The purpose of Moritz’s Externship Program is to provide students with the opportunity to obtain significant practical experience in a lawyering setting, develop professional lawyering skills, and analyze and reflect critically on that experience from a variety of perspectives.
Principles & Policies to Note
- Externship sites may include courts, government agencies, corporations, and certified 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations.
- Field Supervisors must be a licensed attorney in good standing or a judge or justice currently serving on the bench
- The externship experience in every field placement must be educational, largely based on the individual learning goals set at the outset of the externship term.
- Externs must work at least 45 hours per credit hour in their field placement spread evenly across all weeks of the semester and are not permitted to receive compensation for their externship work.
- Externs are required to complete online coursework during the semester, which focuses on self-evaluation and critical reflection about the legal profession’s values, ethics, and professionalism, and topics related to their own career path and professional development.
Additional information about the course component of Moritz’s Externship Program can be found here.