CAREERS
JOBTOP MassachusettsColoradoIllinoisDelawareTennesseeNorthMarylandOhioGeorgiaPennsylvaniaCaliforniaVirginiaTexasNewDistrictLOCATIONSofColumbia213York21386856724231914Carolina131312121111 EMPLOYMENT TYPE Firm: 69% (626) Clerkship: 20% (184) Public Interest: 9% (84) Corporate: 1% (11) Academic: 0.1% (1) The Law School awarded 31 Powell, Kennedy and Ruff fellowships to graduates working for public interest and nonprofit employers. LAW FIRMS 83% with firms in American Lawyer’s top 100 by gross revenue 6% with firms ranked between 2%101-200withlarge international firms (not ranked by American Lawyer) 9% with smaller firms 39INTERESTPUBLIC18federalgovernment18stateorlocalgovernment9militarypublicinterestgroupsCLERKSHIPS*5U.S.SupremeCourt111U.S.CircuitCourtsofAppeals153U.S.DistrictCourtsandotherfederalcourts40statecourts *2019-25 TERMS Some alumni clerked at multiple courts OFCLASSSUMMERFIRST-YEARJOBS*2023 (SUMMER 2021) 23% public interest groups 20% firm 20% judicial 19% academic 13% federal government 8% corporate 4% state or local government *Some students held multiple positions * DATA REPRESENTS EMPLOYMENT STATUS 10 MONTHS AFTER GRADUATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW is one of the most successful among top law schools and provides students with a wide range of job opportunities across the nation and abroad. THEDEVELOPMENTCAREERPROGRAM WHERE OUR GRADUATES GO CLASSES OF 2019-21*
RONALD BEACH ’21 is an associate with Baker McKenzie in Chicago.
VIRGINIA ENJOYS A REPUTATION FOR PRODUCING LAWYERS who master the intellectual challenges of legal practice, and also contribute broadly to the institutions they join through strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
APARNA DATTA ’19 clerked for Judge Carlton Reeves ’89 of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi and now works for Williams & Connolly Washington,inD.C.
RAMADANKAREEM ’20 clerked for Judge Norman K. Moon ’62 of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia and now works for Gibson Dunn in Washington, D.C.
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.
UNITED STATES ARIZONA PHOENIX Husch Blackwell CALIFORNIA COSTA MESA Latham & Watkins IRVINE Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LA HABRA Tao Rossini LOS ANGELES Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Hogan Orrick,McGuireWoodsLathamLovells&WatkinsHerrington & SullivanSidleySutcliffeAustin&Cromwell MENLO PARK Davis Polk & Wardwell Hogan O’MelvenyLathamLovells&Watkins&Myers NEWPORT BEACH Dechert OAKLAND National Center for Youth Law PALO ALTO Baker Botts Baker PillsburyPaulJonesCooleyMcKenzieDayHastingsWinthrop Shaw SimpsonPittmanThacher & Bartlett Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati SALINAS Noland Hamerly Etienne & Hoss SAN DIEGO Latham & Watkins U.S. Department of the Navy, Office of the General Counsel SAN FRANCISCO Covington & Burling KirklandGoodwin & Ellis Latham & Watkins Phillips, Erlewine, Given & Phillips,CarlinSpallas & Angstadt Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw QuinnPittmanEmanuel Urquhart & U.S.RopesReedSullivanSmith&GrayArmyJudge Advocate General’s Corps Withers COLORADO BOULDER Colorado Public Defender COLORADO SPRINGS Colorado Public Defender DENVER Colorado Public Defender Hogan PolsinelliLovells DELAWARE WILMINGTON Abrams & Bayliss Morris Nichols Arsht & RichardsTunnellLayton & Finger Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor DISTRICT COLUMBIAOF WASHINGTON Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Cleary,BuckleyBracewellBakerHostetlerBakerArnoldArentFeldFox&PorterMcKenzieGottlieb,Steen & JennerInternalHuntonHughesHollingsworthHoganHesselGroomGoodwinGibson,Fried,FreshfieldsFaegreExecutiveEvershedsDistrictDechertCrowellCozenCovingtonCooleyCliffordHamiltonChance&BurlingO’Connor&MoringofColumbiaOfficeoftheAttorneyGeneralSutherlandOfficeofthePresident,OfficeofManagementandBudgetDrinkerBiddle&ReathBruckhausDeringerFrank,Harris,Shriver&JacobsonDunn&CrutcherLawGroupAluiseandNeunLovellsHubbard&ReedAndrewsKurthRevenueService&Block Jones Day K&L Gates King & Spalding Klein WillkieWilliamsWileyWhiteWeinerWeil,VenableU.S.U.S.U.S.U.S.U.S.U.S.U.S.TroutmanThemisSullivanSteptoeSkadden,SimpsonSidleySheppardSchulteRopesReportersRenoReedProskauerPerkinsPaul,PaulOrrick,O’MelvenyNortonMorrisonMorrisMorgan,MilbankMcGuireWoodsMayerLinklatersLathamHornig&WatkinsBrownLewis&BockiusManning&Martin&FoersterRoseFulbright&MyersHerrington&SutcliffeHastingsWeiss,Rifkind,Wharton&GarrisonCoieRoseSmith&CavanaughCommitteeforFreedomofthePress&GrayRoth&ZabelMullinRichter&HamptonAustinThacher&BartlettArps,Slate,Meagher&Flom&Johnson&CromwellBarReviewPepperHamiltonSandersAirForceJudgeAdvocateGeneral’sCorpsDepartmentofHomelandSecurity,ImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement,OfficeofthePrincipalLegalAdvisorDepartmentofJustice,CivilRightsDivisionDepartmentofJustice,CriminalDivision,MoneyLaunderingandAssetRecoverySectionDepartmentofJustice,TaxDivisionDepartmentofVeteransAffairs,OfficeofGeneralCounselGovernmentAccountabilityOfficeGotshal&MangesBrodskyKider&CaseRein&ConnollyFarr&Gallagher WilsonWilmerHaleSonsini Goodrich & WinstonRosati& Strawn ZwillGen FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE AndersonGlenn MIAMI Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & WhiteAxelrod&Case TAMPA Foley & Lardner GEORGIA ATLANTA Alston & Bird Arnall Golden Gregory Jones Day King & Spalding Morris Manning & Martin Nelson Mullins Riley & Slutzky,ScarboroughWolfe and Bailey Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders IDAHO BOISE Parsons Behle & Latimer ILLINOIS CHICAGO Baker McKenzie Ice KirklandMiller& Ellis Paul WinstonSidleyHastingsAustin&Strawn INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LAFAYETTE TippecanoeProsecutor’sCountyOffice RICHMOND Dudas Law KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE Frost Brown Todd LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS Liskow & Lewis MARYLAND BALTIMORE Venable ROCKVILLE Greenblatt & Veliev REPRESENTATIVE EMPLOYERSCLASSES OF 2019-21
MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON Choate, Hall & Stewart Eckert Seamans Cherin & WilmerHaleRopesGoodwinMellott&Gray MICHIGAN FARMINGTON HILLS Antone, Casagrande & Adwers MISSOURI KANSAS CITY Graves PolsinelliGarrett ST. LOUIS Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner NEBRASKA OMAHA Fidelity National Title KoleyGroupJessen NEW HAMPSHIRE CONCORD New Hampshire Public Defender NEW JERSEY ROSELAND Lowenstein Sandler TRENTON New Jersey Office of the Attorney General NEW MEXICO ALBUQUERQUE New Mexico Public Defender’s Office NEW YORK ARMONK Boies Schiller Flexner NEW YORK Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & KirklandKingKasowitzJonesHoganGoodwinGibson,Fried,FreshfieldsEvercoreDesmaraisDentonsDebevoiseDavisCravath,CovingtonCooleyCliffordCleary,CahillBracewellBakerAllenFeld&OveryMcKenzieGordon&ReindelGottlieb,Steen&HamiltonChance&BurlingSwaine&MoorePolk&Wardwell&PlimptonBruckhausDeringerFrank,Harris,Shriver&JacobsonDunn&CrutcherLovellsDayBensonTorres&Spalding&Ellis Latham & WollmuthWinstonWilsonWillkieWhiteWeil,Wachtell,VinsonTroutmanSullivanSkadden,SimpsonSidleySheppardShearmanSewardSchulteQueensPublicisProskauerPaul,PaulOrrick,NortonNewNeighborhoodMorrisonMorgan,MilbankMayerLoebLinklatersWatkins&LoebBrownLewis&Bockius&FoersterDefenderServiceofHarlemYorkCountyDistrictAttorney’sOfficeRoseFulbrightHerrington&SutcliffeHastingsWeiss,Rifkind,Wharton&GarrisonRoseSapientDistrictAttorney’sOfficeRoth&Zabel&Kissel&SterlingMullinRichter&HamptonAustinThacher&BartlettArps,Slate,Meagher&Flom&CromwellPepperHamiltonSanders&ElkinsLipton,Rosen&KatzGotshal&Manges&CaseFarr&GallagherSonsiniGoodrich&Rosati&StrawnMaher&Deutsch WHITE PLAINS Westchester County District Attorney’s Office NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE Cadwalader, Wickersham & MooreTaft& Van Allen PEMBROKE Legal Aid of North Carolina OHIO CINCINNATI Ashbrook Byrne Kresge Taft Stettinius & Hollister CLEVELAND TuckerJonesBakerHostetlerDayEllis COLUMBUS Gordon Rees MansukhaniScully OKLAHOMA TULSA Still She Rises PENNSYLVANIA NORRISTOWN Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office PHILADELPHIA Cozen DechertO’Connor Morgan, Lewis & Bockius National Labor Relations Board, Region 4 Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office PITTSBURGH Jones Day K&L Morgan,GatesLewis & Bockius Reed Smith WAYNE Hewlett Packard Enterprise SOUTH CAROLINA CHARLESTON Carlock, Copeland & Stair Southern Environmental Law Center TENNESSEE MEMPHIS Shelby County District Attorney General’s Office NASHVILLE Butler Snow Office of the Metropolitan Nashville Public Defender TEXAS AUSTIN Husch ThompsonBlackwell&Knight DALLAS Baker Botts Baker VinsonNortonKirklandKattenK&LJonesHuntonHollandHaynesBracewellMcKenzieandBoone&KnightAndrewsKurthDayGatesMuchinRosenman&EllisRoseFulbright&Elkins FORT WORTH U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office of Immigration Review HOUSTON Ahmad, Zavitsanos & WillkieVinsonSimpsonSidleyNortonMayerLathamKirklandJonesHewlettHaynesBracewellBakerHostetlerBakerBainMensing&CompanyBottsandBoonePackardEnterpriseDay&Ellis&WatkinsBrownRoseFulbrightAustinThacher&Bartlett&ElkinsFarr&Gallagher VIRGINIA ARLINGTON Erickson Immigration Group CHARLOTTESVILLE RaynorMichieHamlettCharlottesville-AlbemarlePublicDefender’sOfficeLawOffice FALLS CHURCH Axiom U.S.ManagementResourceDepartment of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Board of Immigration Appeals FORT LEE U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps MANASSAS Dougherty Tobias Iszard MCLEAN Hogan PillsburyLovellsWinthrop Shaw Pittman NEWPORT NEWS Law Firm of Timothy Hankins NORFOLK Norfolk WillcoxU.S.Attorney’sCommonwealth’sOfficeNavyJudgeAdvocateGeneral’sCorps&Savage PORTSMOUTH Portsmouth City Public Defender’s Office RESTON FinneganCooley RICHMOND Hunton Andrews Kurth WilliamsVinsonTroutmanRichmondMcGuireWoodsCommonwealth’sAttorney’sOfficePepperHamiltonSanders&ElkinsMullen SALEM Guynn & Waddell TYSONS CORNER Smith Pachter McWhorter VIRGINIA BEACH Troutman Sanders Virginia Beach Public Defender’s Office WARRENTON Office of the Public Defender for Fauquier and Rappahannock Counties WASHINGTON BELLEVUE Coding Dojo SEATTLE King County Department of Public Defense Perkins Coie WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE Foley & Lardner INTERNATIONAL ENGLAND LONDON Withers NOTE: Some firms’ names have changed since graduates were hired. ERIN SEAGEARS ’20 is an assistant public defender for the Maryland Office of the Public Defender in Baltimore. ANA M. TOBAR ’21 is an associate with Mayer Brown in Houston, Texas.
PROVIDING WHAT YOU NEED TO LAUNCH CAREERYOUR
COORDINATING
“WE TEAM UP 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.”
THE SCHOOL’S INVOLVEMENT in live and virtual career fairs and recruiting events across the country, in addition to UVA Law’s extensive on-campus recruiting programs (with the onset of COVID-19, the school seamlessly transitioned on-Grounds interviews to a virtual platform for the last two recruiting cycles)
COUNSELING STUDENTS on job-search strategies, from understanding which employers to target to planning long-term career goals
HELPING STUDENTS UNDERSTAND what kinds of careers they will find rewarding
THE OFFICE OF PRIVATE PRACTICE, the OFFICE OF JUDICIAL CLERKSHIPS and the MORTIMER CAPLIN PUBLIC SERVICE CENTER offer the tools and preparation students need to advance in the legal workforce.
PREPARING AND TRAINING STUDENTS to have successful interviews, including through live or videotaped mock interviews, to assess weaknesses and strengths
SERVICES INCLUDE:
REVIEWING AND CRITIQUING RESUMES, cover letters and other employment-related communications
—KEVIN DONOVAN, Senior Assistant Dean, Career Development
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 one’s career after law school
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
MARIT SLAUGHTER SENIOR DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF PRIVATE PRACTICE J.D., B.A., UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MARIT SLAUGHTER 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. Slaughter previously was an associate in the New York office of Willkie Farr & Gallagher, where she focused on LawCouncil&ofthesheInMarketingDevelopmentRecruiting,Personnel/Legalfirm’saShesecuritiesotherandtransactions,equity/ventureprivatecapitalmergersacquisitions,andcorporateandmatters.alsoservedasmemberoftheProfessionalProfessionalandcommittees.lawschoolatUVA,wasamemberofeditorialboardtheJournalofLawPolitics,FirstYearandVirginiaWomen.
KEVINPRACTICEPRIVATEOFDONOVAN
S. CHRISTINA KWON DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF PRIVATE PRACTICE J.D., UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF UNIVERSITYB.S.F.S.,LAWGEORGETOWN S. KWONCHRISTINAcounsels J.D. and LL.M. students and alumni seeking privatesector positions. She helps students develop a career roadmap tai lored to their goals and interests and formulate strategies for effective jobPriorapplications.tojoining the Career Development team, Kwon was a partner in the New York office of Hunton Andrews Kurth, where her practice focused on capital CourtWilliamparticipatedtheDistrictE.DistrictasinfromandmentorfrequentlyprivateDuringatKwonpracticetomatters.generalgovernanceobligations,regulations,securitiesonalsotransactions.marketsSheadvisedclientscompliancewithlawsandreportingcorporateandcorporateBeforemovingHuntonwithhergroupin2012,wasanassociateDewey&LeBoeuf.hertimeinpractice,sheservedasatoassociatessummerassociates.AftergraduatingtheLawSchool2005,KwonservedalawclerkforU.S.JudgeJeanneScottintheCentralofIllinois.DuringhertimeatLawSchool,sheintheMinorLileMootcompetition.
LAUREN PARKER DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF PRIVATE PRACTICE J.D., B.A., UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAUREN PARKER works with students and alumni interested in applying to law firm positions. With nearly eight years of experience litigating at a large firm, she helps students identify firms and practice areas of interest, and assists their preparation of effective resumes, cover letters and bonoclientsthetheofworkedCommission.andTradeJustice,theandstateantitrustcommercialfocusedwhereCompetitiontheshe&ofWashington,seniorPractice,theoutreach.assistsafterpermanentseekingcounselsstrategies. ParkerinterviewalsoLL.M.studentstemporaryoremploymentgraduation,andwithemployerPriortojoiningOfficeofPrivateParkerwasaassociateintheD.C.,officeOrrick,HerringtonSutcliffe.AtOrrick,wasamemberoffirm’sAntitrustandgroup,herpracticeoncomplexandlitigationinandfederalcourts,ininvestigationsbyU.S.DepartmentoftheU.S.FederalCommissiontheEuropeanParkeralsowiththeACLUMarylandandwithLegalCounselforElderlyrepresentingindiversepromatters.
SENIOR ASSISTANT DEAN, CAREER DEVELOPMENT J.D., UNIVERSITY B.A.,PENNSYLVANIAOFDARTMOUTHCOLLEGE KEVIN DONOVAN leads the Office of Private Practice 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. In 2016, receivedDonovanaLeonard W. Sandridge studentsdedicationjobhishonorUVA’sContributionOutstandingAward,highestforstaff,foreffectivenessinplacementandtotheheserves.
LL.M., LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL J.D., UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW B.B.A., UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI KRISTYN JUDKINS helps students and alumni to explore an array of career paths with a focus on law firm positions. With experi ence in large firm, solo and nonprofit practice, she brings a holistic perspective to students as they evaluate work places and practice areas. Judkins also helps students develop competitive applica tions and an interview strategy, and prepare for legal Judkinspractice.was an associate in Baker
Award.withSheandyearaVirginiaeditor-in-chiefatrangeandassociateparticipatedherCenter.Environmentallawpracticedteam,CareerBeforefirm’smemberwhereofficeWashington,McKenzie’sD.C.,forsixyears,shewasaofthetaxgroup.joiningtheDevelopmentJudkinsenergyattheSouthernLawThroughoutcareer,Judkinsinsummerrecruitingmentoredabroadofattorneys.WhileastudentUVALaw,shewasoftheTaxReviewandfellowforthefirst-LegalResearchWritingProgram.wasalsohonoredtheRosenbloom
LAUREN VENTRE DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF PRIVATE PRACTICE J.D., B.A., UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAUREN VENTRE connects students and alumni with privatesector positions within their areas of interest and assists them in Orderandthethewhereofandofandinterviewingtherole,ServicesUniversityinand,inGuarantyat2014,Developmenttoandapplicationformulatingdocumentsstrategies.PriorjoiningtheCareerteaminVentreworkedthePensionBenefitCorporationWashington,D.C.,morerecently,theundergraduateCareeroffice.Inthatshemanagedon-Groundsprogramrecruiterrelations.VentreisamembertheVirginiaStateBara2012graduatetheLawSchool,sheservedoneditorialboardofVirginiaLawReviewwaselectedtotheoftheCoif.
KRISTYN JUDKINS DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF PRIVATE PRACTICE
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
CAREER COUNSELORS AND OTHER FACULTY HELP STUDENTS PREPARE FOR LIFE AFTER LAW SCHOOL
application
AMANDA YALE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE J.D., B.A.,UNIVERSITYNORTHEASTERNCOLGATEUNIVERSITY
SENIOR DIRECTOR OF JUDICIAL CLERKSHIPS J.D., UNIVERSITY OF MCKENNAB.A.,VIRGINIACLAREMONTCOLLEGE RUTH PAYNE advises students and alumni as they navigate the process
A.EXTERNSHIPSSPRIGHTLEYRYAN
ASSISTANT DEAN FOR PRO BONO AND PUBLIC INTEREST J.D., UNIVERSITY OF B.A.,VIRGINIACARLETONCOLLEGE
PROFESSOR OF LAW, GENERAL FACULTY DIRECTOREXTERNSHIPSOF J.D., UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT B.A.,BERKELEYYALEUNIVERSITY SPRIGHTLEY RYAN directs the externships program at Virginia Law. Externships allow students to work fulltime 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
Columbia.OfficewithassistantservedasDepartmentSectionEnvironmentalworkedSmithsonianinspectorpreviouslyandbetweenconnectionslegaltheorypractice.RyanservedasgeneraloftheInstitution,fortheCrimesoftheU.S.ofJusticeatrialattorney,andasaspecialU.S.attorneytheU.S.Attorney’sfortheDistrictof
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE J.D., UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF LAW B.S., GEORGE UNIVERSITYWASHINGTON LEAH GOULD previously served as an assistant U.S. attorney in New Jersey, where she prosecuted a variety of federal criminal cases, including firearms, narcotics trafficking, child exploitation and white-collar cases. Before practicing law, Gould served as an officer in the U.S. Navy. As a law student, Gould was an editor on the University of Colorado Law Review, won a national championship in moot court and founded the Military Law Society. After law school, Gould clerked for Judge Reed C. O’Connor on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, then joined the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division’s New York City field office through the Attorney General’s Honors Program. The Federal Law launderingcryptocurrencywebanforProsecutorGouldFoundationEnforcementnameda2020oftheYearherworkleadinginternationaldarknarcoticsandmoneycase.
OFFICE RUTHCLERKSHIPSJUDICIALOFPAYNE
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.
DAWN DAVISON DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE J.D., WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW B.A., UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO DAWN DAVISON was formerly a senior staff attorney with the Virginia Virginia.WesternJamesclerkedgraduating,LawWashingtonaofServicethesummerProject,forhelpedClearinghouseVirginiashecapitaleducationtaughtdefender.aherBillshethanapplicationsandcorpusandinmateswhereResourceRepresentationCapitalCenter,sherepresentedintheirstatefederalhabeasproceedingsclemencyformore13years.In2017,wasawardedtheGeimerAwardbypeersforbeingdedicatedcapitalDavisonalsocontinuinglegalcoursestopractitioners.Inlawschool,joinedtheCapitalCaseclinic,foundStudentsanInnocenceworkedasainternwithPublicDefenderfortheDistrictColumbia,andwasstaffwriterfortheandLeeReview.AfterDavisonforU.S.JudgeP.JonesoftheDistrictof
PRO KIMBERLYPROGRAMBONOEMERY
for both Affairs.OfficewhereDepartmentCriminalattorneysheOffice.U.S.FellowshipaAppealsU.S.Wilkinsonforschool,LaweditorPaynetherunningmockresumes,covercounseling,clerkships.internshipsjudicialandjudicialThisincludesreviewinglettersandconductinginterviewsandworkshopsonclerkshipprocess.wasanarticlesontheVirginiaReview.AfterlawsheclerkedJudgeJ.HarvieIIIonthe4thCircuitCourtofandcompletedone-yearBristowwiththeSolicitorGeneral’sFrom2004-08,wasanhonorswiththeDivisionoftheofJustice,sheworkedintheofInternational MORTIMER CAPLIN PUBLIC LEAHCENTERSERVICEGOULD
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 counselsstudents,students and graduates regarding pro bono and public interest
Volunteerasrecognized15CenterLegalmemberEmeryprivateeffortslawyerspublicworknationwide,thanprojectscoordinatesinProEmery’sChallenge.School’soverseesservicefund-raisesdevelopsopportunities,andfornewprojects,andtheLawProBonoUnderdirection,theBonoProgramatypicalyearprobonowithmore100employersfromwithfull-timeinteresttoprobonoundertakenbypractitioners.wasaboardfortheAidJusticeformorethanyearsandwasin2000theorganization’softheYear.
Cary Douglas Pugh DELAWARE DISTRICT OF WILMINGTONDELAWARE
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Kevin C. Newsom
Hazel
Tilman E. Self III
Jesus G. Bernal
CALIFORNIA CENTRAL DISTRICT OF RIVERSIDECALIFORNIA
William H. Pryor Jr. MIAMI Adalberto Jose Jordan ARMED FORCES WASHINGTON, D.C. Kevin A. Ohlson D.C. CIRCUIT WASHINGTON, D.C. Karen LeCraft Henderson Gregory G. Katsas Sri Srinivasan
Daniel D. Crabtree
CONNECTICUT DISTRICTBRIDGEPORTCONNECTICUTOF
KANSAS DISTRICT OF KANSAS KANSAS CITY
Jerome A. Holmes 11TH CIRCUIT
Timothy J. Kelly Royce C. Lamberth
U.S. COURTSUPREMEWASHINGTON,D.C. Amy Coney Barrett U.S. OFCOURTSCIRCUITAPPEAL 1ST CIRCUIT CONCORD, N.H. Jeffrey R. Howard 2ND CIRCUIT NEW HAVEN, CONN. José A. Cabranes RUTLAND, VT. Peter W. Hall 3RD CIRCUIT DUNCANSVILLE, PA. D. Brooks Smith PITTSBURGH Thomas M. Hardiman Peter J. Phipps WILMINGTON, DEL. Kent A. Jordan 4TH CIRCUIT ASHEVILLE, N.C. Allison J. Rushing CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. J. Harvie Wilkinson III COLUMBIA, S.C. Julius N. Richardson GREENVILLE, S C. A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr. SPARTANBURG, S.C Henry F. Floyd 5TH CIRCUIT AUSTIN, TEXAS Andrew S. Oldham BATON ROUGE Stuart Kyle Duncan HOUSTON, TEXAS Gregg J. Costa Jennifer Walker Elrod Edith Hollan Jones Jerry E. Smith JACKSON, MISS Rhesa H. Barksdale Leslie H. Southwick NEW ORLEANS Edith Brown Clement W. Eugene Davis Kurt D. Engelhardt 6TH CIRCUIT CINCINNATI John B. Nalbandian COLUMBUS, OHIO R. Guy Cole Jr. Eric E. Murphy Jeffrey S. Sutton COVINGTON, KY. Amul R. Thapar LONDON, KY Eugene E. Siler Jr. LOUISVILLE, KY. John K. Bush MEDINA, OHIO Alice M. Batchelder MEMPHIS, TENN. Julia Smith Gibbons 7TH CIRCUIT MILWAUKEE Diane S. Sykes SOUTH BEND, IND. Amy Coney Barrett Kenneth F. Ripple 8TH CIRCUIT FARGO, N.D. Ralph R. Erickson KANSAS CITY, MO Duane Benton MINNEAPOLIS David R. Stras SIOUX FALLS, S.D. Jonathan A. Kobes
ARKANSAS EASTERN DISTRICT OF LITTLEARKANSASROCK
Trevor N. McFadden
Charles R. Breyer
Amit P. Mehta
IDAHO DISTRICT OF IDAHO BOISE B. Lynn Winmill
John D. Bates
Andrew L. Brasher
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF SANCALIFORNIAFRANCISCO
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF DESIOWAMOINES
Steven D. Merryday
IOWA
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF SOUTHINDIANABEND
9TH CIRCUIT COEUR D’ALENE, IDAHO Richard C. Tallman IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO Ryan D. Nelson PASADENA, CALIF. Sandra S. Ikuta SAN FRANCISCO Daniel A. Bress
ILLINOIS
Emily C. Marks
EASTERN DISTRICT OF SACRAMENTOCALIFORNIA
ATLANTA Britt C. Grant Beverly B. Martin
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TAMPAFLORIDA
Jon E. DeGuilio
10TH CIRCUIT OKLAHOMA CITY
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF HUNTSVILLEALABAMA
GREENBELT
Vince G. Chhabria
Colm F. Connolly
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF MONTGOMERYALABAMA
JUDICIAL CLERKSHIPS
John A. WilliamMendezB.Shubb
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CHICAGOILLINOIS
GEORGIA MIDDLE DISTRICT OF MACONGEORGIA
Tanya S. Chutkan
Kristine G. Baker
Liles C. Burke
FLORIDA
INDIANA
Stefan R. Underhill DISTRICT COLUMBIAOF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Manish S. Shah
Barry W. NannetteAsheJolivette Brown
CLASSES OF 2019-21
MARYLAND DISTRICT OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE
Richard D. Bennett
Robert W. Pratt
U.S. COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
LOUISIANA
George Jarrod Jr.
Ellen L. Hollander
Kathleen M. Kerrigan
ARIZONA DISTRICT OF ARIZONA PHOENIX
Michael T. Liburdi
Ryan T. StephenHolteS.Schwartz
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEWLOUISIANAORLEANS
James P. Hanlon
U.S. TAX COURT
COURTSDISTRICTFEDERAL ALABAMA
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANAPOLISINDIANA
Joseph C. Spero
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW BROOKLYNYORK
ALBUQUERQUE
Stephen
VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT OF CHESAPEAKEVIRGINIA S. Bernard Goodwyn FREDERICKSBURG Stephen R. McCullough
PENNSYLVANIA
Drew B. Tipton Garcia DISTRICT OF ELTEXASPASO
RebeccaRaymondDavisA.JacksonBeachSmith RICHMOND Henry
Robert N. McDonald
Grace Burke Carroll WASHINGTON WASHINGTON SUPREME OLYMPIACOURT
Michael
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF YOUNGSTOWNOHIO Benita Y. Pearson
COURTSSTATE SUPREME COURT OF PHOENIXARIZONA
J. Travis Laster
Louis A. Bledsoe III
Rossie D. Alston Jr. M. Brinkema
Paul G. Gardephe
William L. Osteen Jr.
SALT LAKE CITY Diana Hagen
TENNESSEE
Terry L. Wooten
NORFOLK Mark
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF NORTH GREENSBOROCAROLINA
Ming W. Chin COLORADO COLORADO SUPREME DENVERCOURT
Paul M. Newby NORTHCHARLOTTEBUSINESSCAROLINACOURT
J. Michelle Childs
Leonie
MISSISSIPPI
Jon P. McCalla
Cynthia M. Rufe
Jennifer L. Attrep
DISTRICT COLUMBIAOF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS
NORTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT OF NORTH RALEIGHCAROLINA
Marcia M. Henry
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH RALEIGHCAROLINA
St. John WESTERN
TEXAS
Gerald A. McHugh Jr.
David A. Ezra
WINSTON-SALEM
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF DALLASTEXAS
David Keesler
Karla N. Smith
Hudson M. Hannah Lauck Roderick
EASTERN
Mark A. Goldsmith
Clint Bolick CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA SUPREME SANCOURTFRANCISCO
UTAH UTAH COURT OF APPEALS
ARJUN OGALE ’21 clerked for Judge Gregg Costa on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Houston.
NEW MEXICO DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO
Hoppe LYNCHBURG Norman
NEW YORK P. Kevin Castel
Marmolejo WESTERN
EASTERN DISTRICT OF KNOXVILLETENNESSEE
Ellis III Liam
Pamela L. Reeves
NORTH CAROLINA
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXASTYLER J. Campbell Barker
Theresa C. Buchanan
Bernard A. Friedman
Carlton W. Reeves
EASTERN DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIAPENNSYLVANIA
Karen Gren Scholer
John P. KatherineCronanPolk
Kirtan Khalsa
SOUTH CAROLINA DISTRICT OF SOUTH COLUMBIACAROLINA
LAREDO Marina
Nels S.D. Peterson HAWAII HAWAII SUPREME COURT HONOLULU Michael D. Wilson MARYLAND MARYLAND COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS PRINCE FREDERICK E. Gregory Wells COURT OF APPEALS OF SALISBURYMARYLAND Brynja M. Booth TOWSON
MISSOURI WESTERN DISTRICT OF SPRINGFIELDMISSOURI M. Douglas Harpool
Thomas A. Varlan
Julie H. Becker
Alison J. Nathan
EASTON Stephen
AVERYRASMUSSEN ’21 lined up three clerk ships after law school, with Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III ’72 on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Judge Dabney Friedrich on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and Justice Brett Kava naugh on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Failla
Max O. Cogburn Jr.
UTAH DISTRICT OF UTAH SALT LAKE CITY
EASTERN DISTRICT OF DETROITMICHIGAN
Moon ROANOKE Robert
SAN
Monica M. Marquez
CHRISTI
John S. Nugent CIRCUIT COURT FOR TALBOT COUNTY H. Kehoe MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT ROCKVILLECOURT
Sheryl Gordon McCloud
BALTIMORE CITY CIRCUIT BALTIMORECOURT
Ivan Davis T. S. O’Grady S. E. C. BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE NORFOLKDISTRICTEASTERNOFVIRGINIA C. DISTRICT OF HARRISONBURGVIRGINIA C. K. S. Ballou F. VIRGINIA SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST CHARLESTONVIRGINIA
Mark R. Hornak
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF JACKSONMISSISSIPPI
Thomas D. Schroeder
WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH ASHEVILLECAROLINA
WESTERN DISTRICT OF MEMPHISTENNESSEE
Young U.S.
Stephen H. Glickman SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
GEORGIA SUPREME COURT OF ATLANTAGEORGIA
ARIZONA
Jeremy D. Kernodle
Freda L. Wolfson
MICHIGAN
Carol Bagley Amon Steven M. Gold
OHIO
Anne T. Berton ANTONIO
Joel
WESTERN DISTRICT OF PITTSBURGHPENNSYLVANIA
Urbanski WEST
John T. Copenhaver Jr.
James C. Dever III
NEW MEXICO NEW MEXICO COURT OF SANTAAPPEALSFE
NOTE: Some graduates have held more than one clerkship.
NEW JERSEY DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY TRENTON
NEW YORK
William S. Stickman IV
Richard L. Gabriel
Catherine C. Eagles
TEXAS
Robert J. Shelby VIRGINIA DISTRICT OF ALEXANDRIAVIRGINIA
TEXAS SUPREME COURT AUSTIN Jimmy Blacklock Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle Debra Lehrmann
RICHMOND William C. Mims VIRGINIA CIRCUIT COURTS FOR THE 19TH JUDICIAL FAIRFAXCIRCUIT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CORPUSTEXAS
CHARLOTTE
James O. Browning
Craig Iscoe DELAWARE DELAWARE COURT OF WILMINGTONCHANCERY
Jane J. Boyle
VIRGINIA is fifth in the number of partners in the AmericanLawyertop100 firms. VIRGINIA is fifth in placing clerks on the andSupremeU.S.Courtfrom2007-21behindHarvard,Yale,StanfordChicago.
second outcomes.employmentfocuswhichAboveintheLaw’s2022lawschoolrankings,on
VIRGINIA is fourth in the percentage of Class of 2021 graduates who went directly to firms of 500 or more attorneys or to AssociationAmericanaccordingclerkships,federaltoBardata.
VIRGINIA Lawyertheingraduateshasall100ofAmericantop100firms(asofMay2021).
CURRICULUM Virginia has a students.tocountryfromattractsCollege,Trialalsospeaking.advocacyadvocacy,ofincludesprocedure,inconcentrationcurricularlitigationandwhichanarraycoursesintrialoralandpublicVirginiahostsanannualAdvocacywhichlawyersacrosstheandisopenVirginiaLawGraduatesexcelin corporate practice because the school’s programs prepare students to serve their future clients from day one. The John W. Glynn Jr. Law & courses;andcorporateincludeofclients.facedthecurriculumtheaProgramBusinessbuildsbridgebetweenlawschoolandrealissuesbycorporateFeaturestheprogramaccounting,financebusinessskillscore business law courses like Corporations and andlawpractitionerstaughtadvancedRegulation;Securitiesandcoursesbytopfromfirms,businessgovernment,aswellasUVAfaculty. EXTERNSHIPS Students part-time.foracrossinprogramVirginia’sinexternshipworklegalofficesthecountryasemesteror CLINICS Students clientsexperiencegainrepresentingrealintrialsandhearings,writingmotionsandbriefs for trial (includingappellateandcourtstheU.S.SupremeCourt),andcounselingcorporateclients. judicialclerkships@law.virginia.eduprivatepractice@law.virginia.edulaw.virginia.edu/careersCONTACTKevinM.Donovan(CareerDevelopment)(434)982-6119PublicService(434)924-3883publicservice@law.virginia.eduRuthPayne(Clerkships)(434)924-7192CAREERS Hands-On Preparation for Your Career UVA LAW HAS 24 CLINICS: Appellate Litigation Civil CommunityRights Solutions Criminal DecarcerationDefenseand Community EconomicReentry and Consumer EntrepreneurialJustice Law Environmental Law and Community Engagement Federal Criminal Sentence HealthFirstReductionAmendmentandDisability Law Holistic Youth Defense Housing InternationalInnocenceImmigrationLitigationLawProjectHuman Rights PatentNonprofitand Licensing Project for Informed Reform StateProsecutionandLocal Government SupremePolicy Court Litigation Workplace Rights Youth Advocacy VIRGINIA LAW’S PLACEMENTCAREERSUCCESS
of chief toptheofficerslegalatnation’s500companies,accordingtoa2019survey.
VIRGINIA is VIRGINIA is ranked third in the number
VIRGINIA is secondrankedin the number of alumni leading the nation’s top 100 firms, according to an Above the Law report.
