TO: Law Offices Students
FROM: Gary Laser
DATE: August 24, 1992
RE: How Students Should Describe Their Clinical Education Experiences On Their Resumes
When students describe their clinical education experiences on their resumes, they should name their supervising attorneys or judges. They should also disclose that the attorneys or judges for whom they have interned or externed are their supervisors in law school courses, not employers who pay them.
Following these introductory paragraphs, I have set forth suggested descriptions for the Law School's five clinical programs. I have listed two descriptions for the Law Offices, one for the Civil Division and one for the Criminal Division; two descriptions for the Advanced Externship Program, one for a private law firm and one for the Cook County State's Attorney's Office; two descriptions for the Judicial Externship Program, one for an extern who is supervised by the judge and his clerk and one for an extern who is supervised only by the judge; and finally one description for the Advice Desk Program. These descriptions are models only; they will vary depending on the student's actual experiences.
LAW OFFICES
CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW
ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
RICHARD GONZALEZ, Supervising Clinical Professor
LEGAL INTERNSHIP. Interviewed clients and witnesses; drafted pleadings
and discovery documents; researched and wrote legal memoranda in a variety
of civil litigation matters. Assisted supervising attorney in court appearances.
Conducted simulated Counseling and negotiation exercises. June, 1988 to
January, 1989.
LAW OFFICES
CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW
ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
MARK KADISH, Supervising Clinical Processor
LEGAL INTERNSHIP. Research and wrote legal memoranda in federal and state criminal law cases, Interviewed clients and witnesses to obtain and verify facts of cases. Assisted in the preparation of trial and in the trial of a murder case in the Circuit Court of Cook County. Assisted in pre-trial court appearances. June, 1988 to January, 1989.
SIDLEY & AUSTIN
WILLIAMS SNODGRASS III, Supervising Attorney
CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW, ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,
ADVANCED EXTERNSHIP. Researched and wrote legal memoranda regarding the constitutionality of the Super Fund, a Motion for Summary Judgement by our client in a case in which he challenged the right of the City of Rome to pollute the environment, and the effect of an environmental impact statement on the right of eminent domain. June, 1988 to January, 1989.
COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
KEVIN O'BRIEN, Supervising Attorney
CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW, ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,
ADVANCED EXTERNSHIP. Assigned to a felony trial court in the Criminal Courts Building at 26th and California. As a Rule 711 Student, I handled the daily trial calendar and I co-counseled five bench trials and one jury trial. June, 1988 to January, 1989.
JUDICIAL EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM
CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW
ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
JUDGE ILANA D. ROVNER, Northern District of Illinois
Supervised by Judge Rovner and her law clerk, Judy Upstart. Researched and drafted two judicial opinions and three memoranda of law. June, 1989 to January, 1989.
JUDICIAL EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM
CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW
ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
JUDGE ROBERT GINSBERG, Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Illinois
Supervised by Judge Ginsberg. Researched and drafted two judicial opinions and three memoranda of law. June, 1989 to January, 1989
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ADVICE DESK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY
1ST MUNICIPAL DISTRICT
BRENNON HOLMES, Supervising Clinical Instructor
CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW, ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,
INTERVIEWING AND COUNSELING PROGRAM. Interviewed and counseled pro-se
defendants in landlord tenant, consumer contract, and small tort cases
at the Advice Desk at the Daley Center. Received education in the theory
and techniques of interviewing and counseling. Interviewed clients on the
telephone and in person. June, 1998 to January, 1999