Legal Aid Externship Credits: 2-6

Catalog description

Legal Aid Externs are assigned to one of the practice groups in Legal Aid, focused on legal issues of people with limited means (housing -- public and private --, consumer protection, community development, government benefits, family law, municipal criminal defense). Principally, students work in one of the Kansas City offices but, with approval of the faculty director of the externship program, may also extern in other offices in Missouri or another state. Students eligible for Rule 13 student practice authorization (or the equivalent in another state) may appear in court.