Seton Hall University School of Law Externship Program
GUIDE FOR STUDENTS
- Overview
-
List of Externship Programs
- Externship Requirements
- Grades
- Registration/Other Considerations
- Overview
One of the most important benefits of an externship program is the opportunity
for students to immerse themselves into a particular office and into a
particular aspect of the legal system. The educational goals for the externship
program are as follows:
1) to train students in lawyering skills by enabling them to work alongside
practicing attorneys;
2) to give students greater understanding and insight into the workings of the
legal system and profession;
3) to increase student awareness of the professional responsibility and ethical
obligations of attorneys; and
4) to have students reflect on and learn from their work experience.
Sections II and III below contain course information and requirements for
approved externships at Seton Hall Law. To obtain information on
externship application procedures and deadlines, please visit the Career
Services section of myLAW. If you are interested in externing with a
not-for-profit or government organization that is not on the list of
approved organizations, please contact Stephanie Kauflin, Associate Director
of Career Services and Externship Administrator. Externships may not
be arranged with for-profit organizations.
- Seton Hall Law Externship Programs
- The following externships are supervised
by Professor Jon Romberg and administered by Stephanie Kauflin in the Office
of Career Services:
Seton Hall University School of Law has
established externship programs with:
- The following externships are supervised
by individual faculty members. These externships may have requirements
differing from those in section III below. Please see individual
course descriptions for information on requirements.
Seton Hall University School of Law has established externship programs
with:
Internal Revenue Service
Tracy A. Kaye
Professor of Law
Email:
kayetrac@shu.edu
Phone: (973)642-8455
Office: Rm 417
Entertainment Externship
Brenda Saunders Hampden
Associate Professor of Law
Email:
saundebr@shu.edu
Phone: (973)642-8838
Office: Rm 423
International Organizations Externship
Elizabeth F. Defeis
Professor of Law
Email:
defeisel@shu.edu
Phone: (973)642-8868
Office: Rm 506
European Court Externship
Tracy A. Kaye
Professor of Law
Email: kayetrac@shu.edu
Phone: (973)642-8455
Office: Rm 417
and
Livingston Baker
Associate Professor of Law
Email:
bakerliv@shu.edu
Phone: (973)642-8809
Office: Rm 521
Judicial Externship
Denis F. McLaughlin
Professor of Law
Email:
mclaugde@shu.edu
Phone: (973)642-8824
Office: Rm 419
Judicial Externship Guide for
Students
- Externship Requirements
Students will be awarded 2 credits, Pass/D/Fail, provided the following
requirements are fulfilled:
1. Externships are available to students who
have completed their first year of law school, provided the student has
completed a minimum of 22 credits of study.
2. Students must have a
minimum GPA of 2.6.
3. Students must attend a mandatory Externship Orientation.
4. A minimum of 150 hours of work performed on-site at your placement. You must keep your own time records using
weekly timesheets to be signed by your supervising attorney. If you are not
provided one at your externship, use this
timesheet.
5. A minimum of 20 pages of written work from the field placement.
Written work must reflect substantial legal analysis and be comparable to
the work of a first-year associate. This should be substantially your own
work and may consist of a portfolio of numerous shorter writings. Note that
this is in addition to the required reflection paper. All written work
product must be redacted prior to submitting it to the Externship
Administrator.
6. Reflection on the externship experience will occur
through a required total of 10 pages of written reflection, completed by the
end of the semester. You should keep a
journal or use the comments section on your weekly timesheets to record your
progress. This will prove extremely useful when writing your reflection paper.
Click here for some
suggested topics to cover in your paper. Note that this
paper will be taken into account in assigning your grade. It is separate from
your evaluation of the experience.
7. Timely submission and satisfactory completion of the
Student Evaluation Form.
8. You must give your supervising attorney the written
Placement Supervisor
Evaluation Form at the end of the externship. Your supervising attorney must
send the form directly to the Externship Administrator.
- Grades
All students are graded by the Faculty Supervisor on a Pass/D/Fail basis for the
2 credit externship course. Grades will be based on 1) satisfactory completion
of the externship requirements; 2) written work produced during the externship;
3) written Placement Supervisor Evaluation Form completed by the supervising
attorney; 4) written reflection paper; and 5) written student evaluation.
- Registration/Other Considerations
- There is a limit of 4 credits of field placement
(externship and judicial externship combined).
- There is a 15 credit limit on non-classroom
courses.
- Students cannot participate in an externship in
the same semester in which they are enrolled in a clinic.
- Students may not seek credit retroactively for
externships completed without prior registration and without the prior
approval by the Externship Administrator of the externship placement.
- Prior approval by the Externship Administrator is
required for all externships. After receiving prior approval by the
Externship Administrator, students must complete the
Externship Registration
Form and submit it to the Externship Administrator for
registration. Approvals and registration for externships must be
completed by the end of the Drop/Add registration period for the
semester for which the externship is sought.
- Students may not receive credit for participation
in a field placement for which the student receives compensation.
For further inquiries, please contact:
Stephanie L. Kauflin, Esq.
Associate Director of Career Services/Externship Administrator
Office of Career Services, Room 470
kauflist@shu.edu
973-642-8778
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