FIELD PLACEMENT PARTNERS

The law school's downtown location offers Memphis Law students second-to-none access to federal and state judges; prosecutor and public defenders' offices; federal and state administrative agencies; healthcare entities; non-profit legal services providers, academic institutions, and select corporate in-house counsel departments. We are grateful to our Externship Course field placement partners listed below.

• United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  • Judge Andre Mathis
  • Judge Kevin Ritz
• United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
  • Chief Judge Sheryl Lipman
  • Judge Jon McCalla
  • Judge Mark Norris
  • Judge Tommy Parker
  • Chief Magistrate Judge Tu Pham
  • Magistrate Judge Charmiane Claxton
  • Magistrate Judge Annie Christoff
• United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Tennessee
  • Judge Ruthie Hagan
  • Judge Denise Barnett
  • Judge Jennie Latta
• Tennessee Supreme Court
  • Chief Justice Holly Kirby
  • Justice Mary Wagner
• Tennessee Court of Appeals
  • Judge Valerie Smith
• Shelby County (TN) Chancery Court
  • Chancellor JoeDae Jenkins
  • Chancellor Melanie Taylor Jefferson
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – Hearings Unit
  • Chief Judge Deana Windham
  • Judge Steven Townsdin
  • Judge Joseph Crout
  • Judge Frank Cantrell
• Advocates for Immigrant Rights
• Baptist Memorial Healthcare Corp.
• Bass Berry Pro Bono Internship Program
• City of Memphis Law Division/Code Enforcement Prosecutor
• Ducks Unlimited – Office of Land Protection
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 
• FedEx Express
• Memphis City Attorney's Office
• Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority
• Memphis Shelby County School District
• Memphis Area Legal Services
• Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
• Mid-South Immigration Advocates
• National Transportation Safety Board* (NTSB) Office of Administrative Law Judges 
• Office of the Shelby County Public Defender
• Office of the Dyer & Lake County Public Defender
• 26th Judicial District Office of the Public Defender
• On Location:  Memphis
• Shelby County District Attorney's Office
• Shelby County Justice Review Unite
• St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
• The Works, Inc.
• United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Tennessee
• United States Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Western District of TN
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of Counsel
• U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
• University of Health Science Center
• University of Tennessee Research Foundation