Placements generally handle securities regulation, licensing, and other commerical oversight functions. Michigan Corporation and Securities Bureau Michigan Tax Tribunal Michigan Employment Relations Commission Corporate Counsel Externships Students experience various aspects of business and transactional law, working with corporate counsel handling matters arising from general business operations. Issues are likely to include contracts, taxation, insurance, and employment law. The Ciminal Defense Externships are among the most popular at Cooley Law School Criminal defense externs receive an insider's view of the American criminal justice system, working directly with clients in many cases. These externships provide students with the opportunity to interview clients, negotiate settlements, manage cases, appear in court, conduct legal research, and deal with complex legal and ethical issues.
Students learn all stages of death penalty post-trial work.
The placement involves legal research, fact investigation, witness interviews, and brief writing. The students who complete this program will be among the few attorneys in the country trained to do this highly specalized legal work. As with the public defender externships, the prosecutor externships provide students with an insider's view of the criminal justice system. Students conduct interviews, negotiate settlements, manage cases, problem solve, research, and receive extensive trail practice. Practical experience includes case intake, client interviews and counseling, case investigation and management, and legal research, analysis and writing.