Legal Intern · Minner Vines Injury Law Firm
I handle client inquiries, research accident circumstances, and organize evidence so the supervising attorney can see what a case still needs.
Vanderbilt University · Class of 2028
Hi, I'm Delaney.
I study economics and political science, with a minor in legal studies, and I'm working toward law school. Right now I'm a research assistant on NATO defense policy and a legal intern in Nashville. This spring I'll be studying abroad in London.
About me
Law, policy, and how institutions really work
I'm a 20-year-old junior at Vanderbilt majoring in Economics and Political Science with a minor in Legal Studies. I'm interested in how the law and politics shape people's lives in practice. I've seen that in a personal injury firm, a statewide anti-hunger nonprofit, and an entertainment law office.
I also like work that mixes policy with data. On a research team studying NATO, I build AI tools that read thousands of defense documents and track how countries change what they buy for their militaries.
4.00GPA
3legal internships
3campus leadership roles
Off the clock
- ✈️ Travel
- 👗 Fashion
- 🧩 NYT word games
- 🍸 Bartending
- 🇬🇧 London-bound
Experience
Where I've worked
Head Research Assistant · Vanderbilt Research on Conflict and Collective Action
I build AI tools that find military procurement trends across NATO states, and I run the team's GitHub repository, which includes assigning tasks and reviewing teammates' work.
Legal Intern · Tennessee Justice Center
I tracked state and federal nutrition-assistance legislation in reports twice a week and built digital advocacy campaigns that connected Tennesseans with their legislators.
Legal Intern · Blue Sky Legal Management
I reviewed 12–15 entertainment contracts a week and wrote summaries and briefs for the signing parties. I also used Python to analyze trends in copyright and media regulation.
Sales Associate · Genni
I negotiated directly with management-agency CEOs and closed more than $30,000 in deals with CAA, Digital Brand Architects, and 1AManagement. I also drafted contracts for influencers with over 5 million followers.
Leadership
Vanderbilt Student Government
Chair of Public Relations
I wrote and passed bills that added $200 to student meal stipends and funded $1,200 in new lawn chairs for campus.
Vanderbilt Historical Review
Executive Director of Publications
I run editing for submissions from more than 30 members and direct the layout and production of the journal.
Vanderbilt Anchorthon
Corporate Committee Chair
I contact 20+ brands a week and have raised more than $2,500 in cash and product donations from Tennessee businesses.
Skills
- Harvey
- Lexis
- Python
- LaTeX
- GitHub
- Microsoft Office
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Premiere
Research
Teaching AI to read NATO defense policy
Since 2025 I've worked with Dr. J Andrés Gannon in Vanderbilt's Research on Conflict and Collective Action lab. The lab studies how NATO allies, especially smaller ones, shape their militaries to be useful to the alliance. One example is former Soviet-bloc states rebuilding their forces after the Cold War.
The source material is huge. Countries publish defense white papers, strategic reviews, and national security strategies, often hundreds of pages long and in many languages. As head RA, I build the AI pipeline that reads them for us. It splits each document into passages, finds every mention of a weapons system or procurement decision, and links it to the country, year, and stated reason.
- 241,857 document passages processed
- 10,231 NATO-relevant passages pulled out for analysis
- 31 allies tracked from 2014 to 2025
I also manage the project's GitHub repository. That means assigning work, reviewing teammates' code, and keeping the analysis reproducible.
Who's meeting NATO's 2% guideline?
Number of allies spending at least 2% of GDP on defense, by year. The average share rose from 1.37% in 2014 to 2.51% in 2025.
From my analysis of NATO defense expenditure data. 2025 includes the 30 allies with reported figures.
Travel
A month in China, and London next
I spent all of May 2026 in China, from the Great Wall outside Beijing to the old streets and gardens of Shanghai. This spring I'm studying abroad in London.
Play
Delaney's Connections
I'm hooked on the NYT word games, so I made one. Find four groups of four words that share something in common. Every group is a piece of my life. You get four mistakes.
Mistakes left: ● ● ● ●
Let's connect
I'm always happy to talk about law, policy, research, or where to travel next.
delaneydoyle06@gmail.comNashville, TN · London, Spring 2027