Summer Externship
Summer Externship
Credit Hours: 2-3 hours
S/U Course
Offered: Summer
Open to: 2L and 3L
Summer externship is offered, as the name suggests, only in summer. Its substance is similar to Externship I and II in that students gain practical experience in outside offices while completing coursework designed to guide their reflection, build skills, and promote a deeper educational experience. Students must identify their own placements and work for a
- governmental entity (including judges, prosecutors, or public defender offices)
- non-profit office
- in a private form on their strictly pro-bono or government cases or
- in an office of general counsel.
Course meetings in Summer Externship are 100% online and mostly asynchronous. Financial aid is available upon application and approval for students taking 3 credit hours.
See Course Catalog for official description.
COURSE LEADERSHIP
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Sarah Gerwig
Director of Experiential Education and Professor of Law
478-301-2195
gerwig_s@law.mercer.edu