Chip Slawson is a native of Montgomery, AL, and recently received his JD from Samford University, cum laude, along with his MBA. Prior to that, he received a BA in political science from Rhodes College in Memphis, TN. Mr. Slawson will serve as a Research Assistant in the Department of Justice's Office of Legislative Affairs for one year, followed by a one-year clerkship with Judge Joel Dubina on the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. During law school, he served as a law clerk for the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he worked primarily on immigration policy and federal judicial nominations.