Each placement site must be pre-approved by the Clinic Committee. A list of currently approved sites is located in the Placement Library in a notebook labelled Externship Placements. If a student wants to arrange to do an externship in a qualified office which is not currently approved, the proposed site may apply for approval prior to the time the student enrolls for the course. Applications are available in Room 104, the Legal Clinic. The type of experiences a student has at an extern placement will vary with the type of office the student selects.
Judicial externs do mainly research, writing and court observations.
State's attorney externs get into court and do traffic and misdemeanor bench trials and other types of courtroom work. Students should select an externship based on the types of skills they wish to develop and the experiences they desire. Externships may be done over the summer between the student's second and third years of law school. Students will need to plan ahead to accomplish this to be certain they have the general course requirements and appropriate prerequisites. In addition to working in the chosen legal office, extern students must submit Time and Activity Reports and a Journal which are turned in to the Professor biweekly.