Externship Seminar (LAW520H1S)

Note: This seminar will meet six times, twice early in the term, twice mid-term, and twice towards the end of the term. The meetings will be on Tuesdays, from 8:30 until 10:20 am. During the Winter 2025 term we will meet on January 28, February 4, February 11, February 25, March 18, and March 25.

The goal of externships is to provide students with hands-on experience in various areas of law. The goal of this companion seminar is to develop externship students' reflection on the practice of law, the specific area of law in which they work, and legal institutions. The seminar will provide an opportunity for students to integrate their practical, doctrinal and theoretical learning. Sessions will focus around substantive issues, skills building, professional responsibility and legal ethics, and include discussions of the issues raised by the students' casework. Students enrolled in year-long externships must participate in the fall seminar.