Last summer 19 students from 14 schools enrolled, There were no USD J.D. candidates. Enrollment is limited. The nature of the work will vary with the placement and the matters at hand at the firm. They may include contract, financial, commercial, tax, antitrust, banking, labor, securities, real estate, and human rights law. The student may gather facts, and may draft, review, or translate contracts, opinion letters, trial or arbitration documents, and the like.
Weekly seminars integrate the work experience.
Students must keep a daily journal, present their work product for review, and prepare a short paper relating the work experience to their academic program. The International Internship is open to students who can read business level Russian, and speak and be understood in a basic Russian conversation. Each applicant should submit a transcript with fall grades and a curriculum vitae listing law courses which will have been completed by next summer, work, or clinical experience, and linguistic abilities, as well as two faculty references. The course is available to participants and accompanying persons. It is not for college credit.