Law Externship Seminar

Catalog description

The Externship courses provide legal education and skills development in real-life settings. Students work and learn in a variety of workplaces: public interest or nonprofit organizations; courts or government offices at the federal, state, or local level; and corporate counsel offices. The Externship courses allow students to gain expertise in professional skills and problem-solving; study professionalism and the lawyers’ ethical requirements; examine lawyers’ roles in the delivery of justice and ensuring justice for all; develop specific lawyering skills or learn a specific area of law; explore career interests in a variety of legal fields and build a professional network; and provide service to the community and to the public at large. The Judicial and Public Service Externship courses are year-long; the Corporate & In-house Counsel Externship is offered in Spring and Fall semesters and the Public Interest Externship is only offered in Spring Semester. Three non-classroom credits are awarded for each semester of fieldwork.