Tax Practice and Procedure. Four credit maximum for all externships. Priority will be given to students who have not had an externship. Students selected for this program are placed with the Internal Revenue Service District Counsel's Office. IRS externs are primarily engaged in tax research and the writing of legal memoranda in the preparation of cases for litigation before the Tax Court.
Students receive intensive classroom instruction on tax research methodology.
Externs are instructed in professional skills, legal writing, tax research, professional responsibility and tax practice and procedure. Students are required to produce a minimum of 30 pages of written work and must work a minimum of 180 hours. The program is limited to three students per semester. Selection of externs for both the fall and spring semesters is made the preceding spring. A resume and cover letter should be submitted to Professor John Coverdale or Professor Tracy Kaye no later than May 1.