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JUDICIAL EXTERNSHIPS: SUMMER/FALL 2012
SEMESTERS
Judicial Externship is a 4-credit hour Pass/Low Pass/Fail
program open to students who have completed at least their
first full year of law school and want to do legal research
and writing for a federal appellate, district or magistrate
judge or a designated Illinois appellate or circuit court
judge.
On Tuesday, February 7th, at noon in Room C-35,
Professor Vivien Gross will conduct an Informational Meeting
regarding Summer/Fall 2012 Judicial Externships. Professor
Gross will describe the kinds of experiences a judicial
extern will have in the course of a semester, as well as
how to apply for a judicial externship.
Take advantage of this prestigious learning opportunity
while enhancing your marketability in the legal world. If
you are interested in a judicial externship but are unable
to attend the meeting, please see Professor Gross in Room
617.
Application Process
Applications for the Summer and Fall Judicial Externships
will be available in the Law Offices reception area (Room
600), in the Career Services Office, and in front of the
Spakateria as of Monday, February 6th. Because the
program requires a grade point cutoff, the distribution
of applications are necessarily delayed until such time
as current grades and ranks are announced.
Completed applications for Summer Judicial Externships
should be submitted to Ms. Carole Ross, Secretary to Professor
Gross, Room 612 of Law Offices, by Tuesday, February
21st, at 5:00 p.m.
Completed applications for Fall Judicial Externships should
be submitted to Ms. Carole Ross, Secretary to Professor
Gross, Room 612 of Law Offices, by Thursday, March 1st,
at 5:00 p.m.
ACCESS2PRACTICE
LEGAL EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM
A2P Legal Externship is a 4-credit hour non-graded program
which enables you to extern with a supervising attorney
in a wide variety of legal areas – private or public, civil
or criminal. Externships are available for the Fall, Spring
and Summer semesters. Some public sector externships enable
you to obtain a 711 license and appear in court.
Why Extern?
To become a good lawyer and to supplement what you learn
in the classroom, you need practical experience in real-world
legal work. Most students aren't fortunate enough to receive
a paid clerking position — or even a volunteer opportunity
— that teaches what they want to learn. LEP presents a unique
and important opportunity to gain exposure to an area of
the law in which you are interested and helps you significantly
broaden your future employment opportunities.
Students interested in civil law may extern in a wide variety
of places. For example, some have externed at the City of
Chicago Corporation Counsel's Office, Office of the Illinois
Attorney General, Illinois Commerce Commission, Immigration
Court of the U.S. Department of Justice, Internal Revenue
Service, and Environmental Protection Agency, as well approved
in-house corporate legal counsel.
Students interested in criminal law have externed at the
U.S. Attorney's Office, the Office of the Federal Defender,
and at the offices of the State's Attorney and Public Defender
in Cook County as well as the surrounding counties.
Application Process:
Information and application packets for Summer and Fall
2012 will be available by Tuesday, February 7, both
on line as well as in front of the Spakateria, in Career
Services Office, and in Room 600 Law Offices reception area.
Informational Meeting:
Professor Gross will conduct an informational meeting on
Legal Externships for Summer and/or Fall on Tuesday,
February 21, at noon in Room C-35.
If you would like more information, please check the Externship
web page: http://www.kentlaw.edu/academics/clinic/ep.html.
For a complete description of all clinical programs, please
visit the Law Offices' Home Page at http://www.kentlaw.edu/academics/clinic.
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