LAW 689 Leadership Fellows: General Externship
The Leadership Fellows General Externship course is an upper-level elective which consists of a combination of supervised work hours and periodic sessions with a faculty advisor. The course requires a minimum of 180 hours of work (during Summer semester) of a state or federal government attorney, including work in all levels of attorney general, prosecutorial and public defender offices in the state and federal systems, state and federal governmental agencies such as the Social Security Administration, EEOC, EPA, etc. The Leadership Fellows General Externship also requires students to participate in class sessions with a faculty advisor. As part of the Externship, students may observe client conferences, staff attorney meetings, negotiations, plea bargains, motion arguments, appellate arguments, trials, conferences, and other aspects of the legal process while under the supervision of a governmental attorney. In addition, the student may research legal and procedural matters and perform such other tasks to support the legal functions, as the supervising attorney may require. The student also will be required to attend periodic sessions with the faculty supervisor. Students are eligible for the Leadership Fellows General Externship after completing two semesters at the law school.