Student Proposed Externships may also be acceptable.
Students learn legal process from the unique point of view of a sitting judge.
Students learn judicial decision-making by assisting the judge in ruling upon motions, cases or evidentiary objections. Students' research and writing skills are enhanced by the drafting of legal memoranda, proposed rulings or jury instructions. Students come to understand the administrative pressures placed upon the judicial system and the use of alternative dispute resolution techniques as a method of docket control. The responsibility of a judicial law clerk is to aid the judge primarily through research and writing. The program offers students the opportunity to observe and participate in both criminal and civil litigation from the judicial viewpoint.