Externship: Corporate LAW 786
Course Number: LAW 786 FP (Field Placement) & LAW 786 SS (Seminar)
Course Credits: 6 (4 FP, 2 seminar); ULSR
Students accepted into this program will be placed in the legal department of a corporation in the metropolitan New York area. Students will be exposed to the various ways in which law is practiced in house. In a weekly seminar, students will learn the unique lawyering skills needed to work in an in-house environment and learn from their experiences at their placements. Each student will produce a major piece of writing and keep a weekly journal. Students are required to work at their field placement 16 hours per week.
Prerequisite: Corporations and Partnerships. Permission of the professor, based on the students application and interview, and the students actual placement in an approved legal department, are required.