uva law careers brochure, 2015
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Information about recent graduates' careers and career counseling services at the University of Virginia School of Law.TRANSCRIPT
THE CAREER SERVICES PROGRAM at the University of Virginia School of Law
is one of the most successful among national law schools and provides
students with a wide range of job opportunities across the nation and abroad.
VIRGINIA enjoys a reputation for producing lawyers who not only master
the intellectual challenges of legal practice, but also contribute broadly to the
institutions they join through strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
As a result, private- and public-sector employers heavily recruit Virginia
students each year. Graduates start their careers across the country with large
and small law firms, government agencies and public interest groups.
WHERE OUR GRADUATES GO CLASSES OF 2012-14
TOP JOB LOCATIONS
Washington, D.C. 213New York 181Virginia 161California 65Texas 62Georgia 41Massachusetts 32Pennsylvania 31North Carolina 24Florida 22Illinois 20Maryland 20Ohio 20Delaware 15Alabama 13New Jersey 13Colorado 11
EMPLOYMENT TYPE
Firm 58% (610)
Clerkship 19% (204)
Public Interest 19% (200)*
Corporate 3% (33)
Academic .5% (5)
*POSTGRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS (148)
LAW FIRMS
70% with firms in American Lawyer’s top 100 by gross revenue
11% with firms ranked between 101-200
2% with large international firms*
17% with smaller firms
*NOT RANKED BY AMERICAN LAWYER
CLERKSHIPS*
10 U.S. Supreme Court
82 U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal
132 U.S. District Courts and other federal courts
66 state courts
*SOME ALUMNI CLERKED FOR MULTIPLE COURTS
PUBLIC INTEREST*
44 federal government
70 state or local government
13 military
73 public interest groups
*INCLUDING 148 POSTGRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS
CAMPUS RECRUITING FALL 2014
More than 650 offices
Over 6,200 on-campus interviews of second-year students
FIRST-YEAR SUMMER JOBS* CLASS OF 2016 (Summer 2014)
31% judicial
23% firm
19% academic
18% federal government
8% public interest groups
7% state or local government
5% corporate
*SEVERAL STUDENTS HELD MULTIPLE POSITIONS
PHILIP D. WILLIAMSON ’13 clerked for Judge Lavenski R. Smith
on the 8th U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals and for Judge Ray
Kethledge on the 6th Circuit.
KATHERINE MIMS CROCKER ’12
clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin
Scalia during the 2014-15 term
before joining McGuireWoods.
She also clerked for Judge J.
Harvie Wilkinson III ’72 on the 4th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
JOY GUO ’14 is an associate in Davis Polk’s
Litigation Department in New York City.
DAVID PEREZ ’12works in Jones Day’s Los Angeles office.
UNITED STATES
ALABAMABIRMINGHAM
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitzq
Bradley Arant Boult CummingsBurr & FormanMaynard, Cooper & Gale
HUNTSVILLE
Leo Law FirmMONTGOMERY
Alabama Office of the Attorney General
ALASKAANCHORAGE
Alaska Public Defender AgencyStoel Rives
ARIZONAFORT HUACHUCA
Army Communications Electronics CommandPHOENIX
Maricopa County Attorney’s OfficeSnell & Wilmer
ARKANSASLITTLE ROCK
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings
CALIFORNIABEVERLY HILLS
Cohen GardnerCOSTA MESA
Latham & WatkinsEAST PALO ALTO
Bozicevic, Field & FrancisFAIRFIELD
U. S. Air Force Judge Advocate General’s CorpsFRESNO
McCormick BarstowIRVINE
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & NatsisLOS ANGELES
Gibson, Dunn & CrutcherIrell & ManellaJones DayKatten Muchin RosenmanLatham & WatkinsO’Melveny & MyersOrrick, Herrington & SutcliffeSelman Breitman
MANHATTAN BEACH
Reback, McAndrews, Kjar, Warford, Stockalper & MooreMENLO PARK
Goodwin ProcterLatham & Watkins
NEWPORT BEACH
O’Melveny & MyersStradling, Yocca, Carlson & Rauth
PALO ALTO
Access SoftekGibson, Dunn & CrutcherSimpson Thacher & Bartlett
SACRAMENTO
Pacific Legal FoundationSAN DIEGO
DLA Piper
Latham & WatkinsMcKenna Long & AldridgeRobbins Geller Rudman & DowdU.S. Navy Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
SAN FRANCISCO
Garteiser HoneaJones DayKirkland & EllisLatham & WatkinsLittler MendelsonMorgan, Lewis & BockiusOrrick, Herrington & SutcliffeSanford HeislerSedgwickShartsis Friese
YUBA CITY
U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps
COLORADOCOLORADO SPRINGS
Colorado Public DefenderDENVER
Colorado Public DefenderFaegre Baker DanielsGibson, Dunn & CrutcherHogan LovellsLaw Office of Joshua FriedmanPolsinelli
DURANGO
Colorado State Public Defender
CONNECTICUTHARTFORD
Axinn, Veltrop & HarkriderSTAMFORD
PwC
DELAWAREWILMINGTON
Abrams & BaylissMorris, Nichols, Arsht & TunnellRichards, Layton & FingerYoung Conaway Stargatt & Taylor
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAAdministrative Conference of the
United StatesAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldArent FoxBaker & McKenzieBaker BottsBaker HostetlerBeveridge & DiamondBingham McCutchen Blank RomeBracewell & GiulianiBrown RudnickCadwalader, Wickersham & TaftCause of ActionChadbourne & ParkeCleary, Gottlieb, Steen & HamiltonConsumer Financial Protection
BureauCovington & BurlingCrowell & MoringDebevoise & PlimptonDeloitteDickstein ShapiroDLA PiperEarthRights InternationalExecutive Office of the President,
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Federal Emergency Management
AgencyFederal Mine Safety and Health
Review CommissionFederal Trade CommissionFinnegan, Henderson, Farabow,
Garrett & DunnerFiscalNoteFoley & LardnerFreshfields Bruckhaus DeringerFried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &
JacobsonGibson, Dunn & CrutcherGreenberg TraurigGroom Law GroupHogan LovellsHollingsworthHughes Hubbard and ReedHunton & WilliamsInternal Revenue ServiceJones DayK&L GatesKaye ScholerKeller and HeckmanKellogg Huber Hansen Todd Evans
& FigelKing & SpaldingKirkland & EllisLatham & WatkinsLawyers’ Committee for Civil
Rights Under LawLibrary of CongressMcDermott, Will & EmeryMcKenna Long & AldridgeMilbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloyMorgan, Lewis & BockiusMorrison & FoersterNelson Mullins Riley &
ScarboroughNixon PeabodyNorton Rose FulbrightO’Melveny & MyersOrrick, Herrington & SutcliffePaul HastingsPension Benefit Guaranty
CorporationPhRMAPillsbury Winthrop Shaw PittmanPowers Pyles Sutter & VervilleQuinn Emanuel Urquhart &
SullivanReed SmithSheppard Mullin Richter &
HamptonSidley AustinSimpson Thacher & BartlettSolar Energy Industries AssociationPatton BoggsSteptoe & JohnsonSterne, Kessler, Goldstein & FoxSullivan & CromwellThe Majors Law FirmU.S. Air Force Judge Advocate
General’s CorpsU.S. Department of DefenseU.S. Department of Health and
Human ServicesU.S. Department of Homeland
SecurityU.S. Department of Housing and
Urban DevelopmentU.S. Department of JusticeU.S. Department of StateU.S. Representative Carolyn
MaloneyU.S. Senate Committee on the
Judiciary
KIMBERLY ROLLA ’13 works for the Legal Aid Justice Center in Charlottesville. She began her career there as a UVA Law Powell Fellow.
REPRESENTATIVE EMPLOYERS CLASSES OF 2012-14
U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
U.S. Senator Rand PaulVenableVinson & ElkinsWeil, Gotshal & MangesWhite & CaseWiley ReinWillkie Farr & GallagherWilmerHaleWilson Sonsini Goodrich & RosatiWinston & Strawn
FLORIDAFORT LAUDERDALE
Tripp ScottKENNEDY SPACE CENTER
National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationMIAMI
Akerman SenterfittBilzin Sumberg Baena Price &
AxelrodCarlton Fields Jorden BurtDiaz Reus & TargHunton & WilliamsWhite & Case
ORLANDO
Akerman SenterfittBaker HostetlerBaker, Donelson, Bearman,
Caldwell & BerkowitzTAMPA
Foley & Lardner MacFarlane, Ferguson & McMullenTrenam, Kemker, Scharf, Barkin,
Frye, O’Neill & MullisWEST PALM BEACH
Palm Beach County Public Defender
GEORGIAATLANTA
Alston & BirdArnall Golden GregoryBaker HostetlerBryan CaveFulton County District Attorney’s
OfficeJones DayKilpatrick Townsend & StocktonKing & SpaldingMcKenna Long & AldridgeSmith, Gambrell & RussellSutherlandThomas Kennedy Sampson &
TompkinsTroutman SandersU.S. Department of Housing and
Urban DevelopmentKENNESAW
Overby-Seawell CompanyMCDONOUGH
O’Quinn & CroninMONROE
Walton County Public Defender
ILLINOISCHICAGO
Health & Disability AdvocatesKatten Muchin RosenmanKirkland & EllisKPMGLocke Lord McGuireWoodsSanchez Daniels & HoffmanSidley Austin
Winston & StrawnOAK BROOK
Inland Securities Corporation
IOWADES MOINES
Belin McCormickNyemaster, Goode, West, Hansell
& O’Brien
KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE
Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
LOUISIANANEW ORLEANS
Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver
MAINEPORTLAND
Pierce Atwood
MARYLAND BALTIMORE
Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office
Gohn Hankey & StichelMiles & StockbridgeU.S. Social Security AdministrationVenable
BETHESDA
Get Well NetworkROCKVILLE
C&T Youth Technology AcademyFinancial Industry Regulatory
Authority
MASSACHUSETTSBOSTON
Bingham McCutchenBrown RudnickChoate, Hall & StewartCommittee for Public Counsel
ServicesEdwards Wildman Fish & RichardsonFoley HoagGoodwin ProcterGoulston & StorrsLatham & WatkinsMassachusetts Attorney General’s
OfficeRopes & GrayWilmerHale
BROCKTON
Plymouth County District Attorney’s OfficeCAMBRIDGE
Real World MachineSALEM
Essex County District Attorney’s Office
MINNESOTAMINNEAPOLIS
Access JusticeFaegre Baker Daniels
MISSISSIPPIJACKSON
Burr & FormanForman, Perry, Watkins, Krutz &
Tardy
MISSOURIKANSAS CITY
Horn Aylward & Bandy
Seigfreid, Bingham, Levy, Selzer & GeeST. LOUIS
Armstrong TeasdaleMississippi Lime
MONTANADILLON
Max A. Hansen & AssociatesHELENA
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks
NEBRASKALINCOLN
Scudder Law FirmOMAHA
Koley Jessen
NEW JERSEYNEWARK
Genova Burns Giantomasi & WebsterPRINCETON
Princeton Theological Seminary
NEW YORKALBANY
Boies, Schiller & FlexnerBRONX
Bronx County District Attorney’s Office
Bronx DefendersThe Legal Aid Society
BROOKLYN
Kings County District Attorney’s OfficeKEW GARDENS
Queens County District Attorney’s OfficeNEW YORK
AccentureAdvocates for Children of New YorkAllen & OveryAlston & BirdArent FoxBaker & McKenzieBaker HostetlerBarclays Capital, Investment
Banking DivisionBingham McCutchen Bracewell & GiulianiCadwalader, Wickersham & TaftCahill, Gordon & ReindelCenter for Constitutional RightsCenter for NYC NeighborhoodsCleary, Gottlieb, Steen & HamiltonClifford ChanceCooleyCovington & BurlingCravath Swaine & MooreDavis Polk & WardwellDebevoise & PlimptonDentonsDLA PiperFried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &
JacobsonGibson, Dunn & CrutcherGreenberg TraurigJones DayJP Morgan Chase & Co.Kasowitz Benson Torres &
Friedman Katten Muchin RosenmanKing & SpaldingKirkland & EllisLatham & WatkinsLegal Aid Society
LinklatersMayer Brown Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloyMorgan, Lewis & BockiusNational Center for Law and
Economic JusticeNew York City Law DepartmentNew York County District
Attorney’s OfficeNew York Legal Assistance GroupNixon PeabodyNorton Rose FulbrightOrrick, Herrington & SutcliffePaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &
GarrisonPwCQueens Legal Services
CorporationQuinn Emanuel Urquhart &
SullivanRopes & GrayShearman & Sterling Sidley AustinSimpson Thacher & BartlettSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
FlomStroock & Stroock & LavanSullivan & Cromwell Troutman SandersWeil, Gotshal & MangesWhite & CaseWillkie Farr & Gallagher
NORTH CAROLINAASHEVILLE
The Van Winkle Law FirmCHARLOTTE
Alston & BirdBank of AmericaCadwalader, Wickersham & TaftHunton & Williams K&L GatesMoore & Van AllenRobinson, Bradshaw & Hinson
GREENSBORO
Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & LeonardMOORESVILLE
Lowe’s Companies, Inc.RALEIGH
Brown Law Nelson Mullins Riley &
ScarboroughOgletree DeakinsSmith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett,
Mitchell & Jernigan
OHIOCINCINNATI
Keating Muething & Klekamp Squire SandersVorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease
CLEVELAND
Jones DayVorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease
COLUMBUS
Porter, Wright, Morris & ArthurVorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease
OKLAHOMAENID
Gungoll, Jackson, Collins, Box & Devoll
PENNSYLVANIAPHILADELPHIA
Blank Rome Community Legal Services of
PhiladelphiaCozen O’ConnorMorgan, Lewis & BockiusPepper Hamilton
PITTSBURGH
Cohen & GrigsbyDeloitte Jones DayK&L GatesReed Smith
RHODE ISLANDNEWPORT
U.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center
SOUTH CAROLINACHARLESTON
Moore & Van AllenRoper St. Francis Healthcare
COLUMBIA
Rogers Townsend & ThomasMOUNT PLEASANT
Motley Rice SPARTANBURG
Lonon Law Firm
TENNESSEEKINGSPORT
Eastman Chemical Company
TEXASAMARILLO
Brown & FortunatoAUSTIN
Baker BottsFish & RichardsonGjerset & Lorenz
DALLAS
Andrews KurthBaker BottsBoston Consulting GroupCaldwell, Cassady & CurryCarrington Coleman Sloman &
BlumenthalDLA PiperFederal Bureau of InvestigationFish & RichardsonHaynes and BooneInternal Revenue ServiceJackson WalkerJones DayOffice of the Comptroller of the
CurrencyPatton BoggsSquire Patton BoggsVinson & Elkins
EL PASO
U.S. Department of JusticeHOUSTON
Andrews Kurth Bracewell & GiulianiExxon Mobil CorporationHarris County District Attorney’s
OfficeHaynes and BooneKlosek & Associates Latham & WatkinsMorgan, Lewis & BockiusVinson & Elkins
RICHARDSON
Haynes and Boone
UTAHSALT LAKE CITY
Snell & WilmerWorkman Nydegger
VIRGINIAALEXANDRIA
Alexandria Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office
Oliff & BerridgeARLINGTON
Arlington County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office ASHLAND
U.S. Marine Corps CHARLOTTESVILLE
Legal Aid Justice CenterMcGuireWoodsStone & Woodrow U.S. Army Judge Advocate
General’s CorpsCULPEPER
Davies, Barrell, Will, Lewellyn & EdwardsDANVILLE
Virginia Legal Aid SocietyFAIRFAX
Fairfax Office of the Public Defender
Straus & BoiesSurovell Isaacs Petersen & Levy
FALLS CHURCH
Inova Health SystemsJust NeighborsU.S. Social Security Administration
FORT LEE
U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s CorpsFREDERICKSBURG
Robert J. Barlow, Esq.HAMPTON
Hampton Commonwealth’s Attorney’s OfficeHENRICO
Henrico County Attorney’s OfficeLEESBURG
Nonprofit Risk Management CenterMCLEAN
KPMGMorrison & Foerster
NEWPORT NEWS
Jones, Blechman, Woltz & KellyNORFOLK
Kaufman & CanolesProtogyrou & RigneyU.S. Department of the NavyU.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s
CorpsWillcox & Savage
RESTON
CooleyFinnegan, Henderson, Farabow,
Garrett & DunnerRICHMOND
BrownGreer Capital OneChristian & BartonHenrico County Commonwealth’s
Attorney’s OfficeHousing Opportunities Made
Equal, Inc.Hunton & WilliamsMcGuireWoodsRichmond Commonwealth’s
Attorney’s OfficeRichmond Public Defender’s
OfficeTroutman SandersVirginia Attorney General’s OfficeVirginia Office of the GovernorWilliams Mullen
ROANOKE
Woods Rogers
VIRGINIA BEACH
Virginia Beach City Public Defender’s Office
WASHINGTONSEATTLE
Foster PepperK&L GatesLane PowellWilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
WEST VIRGINIACHARLESTON
Jackson & KellyMARTINSBURG
Steptoe & JohnsonPARKERSBURG
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
WISCONSINMILWAUKEE
Foley & Lardner
WYOMINGCHEYENNE
Foley & Lardner
INTERNATIONAL
CHINA HONG KONG
Herbert & Smith BEIJING
Clifford Chance
ENGLANDLONDON
Latham & WatkinsLinklaters
OXFORD
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
GUATEMALAANTIGUA
Women’s Justice Initiative
CHELSEA BELOTE ’14works in the corporate group of Haynes and Boone in Dallas.
HANA NAH J.D.-MBA ’13 is an associate with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York City.
“WE TEAM WITH THE STUDENTS on all parts of their job search. We guide students in identifying
employment options that will be personally and professionally fulfilling, work with them on their
resumes and cover letters, assist them in preparing for interviews and then educate them on skills that
will aid them in the workplace.”
—KEVIN DONOVAN, Senior Assistant Dean for Career Services
THE OFFICE OF CAREER SERVICES,
the JUDICIAL CLERKSHIPS OFFICE and the
MORTIMER CAPLIN PUBLIC SERVICE
CENTER offer the tools and preparation
students need to launch themselves
into the legal workforce.
SERVICES INCLUDE:
COUNSELING STUDENTS on job-search strategies, from understanding which employers to
target to planning long-term career goals
PREPARING AND TRAINING STUDENTS to have successful interviews, including through
live or videotaped mock interviews, to assess weaknesses and strengths
REVIEWING AND CRITIQUING RESUMES, cover letters and other employment-related
communications
SCHEDULING EVENTS throughout the school year that are designed to inform students
about a variety of career paths and employment options, best practices for interviews and
internships, and how to advance your career after law school
HELPING STUDENTS UNDERSTAND what kinds of careers they will find rewarding
TEACHING STUDENTS best networking practices
MAINTAINING AN ONLINE JOB DATABASE that also allows students to receive alerts
about jobs in their chosen field or city
COORDINATING THE SCHOOL’S INVOLVEMENT in career fairs and recruiting events across
the country, in addition to the Law School’s extensive on-campus recruiting efforts
VIRGINIA’S career counselors
OFFICE OF CAREER SERVICES
KEVIN DONOVAN
SENIOR ASSISTANT DEAN FOR CAREER SERVICES
J.D., UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
B.A., DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
Kevin Donovan leads the Office of Career Services and counsels students and alumni on general career choices and on pursuing positions with law firms. Before joining the school in 2009, Donovan was a litigation partner in the Philadelphia office of Morgan Lewis & Bockius, where his practice focused on complex tort litigation, including class actions and national serial litigation. While at
Morgan Lewis, he was the firm’s pro bono chair from 2003-08, was heavily involved in recruiting and participated in running three summer associate programs. After law school, Donovan clerked for U.S. District Judge Frank J. Battisti in the Northern District of Ohio. Following his clerkship he joined Morgan Lewis and became a partner in 2000.
PATRICE HAYDEN
SENIOR DIRECTOR OF LAW FIRM RECRUITING
J.D., M.B.A., UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
B.A., STANFORD UNIVERSITY
With eight years of large-firm practice experience, Patrice Hayden assists students who are considering positions in law firms and coordinates Virginia Law’s presence in job fairs across the country. Hayden also works with students who are evaluating different practice areas and comparing alternative jobs to firm practice. She previously served as an associate at Bryan
Cave in Washington, D.C., where she specialized in white-collar, regulatory and consumer protection matters. During her tenure there, she spent five years on the recruiting committee, culminating in her chairing the summer program, and served as co-chair of the office’s Lawyers of Color affinity group.
MARIT SPEKMAN
DIRECTOR OF CAREER SERVICES
J.D., B.A., UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
Marit Spekman counsels students and alumni on a broad array of career choices with a focus on law firm positions. She works with students to evaluate practice areas, firms and legal markets, and helps students and alumni develop strategies to compete effectively for the positions they target. Spekman previously was an associate in the New York office of Willkie Farr & Gallagher, where she
focused on private equity/venture capital transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and other corporate and securities matters. She also served as a member of the firm’s Professional Personnel/Legal Recruiting, Professional Development and Marketing committees. In law school at UVA, she was a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Law & Politics, First Year Council and Virginia Law Women.
LAUREN K. VENTRE
DIRECTOR OF CAREER SERVICES
J.D., B.A., UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
Lauren Ventre connects students and alumni with private-sector positions within their areas of interest and assists them in formulating application documents and strategies. Prior to joining the Career Services team in 2014, Ventre worked at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation in Washington, D.C., and, more recently, in the undergraduate University Career Services office. In that role, she managed
the on-Grounds interviewing program and recruiter relations. Ventre is a member of the Virginia State Bar and a 2012 graduate of the Law School, where she served on the editorial board of the Virginia Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif.
OFFICE OF JUDICIAL CLERKSHIPS
RUTH PAYNE
DIRECTOR OF JUDICIAL CLERKSHIPS
J.D., UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
B.A., CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE
Ruth Payne advises students and alumni as they navigate the appli-cation process for both judicial internships and judicial clerkships. This includes counseling, reviewing cover letters and resumes, conduct-ing mock interviews and running work-shops on the clerkship process. Payne was an articles editor on the Virginia Law Review. After law school, she clerked for Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III
on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and completed a one-year Bristow Fellowship with the U.S. Solicitor General’s Office. From 2004-08, she was an honors attorney with the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice, where she worked in the Office of International Affairs.
A. SPRIGHTLEY RYAN
have extensive experience in private practice, in public interest lawyering and as clerks.
MORTIMER CAPLIN PUBLIC SERVICECENTER
ANNIE KIM
ASSISTANT DEAN FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
DIRECTOR, MORTIMER CAPLIN PUBLIC SERVICE CENTER
J.D., B.A., UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
M.F.A., CREATIVE WRITING, WARREN WILSON COLLEGE
Annie Kim leads the Mortimer Caplin Public Service Center, through which she counsels students seeking public-interest jobs and fellowships, invites speakers to discuss careers in public service and coordinates numerous other activities that support public service at the Law School. After graduating from the Law School in 1999, she
practiced commercial and school litigation at the McLean office of Hunton & Williams and later worked at a small firm in Alexandria. Starting in 2002, Kim served as in-house counsel for Virginia local governments for nine years, working on everything from civil rights and employment law cases to representing schools, police and other local government departments. She won her first case before the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2012, her final case arguing on behalf of Albemarle County.
W. LAWTON TUFTS
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND ALUMNI ADVISING
J.D., WILLIAM & MARY MARSHALL-WYTHE SCHOOL OF LAW
B.S., JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY
W. Lawton Tufts previously worked as an assistant public defender for the Charlottesville-Albemarle Public Defender’s Office, where he represented hundreds of indigent defendants in misdemeanor and felony trials. As a law student, Tufts served on the boards of the Public Service Fund and Lawyers Helping
Lawyers, and worked as a summer intern at both the Charlottesville and Fredericksburg public defender’s offices. After graduation, he litigated criminal and family law cases at a small firm in western Virginia. He also was a guardian ad litem for children. Tufts serves on the board of directors for the OAR-Jefferson Area Community Corrections program and is a member of the Thomas Jefferson Inn of Court and the Charlottesville Albemarle Bar Association.
AMANDA YALE
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE
J.D., NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
B.A., COLGATE UNIVERSITY
Amanda Yale previously worked at Legal Services for Children in New York City, where she defended the rights of indigent disabled children in special education and Social Security disability benefits proceedings. After graduating from law school, she worked as a staff attorney at the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. She then clerked for Judge I. Leo Glasser in the U.S. District Court for
the Eastern District of New York.
EXTERNSHIPS
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LAW, GENERAL FACULTY
DIRECTOR OF EXTERNSHIPS
J.D., UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY
B.A., YALE UNIVERSITY
Sprightley Ryan directs the externships program at Virginia Law. Externships allow students to work full-time or part-time doing legal work for public service employers while earning academic credit. As director, Ryan counsels students who are in the program or who are considering an externship, and advises them on selecting an employer. Ryan also teaches a
seminar to students in the UVA Law in DC externship program that helps participants make connections between legal theory and practice. Ryan previously served as inspector general of the Smithsonian Institution, worked for the Environmental Crimes Section of the U.S. Department of Justice as a trial attorney, and served as a special assistant U.S. attorney with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.
PRO BONO PROGRAM
KIMBERLY EMERY
ASSISTANT DEAN FOR PRO BONO AND PUBLIC INTEREST
J.D., UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
B.A., CARLETON COLLEGE
Kimberly Emery has been the Law School’s assistant dean for pro bono since 2004, and was a founder and director of the Mortimer Caplin Public Service Center. Emery coordinates and administers pro bono programming for law students, counsels students and graduates regarding pro bono and public interest opportunities, develops and fund-raises for new service projects,
and oversees the Law School’s Pro Bono Challenge. Under Emery’s
direction, the Pro Bono Program in a typical year coordinates pro bono projects with more than 100 employers nationwide, from work with full-time public interest lawyers to pro bono efforts undertaken by private practitioners. Emery was a board member for the Legal Aid Justice Center for more than 15 years and was recognized in 2000 as the organization’s Volunteer of the Year.
SOME GRADUATES HAVE HELD MORE THAN ONE CLERKSHIP
U.S. SUPREME COURT
Stephen G. Breyer Anthony M. KennedyJohn G. RobertsAntonin ScaliaClarence Thomas
U.S. CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEAL
D.C. CIRCUITWASHINGTON, D.C.
Merrick GarlandThomas B. GriffithKaren LeCraft Henderson A. Raymond RandolphJudith W. RogersSri SrinivasanDavid TatelRobert L. Wilkins
FEDERAL CIRCUITWASHINGTON, D.C.
Raymond T. ChenTodd M. HughesAlan D. LourieJimmie V. Reyna
1ST CIRCUITPORTLAND, MAINE
William J. Kayatta Jr.
2ND CIRCUITNEW YORK
Dennis JacobsRobert A. KatzmannRobert D. Sack Richard C. Wesley
3RD CIRCUITWILMINGTON, DEL.
Kent A. Jordan
DUNCANSVILLE, PA.
D. Brooks Smith
SCRANTON, PA.
Thomas I. Vanaskie
4TH CIRCUIT BALTIMORE
Diana Gribbon Motz SILVER SPRING, MD.
Pamela Harris CHARLOTTE, N.C.
Albert Diaz CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.
J. Harvie Wilkinson III CHARLESTON, W.VA.
Robert B. King SPARTANBURG, S.C.
Henry F. Loyd
5TH CIRCUIT NEW ORLEANS
Edith Brown Clement JACKSON, MISS.
Rhesa BarksdaleE. Grady Jolly
AUSTIN, TEXAS
Fortunato P. BenavidesPatrick Higginbotham
DALLAS
Catharina HaynesHOUSTON
Harold R. DeMoss Jr.Jennifer Walker ElrodEdith Hollan JonesJerry E. Smith
6TH CIRCUITLONDON, KY.
Eugene E. Siler Jr.LOUISVILLE, KY.
Danny BoggsANN ARBOR, MICH.
Raymond M. KethledgeDETROIT
Eric L. ClayLANSING, MICH.
Richard F. SuhrheinrichCOLUMBUS, OHIO
Jeffrey S. SuttonMEDINA, OHIO
Alice M. BatchelderMEMPHIS, TENN.
Bernice B. DonaldJulia Smith Gibbons
NASHVILLE, TENN.
Jane Stranch
7TH CIRCUIT SOUTH BEND, IND.
Kenneth F. RippleMILWAUKEE
Diane S. Sykes
8TH CIRCUIT LITTLE ROCK, ARK.
Lavenski Smith DES MOINES, IOWA
Steven M. Colloton KANSAS CITY, KAN.
Duane Benton
9TH CIRCUITPASADENA, CALIF.
Alex KozinskiPOCATELLO, IDAHO
N. Randy SmithLAS VEGAS
Jay BybeePORTLAND, ORE.
Susan GraberSAN FRANCISCO
Michelle T. FriedlandSEATTLE
Betty Fletcher
10TH CIRCUITDENVER
David M. EbelNeil GorsuchTimothy M. Tymkovich
LAWRENCE, KAN.
Mary Beck BriscoeOKLAHOMA CITY
Jerome A. Holmes
11TH CIRCUIT BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
William H. Pryor Jr.MOBILE, ALA.
Emmett Ripley CoxATLANTA
Julie E. CarnesBeverly B. Martin
FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTS
ALABAMANORTHERN DISTRICT OF
ALABAMA
BIRMINGHAM
Karen BowdreVirginia Emerson HopkinsR. David Proctor
HUNTSVILLE
C. Lynwood Smith Jr.
ARIZONADISTRICT OF ARIZONA
PHOENIX
David Campbell
CALIFORNIACENTRAL DISTRICT OF
CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELES
Beverly Reid O’ConnellNORTHERN DISTRICT OF
CALIFORNIA
SAN JOSE
Beth Labson FreemanEdward J. DavillaArthur Weissbrodt
CONNECTICUTDISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT
BRIDGEPORT
Jeffrey Alker Meyer
DELAWAREDISTRICT OF DELAWARE
WILMINGTON
Richard AndrewsLeonard P. Stark
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIARosemary M. CollyerRudolph ContrerasAmit Priyavadan MehtaRandolph D. MossU.S. TAX COURT
Carolyn ChiechiJoseph H. GaleJoseph Nega
FLORIDAMIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
TAMPA
Virginia M. Hernandez CovingtonNORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
GAINESVILLE
Gary JonesSOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
WEST PALM BEACH
Donald M. Middlebrooks
KENTUCKYEASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
LONDON
Amul ThaparWESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
LOUISVILLE
Thomas H. FultonDavid J. HaleJohn G. Heyburn II
PADUCAH
Thomas Russell
LOUISIANAMIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
BATON ROUGE
Brian Jackson
MARYLANDDISTRICT OF MARYLAND
BALTIMORE
Richard D. BennettJ. Frederick Motz
GREENBELT
Roger Titus
MICHIGANEASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
DETROIT
Gershwin A. DrainStephen J. Murphy III
MISSISSIPPISOUTHERN DISTRICT OF
MISSISSIPPI
JACKSON
Carlton Reeves
NEW JERSEYDISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
NEWARK
Jose L. LinaresEsther Salas
NEW MEXICODISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO
LAS CRUCES
Gregory Wormuth
NEVADADISTRICT OF NEVADA
LAS VEGAS
Nancy J. KoppeRENO
Howard D. McKibben
NEW YORKSOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
NEW YORK
Deborah BattsPaul G. GardepheAlison NathanSarah NetburnLoretta A. PreskaJed S. Rakoff
NORTH CAROLINAEASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH
CAROLINA
NEW BERN
Louise FlanaganRALEIGH
James C. Dever III
OHIONORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
CLEVELAND
Solomon Oliver Jr.SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
COLUMBUS
Elizabeth Deavers
OKLAHOMANORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA
JUDICIAL CLERKSHIPS CLASSES OF 2012-14
TULSA
Gregory K. Frizzell
OREGONDISTRICT OF OREGON
PORTLAND
Michael W. Mosman
PENNSYLVANIAEASTERN DISTRICT OF
PENNSYLVANIA
PHILADELPHIA
Jan E. DuBoisEduardo C. RobrenoPetrese TuckerMIDDLE DISTRICT OF
PENNSYLVANIA
HARRISBURG
John E. Jones III
SOUTH CAROLINADISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
CHARLESTON
David C. NortonRichard M. Gergel
TENNESSEEEASTERN DISTRICT OF
TENNESSEE
KNOXVILLE
Pamela L. ReevesThomas Varlan
TEXASEASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
BEAUMONT
Zachary HawthornNORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
DALLAS
Jorge SolisSOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
BROWNSVILLE
Andrew S. HanenHOUSTON
George HanksKenneth HoytWESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Andrew AustinEL PASO
Philip R. Martinez
UTAHDISTRICT OF UTAH
SALT LAKE CITY
Evelyn J. Furse
VIRGINIAEASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
ALEXANDRIA
John AndersonLeonie M. BrinkemaTheresa Carroll BuchananJames C. CacherisThomas S. Ellis IIIT. Rawles Jones Jr.Liam O’Grady
NORFOLK
Arenda L. Wright AllenMark S. DavisRobert G. DoumarRaymond JacksonRebecca Beach SmithStephen C. St. John
RICHMOND
John GibneyHenry HudsonRobert E. Payne
WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
ABINGDON
James JonesCHARLOTTESVILLE
Waugh CriglerDANVILLE
Jackson KiserHARRISONBURG
Rebecca B. ConnellyMichael Urbanski
LYNCHBURG
Norman K. MoonROANOKE
Robert BallouJames Turk
WEST VIRGINIANORTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST
VIRGINIA
CLARKSBURG
Irene Keeley
STATE COURTS
ALABAMAALABAMA CIRCUIT COURT
BIRMINGHAM
Robert S. Vance
ARIZONAARIZONA SUPREME COURT
PHOENIX
W. Scott Bales
CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA COURT OF APPEAL
LOS ANGELES
Elwood G. Lui
DELAWAREDELAWARE SUPREME COURT
DOVER
Myron T. Steele
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAD.C. COURT OF APPEALS
Stephen H. GlickmanRoy W. McLeese IIID.C. SUPERIOR COURT
Senior JudgesDanya A. DaysonJennifer A. Di ToroTodd EdelmanAnn O’Regan KearyStuart G. NashMaribeth RaffinanFrederick Weisberg
FLORIDAFLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT
COURT OF APPEAL
WEST PALM BEACH
Alan O. Forst
MARYLANDCALVERT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
CALVERT
Greg WellsMARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS
BALTIMORE
Mary Ellen BarberaWASHINGTON COUNTY CIRCUIT
COURT
HAGERSTOWN
Donald E. Beachley
MASSACHUSSETTSMASSACHUSSETTS TRIAL COURT,
LAND COURT DEPARTMENT
BOSTON
Staff Clerkship
MICHIGANMICHIGAN SUPREME COURT
LANSING
Stephen Markman
MINNESOTAMINNESOTA SUPREME COURT
ST. PAUL
Barry Anderson
NEW HAMPSHIRENEW HAMPSHIRE SUPREME
COURT
CONCORD
Robert Lynn
NEW JERSEY NEW JERSEY SUPERIOR COURT
MOUNT HOLLY
Philip E. HainesHACKENSACK
William De Lorenzo Jr.MIDDLESEX
Jamie HappasMONMOUTH
David BaumanMORRISTOWN
Peter BogaardNEW JERSEY SUPERIOR COURT,
APPELLATE DIVISION
ATLANTIC CITY
Carmen H. AlvarezWilliam E. Nugent
MORRISTOWN
Alexander P. Waugh Jr.TRENTON
Anthony ParrilloWESTHOLD
Marie LihotzNEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT
CHERRY HILL
Lee A. Solomon
NEVADAWASHOE SECOND JUDICIAL
DISTRICT
WASHOE
Lidia Stiglich
NORTH CAROLINANORTH CAROLINA SUPREME
COURT
RALEIGH
Mark D. Martin
OREGONMULTNOMAH COUNTY CIRCUIT
COURT
PORTLAND
Judith Matarazzo
TENNESSEETENNESSEE CRIMINAL COURT OF
APPEALS
NASHVILLE
Jeffrey Bivins
TEXASTEXAS SUPREME COURT
AUSTIN
Jeffrey S. BoydEva Guzman
ALEX KRUGER-WYMAN ’13 is clerking for the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
ANNALISE LISSON ’14 clerked for U.S. Judge Julie Carnes in Atlanta before joining Alston & Bird there.
VERMONTVERMONT SUPERIOR COURT
MONTPELIER
Staff Clerkship
VIRGINIAALBEMARLE CIRCUIT COURT
CHARLOTTESVILLE
Cheryl V. HigginsALEXANDRIA CIRCUIT COURT
ALEXANDRIA
Staff ClerkshipARLINGTON CIRCUIT COURT
ARLINGTON
Staff ClerkshipHENRICO COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
RICHMOND
Lee A. Harris Jr.NORFOLK CIRCUIT COURT
NORFOLK
Staff ClerkshipROANOKE CIRCUIT COURT
ROANOKE
Staff ClerkshipVIRGINIA BEACH CIRCUIT COURT
VIRGINIA BEACH
Staff ClerkshipVIRGINIA COURT OF APPEALS
RICHMOND
Randolph BealesStephen McCulloughVIRGINIA SUPREME COURT
RICHMOND
Staff ClerkshipBernard GoodwynDonald W. LemonsElizabeth McClanahanCleo Powell
WASHINGTONWASHINGTON STATE COURT OF
APPEALS
SEATTLE
Stephen Dwyer
VIRGINIA has graduates in 99 of the
American Lawyer top 100 firms
(as of April 2015).
VIRGINIA ranked second in the number
of alumni leading the nation’s top 100 firms,
according to a 2013 Above the Law report.
VIRGINIA is fourth in the number of partners in the National
Law Journal’s top 100 firms, according to a paper
published in the Journal of Legal Education in 2012.
VIRGINIA is fourth in placing clerks on the
U.S. Supreme Court from 2005-15, behind Harvard,
Yale and Stanford. Ten alumni from the classes
of 2012-14 obtained Supreme Court clerkships.
VIRGINIA is fifth in alumni
earning federal
appellate clerkships for the classes of 2012-14,
according to American Bar Association data.
VIRGINIA ranks second after Harvard in the number of chief legal officers at the nation’s
top 500 companies, according to a 2014 study.
VIRGINIA ranked sixth in the number of associates promoted to partner among the
National Law Journal’s top 250 firms in 2013.
VIRGINIA ranked fifth in the number of lawyers
at the top 300 U.S. law firms in a 2010 study by
Stanford Graduate School of Business professors.
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