Externships

Externships are field placements in which a law student receives academic credit while working under the supervision of a judge or under the supervision of a lawyer as a law clerk in a law firm, government agency, or non-profit organization. The experience is intended to supplement the student’s classroom experience by providing carefully monitored and directed exposure to the work of the judiciary or the practice of law. Students in all externships will be exposed to issues of professional responsibility and professionalism.

There are two forms of externships. In placement clinics, students assist in the representation of clients under the supervision of a lawyer with whom the student is placed. Students participating in placement clinics must qualify under the South Carolina Student Practice Rule.

In other externships, students do not engage in the practice of law. They engage in practical skills such as research, drafting, and interviewing, and they observe other professional skills, such as counseling, negotiation, and advocacy. The School of Law is offering two such externships: Children's Law Externship and Foreign Practice Externship.

Only law students who have completed at least one-third of the academic credit hours required for graduation and are in academic good standing are eligible to participate in an externship. Students participating in placement clinics generally must be in their third-year of law school.

• Educational Objectives
• Student Responsibility
• Supervisor Duties
• Mid-term Student Evaluation Form
• Final Evaluation Form
• Children's Law Externship Course Description
• Consumer Bankruptcy Clinic Description
• Foreign Practice Externship Course Description
• Foreign Practice Externship General Information
• Judicial Externship