Professor Bobinette will work with interested students on an individual basis. Placement preference forms will be distributed to students by the Clinical Office and are due back to the Clinical Office, room 589, on Tuesday, April 11. Placements may be assigned to students on Thursday, April 13. If a placement is accepted, the student may not drop and will receive a grade of pass or fail. Students in this externship learn advocacy and litigation skills working as part-time law clerks with state and federal trial appellate judges in Missouri and Illinois.
Students observe civil and criminal litigation from the judicial perspective.
Students develop advanced legal research and writing skills through drafting legal memoranda relevant to cases pending before the courts. Students in this course must work a minimum of 168 hours for 3 credits or 224 hours for 4 credits over a period of six to ten weeks. Students are strongly encouraged to spread the work out over a ten-week period. Students may begin work before the beginning of regular summer school courses through arrangement with the instructor. Days and Times to be arranged.