Real World Practical Experience
Students attend Externship classes and receive individual mentoring. Students can become certified law clerks and thus be able to make court appearances, they have an opportunity to develop and hone their research and writing skills, they work closely with practicing attorneys, and have interactions with clients.
Placement opportunities are plentiful and varied, ranging from traditional settings such as the United States Attorney’s Office to local biotech corporations. We have externship placement opportunities in law firms of all sizes and practice areas, and a number of opportunities at nonprofit, issue-focused organizations.
Areas of practice include civil litigation, corporate transactions, criminal prosecutions, criminal defense, tax, estate planning, immigration, family law, intellectual property, child welfare and custody.
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The Judicial Externship Program
Students participating in the Judicial Externship Program have a unique opportunity to work in a judges’ chambers during their law school careers. Students can earn academic credit as they work for a Federal or California State Court Judge. Students participate in judicial seminars and receive individual mentoring. Students have the opportunity to research, write, advise the court on a wide variety of legal issues, and observe courtroom proceedings. Students often have the chance to draft judicial opinions and to play a very special role within the Judges Chambers.
TJSL students have been placed with Federal Judges, Justices from the California Court of Appeal, State Superior Court, Probate Court, and Family Court.
For more information on externships, students should contact the Externship and Pro Bono Programs Office.
Director of Externships and Pro Bono Programs: Judybeth Tropp, Esq. jtropp@tjsl.edu
Externship and Pro Bono Coordinator: Angeline Valdiconza avaldiconza@tjsl.edu