hogan Lovells Washington Thompson Hine Foley & Lardner Jones Day U.S. Department of Labor Holland & Knight Alston & Bird King & Spalding U.S. Department of Transportation, Lowndes Drosdick Doster Kantor & Reed Arent Fox Latham & Watkins Office of the General Counsel Arnold & Porter Sarasota U.S. Government Accountability Office Thousand Oaks Baker Botts Adams and Reese U. S. Internal Revenue Service U.S. Internal Revenue Service Beveridge & Diamond U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission St. Petersburg Blank Rome Venable Adams and Reese COLORADO Bracewell & Giuliani Vinson & Elkins Bryan Cave Tampa Boulder White & Case Covington & Burling Adams and Reese Faegre & Benson Wiley Rein Dechert Carlton Fields Williams & Connolly Colorado Springs Dewey & LeBoeuf Foley & Lardner WilmerHale Hogan Lovells Dickstein Shapiro Hill Ward & Henderson Winston & Strawn DLA Piper US Holland & Knight Denver Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice Dow Lohnes Phelps Dunbar Fulbright & Jaworski Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett West Palm Beach Hogan Lovells FLORIDA & Dunner Snell & Wilmer Carlton Fields Fish & Richardson Ft. Lauderdale Social Security Administration, Holland & Knight Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto Holland & Knight Office of General Counsel Foley & Lardner U.S. Internal Revenue Service U.S. Internal Revenue Service GEORGIA Fulbright & Jaworski U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission Jacksonville Haynes and Boone Altanta Foley & Lardner Hogan Lovells Alston & Bird CONNECTICUT Holland & Knight Holland & Knight Arnall Golden Gregory McGuireWoods East Hartford Howrey Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell U.S. Internal Revenue Service U.S. Internal Revenue Service Hunton & Williams & Berkowitz Hartford Jones Day Miami Bryan Cave Carlton Fields Burr & Forman Dechert Kenyon & Kenyon Foley & Lardner Carlton Fields Shipman & Goodwin King & Spalding Hogan Lovells DLA Piper US U.S. Internal Revenue Service Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear Latham & Watkins Holland & Knight Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett Stamford Morgan Lewis & Bockius Hunton & Williams & Dunner Shipman & Goodwin Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe Morgan Lewis & Bockius Fish & Richardson Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker U.S. Internal Revenue Service Holland & Knight DELAWARE Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission Hunton & Williams Wilmington Public Defender Service for the Naples Jones Day District of Columbia Kilpatrick Stockton Fish & Richardson Porter Wright Morris & Arthur King & Spalding Richards Layton & Finger Ropes & Gray Orlando McGuireWoods Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom Sidley Austin Baker & Hostetler McKenna Long & Aldridge Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice Sullivan & Cromwell 5

Miller & Martin Ropes & Gray KENTUCKY Social Security Administration, Morris Manning & Martin Schiff Hardin Covington Office of General Counsel Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs Sidley Austin U.S. Internal Revenue Service Greenebaum Doll & McDonald Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker Social Security Administration, Venable Powell Goldstein Office of General Counsel Lexington Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice Dinsmore & Shohl Rogers & Hardin U.S. Internal Revenue Service Rockville Schiff Hardin U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission Frost Brown Todd Venable Smith Moore Leatherwood Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz Greenebaum Doll & McDonald Social Security Administration, Winston & Strawn Stites & Harbison Towson Stoll Keenon Ogden Office of General Counsel Downers Grove Venable Sutherland Asbill & Brennan Wyatt Tarrant & Combs U.S. Internal Revenue Service Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers Louisville MASSACHUSETTS Thompson Hine INDIANA Dinsmore & Shohl Boston Troutman Sanders Frost Brown Todd Dechert U.S. Internal Revenue Service Ft. Wayne Greenebaum Doll & McDonald Dewey & LeBoeuf U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission Baker & Daniels Stites & Harbison Fish & Richardson Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice Barnes & Thornburg Stoll Keenon Ogden Foley & Lardner Hammond U.S. Internal Revenue Service Holland & Knight HAWAII Krieg DeVault Wyatt Tarrant & Combs Ropes & Gray Honolulu Indianapolis Social Security Administration, U.S. Internal Revenue Service LOUISIANA Office of General Counsel Baker & Daniels U.S. Internal Revenue Service Barnes & Thornburg Baton Rouge ILLINOIS U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission Frost Brown Todd Adams and Reese Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason Chicago Ice Miller Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Barnes & Thornburg Krieg DeVault Berkowitz Cambridge Bryan Cave U.S. Internal Revenue Service Phelps Dunbar Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett Dewey & LeBoeuf South Bend New Orleans & Dunner DLA Piper US Baker & Daniels Adams and Reese Foley & Lardner MICHIGAN Barnes & Thornburg Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Holland & Knight Berkowitz Ann Arbor Husch Blackwell Sanders IOWA Phelps Dunbar Dickinson Wright Jenner & Block U.S. Internal Revenue Service Jones Day Des Moines Bloomfield Faegre & Benson Dickinson Wright Kirkland & Ellis MARYLAND Latham & Watkins Detroit KANSAS Baltimore Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell Dickinson Wright Beveridge & Diamond Mayer Brown Wichita Foley & Lardner DLA Piper US McGuireWoods Stinson Morrison Hecker U.S. Internal Revenue Service Morgan Lewis & Bockius Hogan Lovells Grand Rapids Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker McGuireWoods Dickinson Wright 6

Lansing Social Security Administration, NEW YORK Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe Dickinson Wright Office of General Counsel Albany Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker Stinson Morrison Hecker Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison Dewey & LeBoeuf MINNESOTA U.S. Internal Revenue Service Proskauer Rose Buffalo Ropes & Gray Minneapolis Springfield U.S. Internal Revenue Service Schulte Roth & Zabel Faegre & Benson Husch Blackwell Sanders Long Island Seward & Kissel Fulbright & Jaworski St. Louis U.S. Internal Revenue Service Shearman & Sterling Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason Bryan Cave Sidley Austin New York St. Paul Fulbright & Jaworski Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Allen & Overy U.S. Internal Revenue Service Husch Blackwell Sanders Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom Stinson Morrison Hecker Alston & Bird Social Security Administration, Twin Cities Thompson Coburn Beveridge & Diamond Office of General Counsel Fish & Richardson U.S. Internal Revenue Service Blank Rome Sullivan & Cromwell Bryan Cave Thompson Hine MISSISSIPPI NEBRASKA Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft U.S. Internal Revenue Service Chadbourne & Parke Gulfport Omaha U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission Davis Polk & Wardwell Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz Balch & Bingham Husch Blackwell Sanders Dechert Venable Butler Snow O’Mara Stevens & Cannada Stinson Morrison Hecker Dewey & LeBoeuf Vinson & Elkins Phelps Dunbar U.S. Internal Revenue Service DLA Piper US Jackson Weil Gotshal & Manges Fish & Richardson White & Case Adams and Reese NEVADA Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto Willkie Farr & Gallagher Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell Las Vegas Foley & Lardner Winston & Strawn & Berkowitz Snell & Wilmer Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Balch & Bingham U.S. Internal Revenue Service Fulbright & Jaworski NORTH CAROLINA Bradley Arant Boult Cummings Hogan Lovells Charlotte Butler Snow O’Mara Stevens & Cannada NEW JERSEY Holland & Knight Phelps Dunbar Alston & Bird Iselin Hughes Hubbard & Reed Watkins & Eager Hunton & Williams Bryan Cave U.S. Internal Revenue Service Tupelo Jones Day Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft Newark Dechert Phelps Dunbar Kenyon & Kenyon Latham & Watkins King & Spalding Dewey & LeBoeuf Hunton & Williams MISSOURI U.S. Internal Revenue Service Kirkland & Ellis Latham & Watkins K&L Gates Jefferson City Princeton Mayer Brown McGuireWoods Dechert Husch Blackwell Sanders McGuireWoods Moore & Van Allen Morgan Lewis & Bockius Kansas City Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson Bryan Cave Morgan Lewis & Bockius Smith Moore Leatherwood Husch Blackwell Sanders Olshan Grundman Frome Rosenzweig & Wolosky Winston & Strawn Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice 7

Greensboro Cleveland OREGON Johnson City Smith Moore Leatherwood Baker & Hostetler Portland Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell U.S. Internal Revenue Service Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff Holland & Knight & Berkowitz Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice Janik Dorman & Winter U.S. Internal Revenue Service Knoxville Jones Day Raleigh Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell Porter Wright Morris & Arthur Alston & Bird PENNSYLVANIA & Berkowitz Squire Sanders & Dempsey K&L Gates Philadelphia Bass Berry & Sims Thompson Hine Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein Blank Rome U.S. Internal Revenue Service Memphis Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell Dechert Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease Adams and Reese & Jernigan Morgan Lewis & Bockius Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell Smith Moore Leatherwood Columbus Social Security Administration, & Berkowitz Williams Mullen Baker & Hostetler Office of General Counsel Bass Berry & Sims Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff U.S. Internal Revenue Service Burch Porter & Johnson Bricker & Eckler Research Triangle Park U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission Butler Snow O’Mara Stevens & Cannada Dinsmore & Shohl K&L Gates Pittsburgh Kiesewetter Wise Kaplan Prather Frost Brown Todd Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice Jones Day The Honorable Holly Kirby, Jones Day K&L Gates Tennessee Court of Appeals Wilmington Kegler Brown Hill & Ritter Morgan Lewis & Bockius U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Smith Moore Leatherwood Porter Wright Morris & Arthur U.S. Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel Squire Sanders & Dempsey Winston-Salem Wyatt Tarrant & Combs Thompson Hine Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice SOUTH CAROLINA Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease Nashville Columbia Adams and Reese OHIO Dayton Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell Dinsmore & Shohl Akron & Berkowitz Porter Wright Morris & Arthur Greenville Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease Bass Berry & Sims Thompson Hine Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice Broadview Heights Bradley Arant Boult Cummings West Chester Burr & Forman Janik Dorman & Winter TENNESSEE Frost Brown Todd Cornelius & Collins Cincinnati Brentwood Dickinson Wright Baker & Hostetler OKLAHOMA U.S. Department of Justice— Frost Brown Todd Dinsmore & Shohl Oklahoma City Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms Division Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert & Manner Frost Brown Todd MGLAW U.S. Internal Revenue Service Chattanooga Greenebaum Doll & McDonald Miller & Martin Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell Porter Wright Morris & Arthur Tulsa Neal & Harwell & Berkowitz Squire Sanders & Dempsey Doerner Saunders Daniel & Anderson Riley Warnock & Jacobson Chambliss Bahner & Stophel Thompson Hine Sherrard & Roe Husch Blackwell Sanders U.S. Internal Revenue Service Stites & Harbison Miller & Martin Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease Tennessee Attorney General’s Office U.S. Internal Revenue Service 8

Vanderbilt University Office of the Thompson & Knight Norfolk WISCONSIN General Counsel U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission Williams Mullen Madison Walker Tipps & Malone Houston Northern Virginia Foley & Lardner Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis Adams and Reese Hogan Lovells Milwaukee Andrews Kurth TEXAS Reston Foley & Lardner Baker & Hostetler Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren Austin Bracewell & Giuliani Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett U.S. Internal Revenue Service Baker Botts Dewey & LeBoeuf & Dunner Bracewell & Giuliani Fulbright & Jaworski Richmond WORLDWIDE Dechert Haynes and Boone Hunton & Williams U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General Corps Fish & Richardson Jones Day McGuireWoods U.S. Army, Office of the Staff Judge Advocate Fulbright & Jaworski King & Spalding U.S. Internal Revenue Service U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General Corps Haynes and Boone Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell Williams Mullen Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell Morgan Lewis & Bockius Tysons Corner CHINA U.S. Internal Revenue Service Phelps Dunbar McGuireWoods Vinson & Elkins Porter & Hedges Beijing Venable Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Dallas Sutherland Asbill & Brennan Thompson & Knight Vienna Alston & Bird Hong Kong U.S. Internal Revenue Service Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice Andrews Kurth Allen & Overy Vinson & Elkins Baker Botts Virginia Beach Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Winstead Sechrest & Minick Bracewell & Giuliani Williams Mullen Shanghai Richardson Carrington Coleman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Fish & Richardson Haynes and Boone WASHINGTON Fulbright & Jaworski San Antonio Seattle UNITED KINGDOM Haynes and Boone Bracewell & Giuliani Fenwick & West London Hunton & Williams Fulbright & Jaworski Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear Jones Day Allen & Overy Haynes and Boone Social Security Administration, K&L Gates Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Office of General Counsel Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell UTAH U.S. Internal Revenue Service Morgan Lewis & Bockius Patton Boggs Salt Lake City WEST VIRGINIA Social Security Administration, Snell & Wilmer Office of General Counsel U.S. Internal Revenue Service Charleston Thompson & Knight U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission Dinsmore & Shohl U.S. Internal Revenue Service Frost Brown Todd Vinson & Elkins VIRGINIA Morgantown Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason McLean Dinsmore & Shohl Ft. Worth Hunton & Williams Haynes and Boone 9

Off-Campus Job Fairs Job fairs address special career interests, minority hir - ing, public service opportunities or regional hiring. From 2008 through 2010 , the Career Services office participated in the following job fairs:

ALABAMA ILLINOIS NEW YORK ■ Mobile Bar Association Minority Winter Job Fair – ■ Cook County Bar Association Annual Minority Law ■ American Bar Association Career Fair – New York Mobile Student Job Fair – Chicago ■ International Student Interview Program at New York ■ Dupont Minority Job Fair – Chicago University CALIFORNIA ■ Patent Law Interview Program – Chicago ■ NY Interview Program – New York ■ Bay Area Diversity Job Fair – San Francisco INDIANA TENNESSEE ■ Dupont Minority Job Fair – Los Angeles ■ Indianapolis Diversity Job Fair – Indianapolis ■ Chattanooga Bar Association Career Fair – COLORADO Chattanooga KENTUCKY ■ Rocky Mountain Diversity Legal Career Fair – ■ Nashville Bar Opportunities Program, Nashville Bar ■ Tri-State Diversity Recruiting – Covington Denver Association, Damali Booker 1L Minority Job Fair – MASSACHUSETTS Nashville DELAWARE ■ Boston Lawyers Group Job Fair – Law Students of ■ National Black Prosecutors Association Job Fair – ■ Delaware Minority Job Fair – Wilmington Color selected to interview at the BLG Job Fair, Memphis ■ Delaware Minority Job Fair for First-Year Law Attorneys, Legal Recruiters, Law School Deans and Students – Wilmington TEXAS Administrators – Boston ■ Dupont Minority Job Fair – Wilmington ■ Dupont Minority Job Fair – Houston MISSOURI DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA VIRGINIA ■ Blackwell Sanders 1L Symposium – Kansas City ■ D.C. Interview Program ■ IMPACT Career Fair – Arlington ■ Heartland Diversity Legal Job Fair – Kansas City ■ Equal Justice Works Conference and Career Fair ■ Virginia Bar Association (VBA) Diversity Job Fair – ■ St. Louis Diversity Job Fair – ■ Vault/MCCA Legal Diversity Career Fair Richmond St. Louis ■ Washington, D.C. Job Fair – Law Students of Color WASHINGTON selected to interview at the Boston Lawyers Group MINNESOTA ■ Northwest Minority Job Fair – Seattle Job Fair, Attorneys, Legal Recruiters, Law School ■ Minnesota Minority Recruitment Conference – Deans and Administrators Minneapolis

FLORIDA NEW HAMPSHIRE ■ Lavender Law Conference – Miami ■ New Hampshire Legal Job Fair – Concord

GEORGIA NEW MEXICO ■ Southeastern Intellectual Property Job Fair, Georgia ■ Hispanic National Bar Association Job Fair – State University Student Center – Atlanta Albuquerque ■ Southeastern Minority Job Fair (SEMJF) – Marietta 10

Externship Placements The Honorable Lori Rowe, Florida First District Court of U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Fraud Section, Appeal, Tallahassee Washington, D.C. Summer 2011 The Honorable James R. Wolf, Florida First District Court of U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental Enforcement Judicial Chambers Appeal, Tallahassee Section, Washington, D.C. The Honorable Kent Jordan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the The Honorable John J. Ellington, Court of Appeals of the State U.S. Department of Justice, Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Third Circuit, Wilmington, Delaware of Georgia, Atlanta Section, Washington, D.C. The Honorable Eugene Siler, U.S. Court of Appeals for the The Honorable Alan Glenn, Tennessee Court of Criminal U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Sixth Circuit, London, Kentucky Appeals for the Western District, Memphis Organizations, Office of Peace Operations, Sanctions and The Honorable Damon J. Keith, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Texas Sixth Court of Appeals, Texarkana Counterterrorism, Washington, D.C. Sixth Circuit, Detroit, Michigan The Honorable Christine Quinn-Brintnall, Washington Court U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs, Office of Regional The Honorable Julia Gibbons, U.S. Court of Appeals for the of Appeals, Tacoma Counsel, Nashville, Tennessee Sixth Circuit, Memphis, Tennessee The Honorable Dennis E. O’Dell, 23rd Judicial Circuit, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Enforcement The Honorable Ricardo Urbina, U.S. District Court for the Huntsville, Alabama and Compliance, Denver, Colorado District of Columbia, Washington, D.C. The Honorable Alford J. Dempsey Jr., Fulton County Superior U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, Atlanta, The Honorable Roger Vinson, U.S. District Court for the Court, Atlanta, Georgia Georgia Northern District of Florida, Pensacola The Honorable Warren Davis, Gwinnett Superior Court, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, Virginia The Honorable Gerrilyn Brill, U.S. District Court for the Lawrence, Georgia Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation, Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta 19th Judicial Circuit of Illinois, Waukegan Nashville (2) The Honorable Charles P. Kocoras, U.S. District Court for the The Honorable Grant Hawkins, Indianapolis Senior Court, U.S. Attorney’s Offices Northern District of Illinois, Chicago Criminal Division, Indiana Southern District of California, San Diego The Honorable David C. Bramlette, U.S. District Court for the The Honorable Francesca Connolly, Supreme Court, Southern District of Mississippi, Natchez District of Connecticut, New Haven Westchester County, New York U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, St. Middle District of Florida, Tampa The Honorable Randy Kennedy, Davidson County Circuit Louis Court, Nashville, Tennessee (2) Northern District of Georgia, Decatur The Honorable James C. Mahan, Class of 1973, U.S. District The Honorable Mark Fishburn, Davidson County Criminal Southern District of Georgia, Savannah Court for the District of Nevada, Las Vegas (3) Court, Nashville, Tennessee (2) District of Maryland, Northern Division, Baltimore (2) The Honorable William H. Walls, U.S. District Court for the The Honorable Robert Holloway, 22nd Judicial Circuit Court, Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn District of New Jersey, Newark Columbia, Tennessee Southern District of New York, Bronx The Honorable Patricia Gaughan, U.S. District Court for the The Honorable Eric Moyé, 14th Judicial District Court, Northern District of Ohio, Cleveland Southern District of New York, New York Dallas, Texas The Honorable Magistrate Stephanie K. Bowman, U.S. District Western District of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Federal and State Agencies Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Cincinnati District of Oregon, Portland Federal Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel, The Honorable Magistrate Joe Brown, Class of 1965, U.S. Eastern District of Tennessee, Knoxville District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville Washington, D.C. Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville (4) The Honorable John Bryant, U.S. District Court Middle for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, D.C. District of Tennessee, Nashville Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Competition, Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria The Honorable William J. Haynes Jr., U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C. (2) Military the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville IRS Office of Chief Counsel, Thousand Oaks, California JAG Legal Center and School, Charlottesville, Virginia The Honorable John T. Nixon, U.S. District Court for the U.S. Court of International Trade, New York, New York Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville (4) State, District or City Attorneys’ Offices U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C. The Honorable Thomas A. Wiseman Jr., Class of 1954, U.S. Bronx County Office of the District Attorney, New York U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Washington, District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville D.C. Colorado Judicial Department, Office of Dispute Resolution, Ohio Supreme Court, Columbus Colorado Springs 11

Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Public Advocacy, Political Offices Fall 2011 Externships Covington U.S. Senate Steering Committee, Washington, D.C. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, General Counsel’s Office, Brentwood, Tennessee Harrisburg Non-Profit, Public Interest & Advocacy Organizations CMT/MTVN, Nashville, Tennessee Cook County State’s Attorney Office, Criminal Appeals Division, The Environmental Law Institute, Washington, D.C. Chicago, Illinois American Bar Association, Center for Human Rights, Washington, D.C. The Honorable George C. Paine, II, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for El Paso County District Attorney’s Office, Colorado Springs, the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee Colorado American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee, Nashville (2) The Honorable Michael Simon, U.S. District Court for the Kentucky Attorney General, Office of Consumer Protection, Ayuda, Sterling, Virginia District of Oregon, Portland Frankfort, Kentucky The Church Pension Fund, New York, New York Office of the Federal Public Defender, Capital Habeas Unit, New York City Department of Buildings Disability Law and Advocacy Center, Nashville, Tennessee Nashville, Tennessee Office of District Attorney, Nashville, Tennessee (2) Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, Washington Public Defender of Metropolitan Davidson County, Nashville, Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office, Sacramento, The List Project to Resettle Iraqi Allies, Washington, D.C. Tennessee California Middle Tennessee State University Office of General Counsel, State of Tennessee Office of General Counsel, Nashville, Santa Clara County District Attorney, San Jose, California Murfreesboro, Tennessee Tennessee (2) Tennessee Attorney General, Nashville (3) New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, Newark Tennessee Post-Conviction Defender’s Office, Nashville, Tennessee Texas Office of the Attorney General, Austin Tennessee Justice Center, Nashville U.S. Mission to the United Nations, Coalition for the Washington State Office of the Attorney General, Seattle Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors, Nashville International Criminal Court, New York, New York United Steel Workers Office of Special Counsel, Nashville, Public Defenders’ Offices U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, New York, New Tennessee (2) Mississippi Southern Federal Public Defender’s Office, Jackson York (2) Volunteer Lawyers & Professionals for the Arts, Nashville, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Regional Tennessee Middle Federal Public Defender’s Office, Nashville Tennessee (2) (8) Counsel, Nashville, Tennessee Utah Federal Public Defender’s Office, Salt Lake City International U.S. Department of State, Office of Private International Law, Washington, D.C. Tennessee Office of the Post-Conviction Defender, Nashville Association of Defence Counsel, practicing before the ICTY, The Hague, Netherlands Volunteer Lawyers & Professionals for the Arts, Nashville, Allegheny County Office of the Public Defender, Pittsburgh, Tennessee Pennsylvania European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, Berlin, Germany Davidson County Public Defender’s Office, Nashville, Tennessee Human Rights Law Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom Orange/Osceola Counties Office of the Public Defender, Ninth The International Criminal Court, Office of the Prosecutor, Judicial Circuit, Orlando, Florida (2) The Hague, Netherlands Public Defender’s Office, 19th Judicial District, Clarksville, The Irish Centre for Human Rights, Galway, Ireland (2) Tennessee No Peace Without Justice, Brussels, Belgium Corporate & Firm Office for the Harmonization of Internal Markets, Alicante, Spain Berman Braun, Santa Monica, California Office of the Prosecutor, Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Dollar General Corporation, Nashville, Tennessee Leidschendam, Netherlands The Nielsen Company, New York, New York (4) Uganda Law Society, Kampala Overstock.com, Office of General Counsel, Salt Lake City, Utah World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva, Switzerland Victor M. Glasberg & Associates, Alexandria, Virginia World Intellectual Property Organization, Office of Public Diplomacy, Geneva, Switzerland 12

Consider a Judicial Clerkship

very Vanderbilt Law A clerkship also presents an extraordi - During the 2010-11 academic year, Arizona District of Arizona student is encouraged to con - nary opportunity to learn firsthand how 39 Vanderbilt Law graduates secured clerkships with the The Honorable John M. Roll* sider serving as a judicial clerk judges make decisions and how the judi - following courts: Florida after graduation. Clerking for cial system functions, and the judges Southern District of Florida, Miami E UNITED STATES COURTS OF APPEALS The Honorable James L. King a judge is one of the most exciting and with whom clerks serve often become District of Columbia Circuit Georgia valuable experiences available to recent lifelong mentors and advocates for their The Honorable Karen LeCraft Henderson Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta law graduates and often accelerates a former clerks. Sixth Circuit The Honorable Russell G. Vineyard Nashville. Tennessee young lawyer’s career by providing an in- The faculty takes an active leader - Kentucky The Honorable Martha Craig Daughtrey, Eastern District of Kentucky, Frankfurt depth understanding of a wide range ship role in the judicial clerkship pro - Class of 1968 The Honorable Danny C. Reeves of legal issues in a short period of time. gram, working closely and individually The Honorable Gilbert S. Merritt Jr., Louisiana Class of 1960 with interested students. Professor Michael Middle District of Louisiana, Baton Rouge Bressman heads the program, providing The Honorable Jane Branstetter Stranch, The Honorable James J. Brady Class of 1978 (3) valuable advice and guidance through - Mississippi Eighth Circuit Southern District of Mississippi, Jackson out the clerkship application process. Little Rock, Arkansas The Honorable Daniel P. Jordan III In 2011 , 14.4% of graduating students The Honorable Lavenski R. Smith Nevada accepted judicial clerkships; 17% of 2010 Minneapolis, Minnesota District of Nevada, Reno The Honorable James B. Loken The Honorable Robert C. Jones graduates did so. In recent years, Vander - Eleventh Circuit New Mexico bilt Law graduates have clerked for the Atlanta, Georgia District of New Mexico, Albequerque Supreme Court of the United States and The Honorable R. Lanier Anderson III The Honorable James O. Browning Macon, Georgia for each of the United States Courts of District of New Mexico, Santa Fe The Honorable Phyllis A. Kravitch The Honorable Bruce D. Black Appeals. Vanderbilt ranked ninth in the FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTS Pennsylvania nation by the percentage of 2008 gradu - Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Alabama ates employed as judicial clerks by Article Philadelphia Northern District of Alabama, Huntsville The Honorable Anita B. Brody Eva Dossier is clerking for the Honorable James B. III federal judges ( US News Best Gradu - The Honorable C. Lynwood Smith Jr. Loken on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit during the 20 11-12 term. ate Schools website, December 1, 2010 ). *Deceased 13

Tennessee STATE SUPREME COURTS Vermont Eleventh Circuit Eastern District of Tennessee, Knoxville Kentucky Supreme Court, Frankfort Vermont Superior Court, Bennington Montgomery, Alabama The Honorable Thomas W. Phillips, The Honorable John D. Minton Jr. County The Honorable Joel F. Dubina Class of 1969 Tennessee Supreme Court, Nashville District of Columbia Circuit Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville The Honorable Cornelia A. Clark, During the 2009-10 academic year, Washington, D.C. The Honorable William J. Haynes Jr., Class of 1979 44 Vanderbilt Law graduates The Honorable Karen LeCraft Henderson Class of 1973 secured clerkships with the The Honorable John T. Nixon, STATE COURTS FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTS Class of 1960 following courts: California The Honorable Kevin H. Sharp, Alabama Los Angeles Superior Court UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT Class of 1993 Northern District of Alabama, Birmingham The Honorable Ralph W. Dau Washington, D.C. The Honorable Sharon Blackburn The Honorable Aleta A. Trauger, The Honorable John G. Roberts Jr. Class of 1976 Delaware Northern District of Alabama, Huntsville Delaware Court of Chancery, The Honorable C. Lynwood Smith Virgin Islands Wilmington UNITED STATES COURTS OF APPEALS Middle District of Alabama, Montgomery District of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas The Honorable Sam Glasscock III The Honorable Mark E. Fuller The Honorable Curtis V. Gomez Third Circuit Massachusetts Wilmington, Delaware Arkansas Virginia Massachusetts Court of Appeals, Boston The Honorable Kent A. Jordan Eastern District of Arkansas, Little Rock Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria The Honorable Joseph A. Grasso Jr. The Honorable Brian S. Miller, Sixth Circuit The Honorable Anthony J. Trenga Class of 1995 Minnesota Ann Arbor, Michigan West Virginia Minnesota District Court, 2nd District, The Honorable Raymond M. Kethledge Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith Southern District of West Virginia, The Honorable Robert T. Dawson St. Paul Cleveland, Ohio Charleston The Honorable Marybeth Dorn The Honorable Karen Nelson Moore Connecticut The Honorable Joseph R. Goodwin Tennessee London, Kentucky District of Connecticut, Hartford The Honorable Eugene E. Siler Jr. The Honorable Alvin W. Thompson OTHER FEDERAL COURTS Tennessee Chancery Court, 16th District, Murfreesboro Nashville, Tennessee Delaware U.S. Bankruptcy Court The Honorable Robert E. Corlew III The Honorable Gilbert S. Merritt Jr., District of Delaware, Wilmington District of Columbia, Washington Class of 1960 The Honorable Leonard P. Stark The Honorable S. Martin Teel Jr. Tennessee Circuit Court, 20th District, Nashville Western District of North Carolina, Eighth Circuit Florida The Honorable Thomas W. Brothers, Charlotte Kansas City, Missouri Middle District of Florida, Ocala Class of 1977 The Honorable J. Craig Whitley The Honorable Duane Benton The Honorable Gary R. Jones Tennessee Criminal Court of Appeals, Memphis The Honorable Camille R. McMullen 14

Illinois Western District of Tennessee, Memphis Northern District of Illinois, Chicago The Honorable S. Hardy Mays The Honorable Wayne R. Andersen The Honorable Jon P. McCalla, The Honorable James F. Holderman Class of 1974

Indiana Texas Southern District of Indiana, Evansville Western District of Texas, San Antonio The Honorable Richard L. Young The Honorable Xavier Rodriguez

Louisiana West Virginia Western District of Louisiana, Southern District of West Virginia, Shreveport Bluefield The Honorable Elizabeth Erny Foote The Honorable David A. Faber The Honorable Thomas E. Stagg Jr. OTHER FEDERAL COURTS Michigan Eastern District of Michigan, Detroit U.S. Bankruptcy Court The Honorable David M. Lawson Middle District of Pennsylvania, Western District of Michigan, Grand Harrisburg Rapids The Honorable Mary D. France The Honorable Robert H. Bell Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta The Honorable Joyce Bihary Missouri Maryland Tennessee Court of Appeals, Memphis Eastern District of Missouri, St. Louis Western District of North Carolina, Montgomery County Circuit Court, The Honorable Holly M. Kirby The Honorable Carol E. Jackson Charlotte Rockville Tennessee Supreme Court, Nashville The Honorable J. Craig Whitley The Honorable Sharon V. Burrell The Honorable William C. Koch Jr., Nevada Minnesota Class of 1972 District of Nevada, Las Vegas STATE COURTS The Honorable James C. Mahan, Minnesota District Court, 4th District, Utah Class of 1973 Delaware Minneapolis Utah 4th District Court, Provo Delaware Court of Chancery, The Honorable Ivy S. Bernhardson The Honorable Claudia Laycock New Mexico Wilmington Tennessee West Virginia District of New Mexico, Las Cruces The Honorable J. Travis Laster The Honorable William P. Lynch Tennessee Circuit Court, 20th District, West Virginia Circuit Court, 23rd Kentucky Nashville Judicial Circuit, Martinsburg Tennessee Kentucky Supreme Court, Frankfort The Honorable Thomas W. Brothers, The Honorable John Yoder Eastern District of Tennessee, The Honorable Lisabeth Hughes Class of 1977 Chattanooga Abramson The Honorable Barbara N. Haynes The Honorable Curtis L. Collier 15

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J.D. Class of 2010 Nine Months After Graduation CLASS OF 2010 DESTINATIONS

Vanderbilt is a small law school with an expansive reach. Washington 3 Legal employers across the nation are familiar with the qualities of Vanderbilt graduates, and our graduates Oregon Minnesota 1 3 choose employment in a wide variety of locations. Nine Massachusetts 1 New York 19 Michigan Connecticut 2 months after graduation, members of the Class of 2010 3 Pennsylvania New Jersey 1 Iowa 1 2 were employed in 35 states, the District of Colum - Nevada Delaware 4 1 Indiana Ohio 1 2 Maryland 5 bia, Canada, Chile, China, and worldwide with the Illinois West Washington, DC 18 California Colorado 9 Virginia 13 2 1 Virginia Army JAG Corps and Navy Jag Corps, or pursuing grad - Missouri 2 4 Kentucky 2 uate degrees in England or the United States. See pages North Carolina 2 Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma Tennessee 35 16 through 18 for a complete listing of their locations 2 1 2 Arkansas 1 South Carolina 1 Mississippi Georgia and employers. 1 Alabama 7 International: 7 7 Texas 7 Canada Louisana Chile 2 China MOST POPULAR DESTINATIONS, Florida Army JAG Corps – 2 CLASS OF 2010 12 Navy JAG Corps – 2 ■ Tennessee, 35 EMPLOYMENT TYPES, ■ New York, 19 CLASS OF 2010 ■ Washington, D.C., 18 Academic 0.5% ■ California, 13 Business 7% ■ Florida, 12 ■ Illinois, 9 Public Interest 8.1% ■ Georgia, 7 ■ Texas, 7 ■ International, 7 Private Government/Military Practice 14.6% 50.8% Judicial Clerkships 18.4% 16

LOCATIONS AND EMPLOYERS Class of 2010 Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker U.S. Department of Health and Nine months after graduation, 98% of the Class of Simpson Thacher Human Services U.S. Department of Homeland Security – 2 2010 reported employment or pursuit of a graduate Winston & Strawn Mountain View Fenwick & West U.S. Government Accountability Office degree as follows ( 2% were not employed): San Bernadino Gresham Savage Nolan & Tilben U.S. Representative Mick Mulvaney –SC & Riverside ALABAMA 7 DELAWARE 4 San Diego DiCaro Coppo & Popcke Birmingham Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Wilmington Bouchard Margules & Friedlander Berkowitz San Francisco Winston & Strawn The Honorable Kent Jordan, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings COLORADO 2 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Burr & Forman Denver Bookhardt & O’Toole Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster, The Honorable Sharon Blackburn, Delaware Chancery Court U.S. District Court for the The Honorable John L. Kane, Potter Anderson & Corroon Northern District of Alabama U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado Huntsville The Honorable C. Lynwood Smith Jr., FLORIDA 12 U.S. District Court for the CONNECTICUT 2 Ft. Lauderdale 17th Judicial Circuit, Broward County Northern District of Alabama Greenwich Lake Partners Maitland Moye O’Brien O'Rourke Hogan Montgomery The Honorable Joel Dubina, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Hartford The Honorable Alvin Thompson, Miami American Vinyl Company Eleventh Circuit U.S. District Court for the Ocala The Honorable Gary Jones, Magistrate District of Connecticut The Honorable Mark Fuller, U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Court for the Middle District of Alabama Middle District of Florida DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 18 Orlando Judge José Rodriguez, Ninth Judicial ARIZONA 2 Washington Arnold & Porter Circuit Court of Florida Phoenix Gallagher and Kennedy Bredhoff & Kaiser Lowndes Drostick Doster Kantor & Reed Lewis and Roca First Amendment Center Public Defenders Office General Services Administration Pensacola Moore Hill & Westmoreland ARKANSAS 1 Guerrier Clayman Bartos & Porcelli Tallahassee 1000 Friends of Florida Fort Smith The Honorable Robert Dawson, Hogan Lovells Florida Democratic Party U.S. District Court for the The Honorable Karen LeCraft Henderson, Western District of Arkansas Rutledge Ecenia & Purnell U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of West Palm Beach Gunster Yoakley & Stewart Columbia CALIFORNIA 13 Howrey Bakersfield Office of Kern County Counsel GEORGIA 7 Jones Day Beverly Hills Solo Practice in Entertainment and Sports Atlanta The Honorable Joyce Bihary, Law National Endowment for the Arts U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia Fresno McCormick Barstow NPR Office of the General Counsel The Honorable Kimberly Esmond Adams, Irvine Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear – 2 Paul Weiss Rifken Wharton & Garrison Fulton County Superior Court, Atlanta Los Angeles California Superior Court –Los Angeles U.S. Department of Energy, Advanced County Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E) 17

Kilpatrick Stockton U.S. Food and Drug Administration NEW MEXICO 1 Parker Hudson Ranier & Dobbs Las Cruces The Honorable William P. Lynch, MASSACHUSETTS 1 Smolar Law Firm U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Boston Ropes & Gray District of New Mexico Sutherland Asbill & Brennan – 2

MICHIGAN 3 NEW YORK 19 ILLINOIS 9 Ann Arbor The Honorable Raymond Kethledge, U.S. Brooklyn Office of the Brooklyn District Attorney Chicago Environmental Law and Policy Center Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Melville Carter DeLuca Farrell & Schmidt Goldman Sachs Detroit The Honorable David Lawson, New York Constantine Cannon Kirkland & Ellis U.S. District Court for the Fensterstock & Partners Latham & Watkins Eastern District of Michigan Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Niro Scavone Haller & Niro Grand Rapids The Honorable Robert H. Bell, Hughes Hubbard & Reed Troutman Sanders U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy – 2 Winston & Strawn – 2 New York Legal Assistance Group Elmhurst Child Advocacy Center MINNESOTA 3 Olshan Grundman Frome Rozensweig & Minneapolis Leonard Street and Deinard Wolosky INDIANA 1 Minnesota District Court Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe Evansville The Honorable Richard Young, U.S. District Court for the Robbins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi Paul Weiss Rifkin Wharton & Garrison Southern District of Indiana Price Waterhouse Coopers MISSISSIPPI 1 Proskauer Rose – 2 KENTUCKY 2 Jackson Watkins & Eager Stern & Montana London The Honorable Eugene Siler Jr., Sullivan & Cromwell U.S. Court of Appeals for the MISSOURI 4 Sixth Circuit Kansas City Bryan Cave Weil Gotshal & Manges Louisville Supreme Court of Kentucky The Honorable Duane Benton, White & Case U.S. Court of Appeals for the LOUISIANA 2 Eighth Circuit NORTH CAROLINA 2 New Orleans Jones Walker St. Louis The Honorable Carol E. Jackson, Wilkesboro The Honorable Craig Whitley, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Shreveport The Honorable Thomas Stagg, U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina –2 U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri Western District of Louisiana Legal Services of Eastern Missouri OHIO 2 MARYLAND 5 NEVADA 1 Cleveland Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease Baltimore Ober Kaler Grimes & Shriver Las Vegas The Honorable James C. Mahan ’ 73, Columbus Porter Wright Morris & Arthur Office of the Attorney General of Maryland U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada OKLAHOMA 2 Bethesda Bethesda Green Oklahoma City Conner & Winters Rockville The Honorable Sharon V. Burrell, NEW JERSEY 1 Montgomery County Circuit Court, Tulsa Gable & Gotwals Basking Ridge New Jersey Legal Aid Society 6th Judicial District 18

OREGON 1 Office of the Attorney General WEST VIRGINIA 1 Portland Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, Office of the Public Defender Bluefield The Honorable David Faber, Civil Rights Division Office of the Public Defender, U.S. District Court for the Kids’ Rights Program Southern District of West Virginia PENNSYLVANIA 2 Riley Warnock & Jacobson Harrisburg U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the INTERNATIONAL 7 Schulman Leroy & Bennett Middle District of Pennsylvania Canada McCague Burlack Self-employed specialty communications Indiana Delaney Dougherty & Fritz Chile Etica en los Bosques firm China Chengdu Jiudingtianyuan Intellectual Tennessee Department of Commerce SOUTH CAROLINA 1 Property Agency and Insurance Charleston Charleston County Solicitor’s Office Worldwide U.S. Army JAG Corps – 2 Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation U.S. Navy JAG Corps – 2 TENNESSEE 35 Tennessee Department of Health, Office Cookeville Law Offices of Jon E. Jones GRADUATE DEGREES 9 of General Counsel Goodlettsville Dollar General Corporation (Law England Vanderbilt University Medical Center – 2 Department) United States – 8 Vanderbilt University, Division of Memphis The Honorable Holly Kirby, Tennessee Sponsored Research Court of Appeals, Western Section Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis – 2 U.S. District Court of the Western District of Tennessee TEXAS 7 The Honorable S. Hardy Mays, U.S. District Court of the Austin Texas Criminal Justice Coalition Western District of Tennessee Vinson & Elkins Nashville Bass Berry & Sims – 4 Dallas Haynes & Boone Burr & Forman U.S. Internal Revenue Service Davidson County Office of the District Houston Bracewell & Giuliani Attorney Haynes & Boone Family Business Legal Offices of the Methodist Hospital Gideon Cooper & Essary System Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert & Manner VIRGINIA 1 Hollins Raybin & Weissman Richmond Hunton & Williams The Honorable Thomas W. Brothers, Sixth Circuit Court, 20th District of Tennessee WASHINGTON 3 The Honorable Barbara Haynes, Tennessee Seattle DLA Piper Circuit Court, 20th Judicial District Green Strategies The Honorable Gilbert Merritt ’60, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Vancouver Audigy Group Metro Hospital Authority Neal & Harwell – 2 19

Start Your Search From a Strong Position

rospective students are understandably concerned about the impact nationwide and expanded our Career Services staff and the resources available to of the economic downturn on employment for new law graduates. As help students secure employment. In addition, we have expanded the array of sum - one of the nation’s top law schools, Vanderbilt entered the downturn mer and semester opportunities for students to gain practical legal experience Pin a strong position in the legal marketplace. Many different employers, through externships and public interest stipends. We have also added a formal work - including a global network of devoted alumni, seek to hire Vanderbilt graduates. shop series and an alumni mentoring program. Although Vanderbilt’s position is fortunate, the job market for new graduates To show how Vanderbilt graduates have fared in this rapidly changing legal job of all American law schools has changed considerably since 2008 . According to the market, the following chart compares NALP data describing 2010 law graduates National Association for Legal Career Professionals (NALP), new law graduates in nationally to the Vanderbilt Law Class of 2010 nine months after graduation. 2010 faced the worst job market since the mid- 199 0s. National 2010 Vanderbilt 2010 In the private sector, large law firms have reduced their summer associate pro - # % # % grams and hired fewer new law graduates. The national percentage of 2010 gradu - Total reported 42,854 202 Employment status known 41,156 96.0% 199 98.5% ates who accepted jobs for which bar passage is required was the lowest percentage Employed 36,043 87.6% 185 93.0% NALP has ever recorded— 68.4% compared to 74.7% for 2008 graduates. The Employed or cont. studies 37,257 90.5% 195 98.0% Unemployed 3,899 9.5% 4 2.0% 2010 percentage of those employed who obtained jobs in private practice ( 50.9 %) was five percentage points lower than that in 2009 (source of national data in this Employment status Bar passage required 28,167 68.4% 169 84.9% article: Jobs and JDs, Class of 2010 , NALP, © 2011 ). JD preferred 4,387 10.7% 13 6.5% Although salaries are generally lower than in the private sector, many law grad - Other professional 2,299 5.6% 2 1.0% Other non-professional 761 2.1% 1 0.5% uates seek public service positions for their professional rewards. Public service Continuing studies 1,214 2.9% 10 5.0% employment—including government, military, judicial clerkships and public inter - Unemployed - seeking 2,569 6.2% 1 0.5% Unemployed - not seeking 1,330 3.2% 3 1.5% est jobs—has become very competitive in the downturn, not only because contrac - tion in the private sector means more new law graduates seeking public service Employment type Private practice 18,329 50.9% 94 50.8% employment, but also because government and public interest employers have Judicial clerk 3,346 9.3% 34 18.4% reduced their hiring due to budget cuts. Government/military 4,601 12.8% 27 14.6% Public interest 2,428 6.7% 15 8.1% Vanderbilt has taken several steps in response to the uncertain employment Business 5,446 15.1% 13 7.0% environment. We have stepped up our outreach to legal employers and alumni Academic 1,351 3.7% 1 0.5% 20

Public Service Initiative Geographic Dispersion To assist new graduates during the downturn, VLS launched the Public Service Ini - New graduates of 18 top law schools, 2006-2010

tiative (PSI) in 2009 , providing stipends to new graduates who secure legal intern - 90% USC 80% UCLA ships in public service or with non-profit advocacy organizations. For the VLS Class Berkeley Texas 70% Columbia NYU of 2010, 43 graduates took legal internships at graduation with the program’s sup - 60% Cornell 50% port. Nine months later, about half had secured full-time legal employment in their Stanford NU 40% Chicago Georgetown desired location: 30% Vanderbilt 20% Vanderbilt J.D. Class of 2010 Public Service Initiative Stipends Penn UVA Harvard 10% Yale Duke Michigan At graduation 2010: Nine months after graduation: 0%

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num) ber of jobs taken by new graduates in 2010 per NALP. These seven schools’ average number of states where new graduates took employment ranged from 13 to Employment Location of New Law Graduates 27 with a median of 23. New law graduates’ employment locations reflect a school’s geographic “footprint.” In contrast, the seven schools with the lowest percentages of graduates employed Schools with many graduates taking employment in-state tend to have smaller foot - in-state ( 20.8 % or less) are located in states with smaller employment markets for prints as measured by the total number of states where graduating students take new graduates. Those seven schools are Duke (North Carolina), Harvard (Massa - employment, and schools with relatively few graduates staying in-state have larger chusetts), Michigan (Michigan), Penn (Pennsylvania), Vanderbilt (Tennessee), UVA footprints that reflect wider dispersion. The graph on this page illustrates that the (Virginia) and Yale (Connecticut). The average number of states where new gradu - percentage of new graduates remaining in-state is generally lower for schools ates of these schools took employment ranged from 22 to 38 with a median of 30 . from which new graduates disperse widely across many states. Despite this greater geographic dispersion, all seven schools in this group identi - On close inspection, the graph also suggests that the schools with high per - fied New York as the state bar examination taken by the largest number of their 2010 centages of new graduates remaining in-state are located in large legal employment graduates ( ABA -LSAC Official Guide, 2012 Edition). 21

Vanderbilt Graduates’ Locations at Class: 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Total Graduation Tennessee 42 27 38 36 35 178 New York 22 18 20 22 19 101 Vanderbilt graduates traditionally have Washington, DC 12 16 15 20 18 81 Georgia 14 18 19 16 7 74 chosen employment in a wide variety of Texas 11 12 16 11 7 57 California 10 10 12 10 13 55 locations, and legal employers across the Illinois 10 16 7 13 9 55 Florida 8 10 6313 40 nation are familiar with the qualities of North Carolina 9 11 78237 Alabama 6568732 Vanderbilt graduates. Rather than being Ohio 1875223 Missouri 4161416 heavily dependent on one or two employ - Pennsylvania 2463116 Virginia 3722115 ment markets, Vanderbilt graduates most Arizona 4212211 Indiana 2143111 often disperse widely across nine major Delaware 141 410 Kentucky 242 210 citie s— Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Hous - Louisiana 1232210 ton, Los Angeles, Nashville, New York, Massachusetts 124 19 Maryland 358 San Francisco and Washington, D.C .— New Jersey 223118 Colorado 111227 and to many other locations across the Connecticut 111227 Washington 31 37 nation and around the world. Michigan 235 Minnesota 1135 Arkansas 1214 Mississippi 11 114 New Mexico 12 14 Oklahoma 224 South Carolina 314 Idaho 1113 Nevada 11 13 Internationa l/ Worldwid e/U.S. Territories West Virginia 1113 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Maine 22 Iowa 11The Hague Ethiopia Ethiopia China Chile Kansas 11Japan Germany Japan United Arab Emirates U.S. Army JAG Rhode Island 11U.S. Marines JAG (2) Hong Kong Korea U.S. Air Force JAG U.S. Navy JAG (2) Utah 11Korea Somalia U.S. Army JAG Wisconsin 11Netherlands United Arab Emirates International/ Nigeria United Kingdom Worldwide/ United Kingdom U.S. Army JAG (3) U.S. Territories 5994633 U.S. Army JAG Additional education 837610 34 U.S. Virgin Islands 22

Salary by Location for New Law Graduates Reported Salaries by Regions, Vanderbilt J.D. Class of 2010 Full-time salaries for jobs reported across all sectors New law graduates’ salaries vary by location. According to NALP, reported ’06- % # jobs % jobs # PERCENTILE ’10 ’06- ’10 VLS VLS salaries for full-time jobs taken by 2010 new law graduates were generally higher rptd. rptd. with sal. 25 Median 75 grads grads New England and more varied in regions supplying more jobs. CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT less than 19 2.1% The chart at right also includes salary distributions by region for 2010 Vanderbilt 2010 3 1.6% 5 ––– NALP 2010 1,795 5.2% 856 $47,750 $62,000 $141,000 national graduates and 2010 Vanderbilt graduates. The NALP data indicate that Mid-Atlantic median salaries across regions varied from $54,000 in the West North Central NJ, NY, PA 129 14.0% Vanderbilt 2010 22 12.1% 17 $125,000 $160,000 $160,000 region to $100,000 in the Mid-Atlantic region. Reported median salaries for the NALP 2010 6,957 20.2% 4149 $52,125 $100,000 $160,000 Vanderbilt Class of 2010 ranged from $81,300 in the East South Central region E. North Central IL, IN, MI, OH, WI 96 10.4% to $160,000 in the Mid-Atlantic and West South Central regions. Vanderbilt 2010 Vanderbilt 2010 15 8.2% 10 $62,401 $140,000 $160,000 salary distributions are not provided in the following charts where fewer than five NALP 2010 4,448 12.9% 2037 $47,500 $60,000 $100,000 West North Central Vanderbilt 2010 salaries were reported. less IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD than 23 2.5% The chart at right also includes “% of reported” for comparison of the geograph - Vanderbilt 2010 7 3.8% 5 ––– NALP 2010 1,770 5.1% 888 $44,018 $54,000 $70,000 ic dispersion of 2010 new law graduates nationally to Vanderbilt 2010 graduates. South Atlantic For example, 5.2% of national 2010 law graduates took jobs in New England com - DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV 272 29.4% Vanderbilt 2010 53 29.1% 28 $55,000 $85,000 $137,500 pared to 1.6% of Vanderbilt 2010 graduates. The far right columns show the num - NALP 2010 8,000 23.2% 4400 $46,000 $60,000 $90,000 ber and percentage of Vanderbilt Classes of 2006 through 2010 taking jobs in East South Central AL, KY, MS, TN 223 24.1% the region ( 19 and 2.1% for New England). Vanderbilt 2010 45 24.7% 30 $54,000 $81,300 $110,000 NALP 2010 1,218 3.5% 603 $40,000 $55,000 $70,801 West South Central AR, LA, OK, TX 73 7.9% Vanderbilt 2010 12 6.6% 7 $60,000 $160,000 $160,000 NALP 2010 3,288 9.6% 1787 $50,000 $60,000 $95,000 Mountain less AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV NM, UT, WY than 28 3.0% Vanderbilt 2010 6 3.3% 5 ––– NALP 2010 1,817 5.3% 924 $49,000 $57,408 $75,000 Pacific AK, CA, HI, OR, WA 61 6.6% Vanderbilt 2010 16 8.8% 10 $140,000 $148,500 $160,000 NALP 2010 5,136 14.9% 2393 $56,000 $77,000 $160,000 924 100.0% 23

Salary by Employment Categories Vanderbilt 2010 Private Practice Salaries by Firm Size with PERCENTILE NALP 2010 # salaries As illustrated by the NALP salary information below, salaries vary by type of employ - Size of firm # rptd. % of rptd. salary 25 Median 75 Median rptd. ment. Public interest positions, most in legal services organizations or public defend - 2 to 10 10 10.6 –– – –$50,000 2646 11 to 25 10 10.6 5 $75,000 $100,000 $110,000 $64,000 940 ers’ offices, are typically low, while private-practice salaries are typically higher. Since 26 to 50 6 6.4 –– – –$75,000 657 2008 , new law graduates have experienced the greatest changes in hiring among 51 to 100 8 8.5 6 $100,000 $125,000 $145,000 $85,500 572 101 to 250 16 17 14 $105,000 $110,000 $115,000 $110,000 862 large firms. 251 to 500 14 14.9 14 $108,000 $137,500 $152,000 $145,000 991 Judicial clerkship salaries are set according to government salary scales. Although more than 500 30 31.9 28 $160,000 $160,000 $160,000 $160,000 3481 unknown size 0– – – – – salaries are comparatively low, clerkships are extremely competitive because they provide credentials and experience that can greatly enhance long-term employment options, and many Vanderbilt graduates enter judicial clerkships with post-clerk - ship employment offers already in hand.

Vanderbilt 2010 Reported Salaries by Employment Categories Employment % of # with PERCENTILE categories # rptd rptd. salary 25th Median 75th

Academic Vanderbilt 2010 1 0.5% –– – – NALP 2010 1351 3.7% 259 $37,500 $47,000 $60,000 Business Vanderbilt 2010 13 7.0% –– – – NALP 2010 5446 15.1% 1639 $50,000 $65,000 $85,000 Judicial Clerkships Vanderbilt 2010 34 18.4% 18 $52,000 $55,000 $60,000 NALP 2010 3346 9.3% 2713 $43,437 $51,900 $60,000 Government Vanderbilt 2010 27 14.6% 11 $50,000 $62,000 $70,000 NALP 2010 4601 12.8% 2515 $44,000 $52,000 $62,400 Private Practice Vanderbilt 2010 94 50.8% 74 $108,000 $137,500 $160,000 NALP 2010 18329 50.9% 10262 – $104,000 – Public Interest Vanderbilt 2010 15 8.1% –– – – NALP 2010 2428 6.7% 958 $40,000 $42,900 $50,000 24

Standard of Living: Sometimes Less Is More New law graduates’ salaries vary by location, as does the cost-of-living, but the To read NALP Buying Power Index Class of 2010: How much buying power did salaries offer?, scan the QR code at the left with your smart phone or visit: two do not always go hand in hand. Suppose two new graduates take jobs in large www.nalp.org/buying_power_index_class_of_2010 firms that pay $160,000 , one in Washington, D.C., and the other in New York. Although these might appear to be equal outcomes, a $160,000 salary in Washing - ton, D.C., offers about 54.7% more buying power than the identical salary in New York due to the relative cost of living ( NALP Buying Power Index Class of 2010 : How For the pdf of the National Jurist article on our site, scan the QR code at the much buying power did salaries offer? which contains Buying Power Indexes for each left with your smart phone or visit: www.law.vanderbilt.edu/prospective-students/recent-graduate- of 70 American cities at www.nalp.org) employment/download.aspx?id=7444 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, when in fact, $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. The NALP median salary in Nashville of $90,000 offers about 37% more buying power than $160,000 in New York. A 2011 National Jurist study shows that “where you work and what debt pay - Questions? ment option you choose could significantly impact how much disposable income Contact the Vanderbilt University Law School you will have as a recent graduate.” To determine standard of living, the study used Career Services Office: median private practice starting salaries, average debt payments, estimated feder - 131 21 st Avenue South al and state taxes, and cost-of-living adjustments. The study then ranked American Nashville, TN 37203 law schools by the resulting cost of living adjusted incomes of their graduates. Van - Phone: 615-322-6192 derbilt ranked third among American law schools in the National Jurist study and Fax: 615-343-8497 was the highest-ranked private law school. (Best Law Schools for Standard of Liv - [email protected] ing, National Jurist, June 30, 2011 ) www.law.vanderbilt.edu NONDISCRIMINATION STATEMENT SECURITY STATEMENT

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