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
- United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
- Chief Judge Sheryl Lipman
- Judge John Fowlkes, Jr.
- 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
- 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 Area Legal Services
- Expungement and Restoration of Rights
- Family Law
- Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
- Mid-South Immigration Advocates
- National Transportation Safety Board* (NTSB) Office of Administrative Law Judges
- Office of the Attorney General for the State of Tennessee
- Office of the Shelby County Public Defender
- Office of the Dyer & Lake County Public Defender—Appellate Division
- On Location: Memphis
- Orion Federal Credit Union
- Regional One Health (The Med)
- Shelby County District Attorney General’s Office
- St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
- The Works, Inc.
- United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Tennessee
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of Counsel
- U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- University of Tennessee Research Foundation