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Vanderbilt University Law School Law Career Services 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 I 4th, Best Career Prospects, Princeton Review Best Law Schools, 2011 nation’s leading law schools, District of Columbia, and 13 foreign V I 9th, Judicial Clerkship Ranking, US News Best Graduate Schools, 2010 providing comprehensive resources to nations. More than 80 percent took I 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 I 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 I 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
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