Judicial Externship Part Time
Course Description:
The purpose of the seminar is to enable students to consider and discuss a variety of issues relating to the administration of justice, which they will have an opportunity to observe in their field work, including the philosophy of judging, judicial ethics, selection of judges, limitations on access to the courts, judicial workload, and court management. A student may earn academic credit for work as an extern for a judge or for an entire court (hereafter, fieldwork) if undertaken in conjunction with the Judicial Externship Seminar.
Interested students should obtain information about judges and courts that use externs and about the application process from the director of externships well in advance of the anticipated placement. The director of externships will help students locate and secure suitable placement. Graded Credit/No Credit. Part-time Judicial Externship: Students may earn from 4-6 units of credit for a part-time judicial externship or 12 units for a full-time judicial externship by (1) undertaking field work with a judge or court, and (2) participating in the Judicial Externship Seminar that will generally be offered in both the fall, springĀ and summer semesters of an academic year.
Seminar requirements include assigned readings, participation in seminar meetings, and the preparation of a paper on an assigned topic. A minimum of 75 hours per unit of fieldwork is required for part-time judicial externships. This work may be undertaken in the fall, spring, or summer of an academic year. The student must enroll in the seminar being offered in the same semester.
Class Notes:
Experiential Course
Credit/No Credit. Prerequisite: Civil Procedure (114). Students must apply. Applications available online or at the Externship Program Office (EXPO). Students must arrange their own placement prior to application submission. Students must also register for either the Externship Seminar (Law 705), or Extenship Workshop (Law 706) depending on if this is your first, or second/third externship, respectively. Permission numbers to register will be provided by EXPO upon application approval.