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Legal Externships

The Legal Externship Program allows students to gain valuable legal experience in the areas of children's law, civil rights and human rights, education law, environmental law, finance, health, judicial, litigation and public interest law. For example, students regularly intern at the SEC, the US Attorney's Office, as clerks in judicial chambers, and in house for area hospitals.

Field Placement

Program Director Professor Lois Knight works with students to identify suitable field placement settings, where they are exposed to the realities of law practice while under the supervision of well-respected practitioners. Each semester, the Legal Externship Program gives up to 16 second- and third- year students the opportunity to gain practical experience in an area of substantive interest.

Seminar

In addition to field placement work, students participate in weekly seminars examining legal practice and the ethics of lawyering. They keep weekly journals chronicling their education and field work progress and prepare a paper and class presentation.