Course Description
Students earn credit while working full-time at law offices and judicial chambers not within travel distance of Athens.
Athena Title
Full-time Externship Hours
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. The course uses service-learning as the primary pedagogical tool for teaching course objectives. Students will work on a comprehensive project(s) and may be required to spend considerable time outside the classroom. Students will be engaged in the service-learning component for approximately 75- 100% of overall instructional time.
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Course Objectives
This course has the following expected learning outcomes: -- students will identify and develop legal skills and abilities under close supervision of skilled attorneys at law school approved workplaces. -- students will understand, describe, and assess the process of legal problem-solving as practiced at their workplaces. -- students will learn about the practice community at their workplace, will identify ways to connect what they learn to their career goals, and will take concrete steps to connect those goals to their career planning. -- students will develop and demonstrate skill at professional reflection and reflective practice.
Topical Outline
This course consists has two primary components: 32-40 hours of work per week by students at a legal workplace selected by the student and approved by law school faculty and 2 hours per week in a seminar. The workplace supervisor will enter into an agreement with the law school to provide students with an appropriate educational experience. The 2-hour seminar will focus on topics relevant to the student’s workplace. The seminar will include materials addressing the internship experience; the skills and abilities developed by the student at the workplace; and legal, ethical, and other materials related to that particular law practice. The seminar will be delivered through distance learning technology, principally synchronous weekly meetings between the student and a law school faculty member. Students earn a total of 10-12 credits total by enrolling in this 5-6 credit ungraded course listing and the related and required 5-6 credit graded course listing.