Course Descriptions

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Agency Externship I (LWVL590)

Instructor(s): Staff

1-6 credit(s), P/F Graded
Requirement(s): Experiential
Concentration(s): Children's Rights (JD), Civil Litigation (JD), Criminal Litigation (JD), Employment and Labor Law (JD), Environmental and Energy Law (JD), Health Law (JD), Public Interest Law (JD), Criminal Law (LLMG), Employment and Labor Law (LLMG), Environmental and Energy Law (LLMG)

The Agency Externship Program provides students the opportunity to gain valuable clinical legal experience for academic credit with a government agency or non-profit organization during the fall, spring or summer semesters. (The Agency Externship program only applies to government and nonprofit law office work, and does not allow students to receive academic credit for working in a private law firm). Students may enroll in the Agency Externship Course for 1 - 6 units of credit and must work during the academic session for a minimum of 50 hours per credit). For purposes of working at the externship placement, the academic session is from the official start of classes to the last day of final exams. Any externship placement work outside this time period may be counted towards pro bono hours, but not academic credit, provided the student is not receiving compensation for those hours.

Academic requirements include: mandatory orientation, student journals submitted to the professor relating to field placement work; discussion boards on legal practice topics; a three-five page reflective paper at the end of the semester; an externship work product for professor review; and on-site supervisor evaluation showing satisfactory completion of work experience. The externship is graded on a Pass-Fail basis. To review all the pertinent course resources, including course information, forms, and helpful internet links, please see the course syllabus. 

If you have been offered and have accepted a field placement, meet the eligibility requirements, agree to meet the course obligations and want to register for the Externship course, fill out the Field Placement Form here. After you submit the form, the Office of Career and Professional Development will review it and send you an email with directions on how to enroll.

If you have any placements questions, read the FAQ's available at that link.  If the FAQ's do not answer your field placement questions, contact the Office of Career and Professional Development at lawcareers@sandiego.edu. For academic questions, contact Professor John Sansone, Academic Director at jsansone@sandiego.edu

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