"Experience - The Real Teacher."
 

The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law Externship Program is a valuable way to network with prominent judges and lawyers and obtain practical legal experience in a real-world setting. The Externship Program is designed to enhance the educational experience of second and third year law students by providing an opportunity to do advanced legal work that is generally not available through the College of Law curriculum. 

Students may not earn more than 12 credits of externship work in partial fulfillment of the total academic credits required for a JD degree. All externships earn pass/fail credits.

Students may engage in substantial legal work with Judges from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. District Court of Arizona, Arizona Supreme Court, Arizona Court of Appeals, and Maricopa County Superior Court; agencies such as the Office of the Attorney General, Maricopa County Attorney's Office; Maricopa County Office of the Public Defender; Cities, including Phoenix,Tempe, Mesa, Scottsdale and Peoria; or work side-by-side with lawyers in non-profit settings, such as Community Legal Services, The Florence Immigrant & Refugee Children's Project, and Phoenix Children's Hospital. A complete list of placements can be found in the "Summer/Fall 2013 Manual" linked below. Simultaneously, the work students perform provides greatly needed legal assistance to non-profit and governmental agencies and their clients. 

Policies Governing D.C., LA, and other Out-of-State Externships

The Washington D.C. Legal Externship Program and the new Los Angeles Legal Externship Program provide students with valuable legal experience at government, agency, or nonprofit placements, and the opportunity to take two 3-credit graded classes taught by an ASU law school professor. 

• A student must register for a minimum of 12 credits with a maximum of 15 credits if participating in either the Washington DC Legal Externship Program or the Los Angeles Legal Externship Program.
• A student is not permitted to do both the Washington DC Legal Externship Program and the Los Angeles Legal Externship Program. Students must choose between the two programs.
• A student may not spend more than one semester in either the Washington DC Legal Externship Program or the Los Angeles Legal Externship Program.
• If students choose to participate in non-Arizona (out–of–state) externships, they are permitted to earn a total of 15 credits in any combination of externship credits, and/or classes and externships affiliated with the D.C. and LA Programs.   

Externship Forms and Manuals:

• Student/Judge or Agency Agreement Form
• Preference Sheet for Maricopa County Superior Court (If committing to Superior Court Judge)
• Application for Externship Certification (Mandatory for all Judicial Externs only) 
• Conflicts of Interests Inventory (to be shared with Supervisor only)
• Externship Symplicity Guide
• Midterm Performance Evaluation Form (Supervisor completes)
• Fnal Performance Evaluation Form (Supervisor completes)
• Student Self-Evaluation Form (Student completes)
• Writing Self Evaluation Form  (For student use to secure supervisor feedback)
• Summer & Fall 2013 Information Power Point
• Summer & Fall 2013 Externship Manual (Listing of placements)

Other Externship Programs:

• Advanced Writing Externship
• The Washington, D.C., Legal Externship Program
• The Los Angeles Legal Externship Program (Available Fall 2013)

Student Testimonials (Click link)

Questions? Please see:

Professor Jennifer Barnes
Director, Externship Program
Room 101-A
Jennifer.Barnes@asu.edu
480-727-7331

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Carolyn Landry
Externship Coordinator
Room 101
Carolyn.landry@asu.edu
480-965-4862