Course Description
Governmental and private organizations will provide placements for student externships which will engage students in three primary learning experiences: direct exposure to skills and methods of legal practice; focused application of legal concepts to real conflicts; and reflective appraisal of their own abilities, values, and professional goals. Clinic seminar will also provide jurisprudential context in which to consider and organize learning gained in field.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate law students will not be doing any extra work beyond
that required of the Juris Doctor students. J.D. students are
post-baccalaureate students and the workload expected of them
is the same workload expected of post-baccalaureate graduate
students. Law students are professional students, not
undergraduate students. Graduate law students are primarily
international lawyers seeking expertise in the American legal
system. This expertise is gained through exposure to Juris
Doctor courses.
Athena Title
Civil Externship I
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in JURI 5970E or JURI 7970E
Non-Traditional Format
Course includes a service-learning project during the semester that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course objectives. Students will be involved in the planning and implementation of the projects(s) and may spend time outside of the classroom. Students will be engaged in the service-learning component for approximately 50-75% of overall instructional time.
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Students will be places in governmental and private organizations for externships which will engage students in three primary learning experiences: direct exposure to skills and methods of legal practice; focused application of legal concepts to real conflicts; and reflective appraisal of their own abilities, values, and professional goals. Clinic seminar will also provide jurisprudential context in which to consider and organize learning gained in field.
Topical Outline
1. direct exposure to skills and methods of legal practice 2. focused application of legal concepts to real conflicts 3. reflective appraisal abilities, values, and professional goals 4. participation in clinics
Syllabus
Public CV