Requirements & How to Apply

How to Apply

All students who wish to receive academic credit for an externship must submit a completed Externship Application and Supervision Agreement Form. Students whose placement is a student-initiated placement (SIP) must also submit a SIP Approval Request Form.

Requirements

• Mandatory Orientation: LL.M. students who have submitted the required forms and will enroll in a for-credit externship must also attend a mandatory externship orientation program held during the first week of the semester.
• Time Commitment: LL.M. students are then required to devote a minimum of ten (10) hours per week for at least eleven (11) weeks to the externship. The work week is Monday - Friday. Please note that some organizations request more than 10 hours per week (most students participating in the program average 12-16 hours per week), but no full-time student should work more than 20 hours in any given week.
• Time Sheet: LL.M. students must keep a weekly time sheet that confirms the number of hours the student has worked and generally describes the nature of the work performed without disclosing any confidential information.
• Paper: At the end of the semester, the student will be required to submit a 5-10 page paper reflecting on the externship experience (see description in the LL.M. Externship Program Information).
  
• Mandatory Exit Class: All externship participants must attend a mandatory exit class at the end of the semester.
  

Spring 2013 Externship Deadlines

• Forms due no later than Tuesday, January 22, 2013, at 5:00pm
• Mandatory orientation: Friday, January 18, 2013, at 4:00pm in McDonough 205
  
• Externships must start by the week of January 21, 2013 and end by Friday, April 26, 2013.
• Mandatory exit class: Friday, April 26, 2013
  
• Paper due to Registrar: Wednesday, May 1, 2013 by 5:00pm