The Externship Attorney Supervisor is responsible for the following:
- Externs will be provided with substantial legal experience that is reasonably similar to the experience of a lawyer advising or representing a client; the extern will not be assigned non-legal or clerical activities.
- The extern will be directly supervised by a licensed attorney who is employed by the field placement.
- The extern and the Supervising Attorney will work on-site.
- The Supervising Attorney will assign multiple opportunities for performance and will provide regular feedback and opportunities for self-evaluation.
- The extern and the Supervising Attorney will meet at least weekly.
- The extern will have opportunities to observe legal practice and to discuss these observations with supervisors and other staff members.
- At the start of the externship, externs will receive an orientation, including a discussion of office procedures, and confidentiality, and will be given adequate work space.
- Within the first two week of the externship, attorney supervisors will meet with the extern to discuss the extern’s goals (learning outcomes) and the attorney’s expectations, and will develop a work plan for the semester.
- At mid-semester, the attorney supervisor will meet with the extern to review the student’s self-assessment and discuss the extern’s progress toward meeting the goals developed during the initial meeting.
- Attorney Supervisors will provide faculty and externs with a written final evaluation of the student’s work product and conduct in the work place and will provide the law school with confirmation of the extern’s hours.