Description:
An externship allows a student to gain hands-on legal experience in legal settings. Students will work with a legal services provider, government agency or state or federal judge under faculty supervision. All externships include an initial orientation, and subsequent academic assignments. A maximum of 8 units may be earned over two externships.Students are required to attend a lecture component for this course, which covers:
- Professional legal skills development (problem-solving, good work habits, self-evaluation)
- Enhanced communication skills when working with judges/attorneys
- Ethical responsibilities to Clients
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Bias in the Legal Profession and how to navigate cultural differences
- Introduction to the various types of externship opportunities
- Self-care and wellness
- Networking
Candidates must have a JD and at least five years of practical experience, including experience in the course subject matter. Teaching experience is preferred. In addition, this course will be taught on campus, so instructors must be local.
USC reserves the “Adjunct” appointment for faculty teaching less than full-time at USC, who are employed full-time in a primary profession or career elsewhere. Adjunct faculty typically teach only one course per year but, in exceptional cases, may teach one course per semester, if approved by the dean.
