LAW 690 General Externship
The General Externship course is a component of the Law School's Externship Program, which is designed to provide opportunities for students to gain practical legal experience while working under the supervision of attorneys and judges. The 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 130 hours of work during the semester or trimester under the supervision of a state or federal government attorney, a judicial officer serving in a state and/or federal court, an attorney employed by a non-profit public service organization or an attorney in private practice. As part of the Externship work, 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 an attorney or judicial officer. In addition, the student may research legal and procedural matters and perform such other tasks to support the legal functions, as the supervising attorney or judicial officer may require. In addition to the minimum hours of supervised work, the Externship course requires students to participate in sessions with a faculty advisor and submit reflective written work and time records. Students are eligible for the General Externship course after completing three or four trimesters at the law school, depending on the particular externship placement requirements. Students must have their placements approved by the Externship Director in order to register for the course.