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Externship Program Overview
The vision of Thurgood Marshall Law School is to graduate students
that are both “practice ready” and also “client ready”. By
offering a comprehensive Externship Program, students at Thurgood
Marshall are afforded the opportunity to enhance their legal writing
skills; gain firsthand knowledge of specific areas of substantive and
procedural law; observe professional responsibility and ethics in
practice in “live” situations; and obtain and refine
professional skills while working with a wide range of professionals
involved in the legal profession. Students in the externship
program are also encouraged to engage in professional networking
opportunities that will afford them the ability to form professional
networks and professional relationships prior to graduating that will
serve to ease their transition from law student to newly licensed
attorney.
The Externship Program is restricted to third-year students and
each student is limited to one externship opportunity per law school
career. Each externship assignment has a field placement
practicum and a class room component. Each externship lasts for one
semester.
The Externship Program supports the mission of the law school by
affording a diverse population of students the opportunity to wed high
quality doctrinal legal training with substantially enhanced “live”
experiences that result from the student’s participation in: legal
analysis and critical thinking skills as applied to “real” legal
cases; legal writing for Senior Attorneys and Judges; live litigation;
in person observation of judicial processes; direct client
interviewing and interactions; observation of professional ethics and
professional responsibility applied in “live” situations;
transactional work; and legislative processes.
Interested students apply for participation in the Externship
Program by completing the Externship Application. Along with the
application, the extern applicant must submit the following: a current
resume′; a current writing sample; a statement of intent; a current
transcript; a passport photograph; and a copy of their driver’s
license. Once tendered, the extern applicant schedules an
interview with the Coordinator of Experiential Learning.
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