LAW 7950 - Judicial Clinic Placement

The Judicial Clinic places students to serve as "clerks" to judges in one of two programs. Second and third year students may serve as "interns," or part-time clerks, for ten hours per week (3 credits). Third year students may elect the "externship" program, in which they act as judicial clerks for up to thirty-five hours a week (12 credits). In either placement, Judicial Clinic students will improve their skills in legal analysis, research and writing as they carry out legal research and draft opinions on pending cases. In addition, the judicial clinic provides a unique perspective on court procedure and practice and on the process of judicial dispute resolution. This field experience is supplemented by the Judicial Process course (3 credits), in which Judicial Clinic students should enroll during the semester of their internship or externship (offered Both Fall 1998 and Spring 1999) or obtain professorial permission for other order of study. See Clinical Program Brochure for further information regarding a Judicial Placement.