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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION EXTERNSHIP (EXTN9175)
2 credits.
Prerequisites: Minimum 2.6 cumulative GPA; Business Associations
The mission of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is
to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient
markets, and facilitate capital formation.
The SEC's Law Student Observer Program provides exposure to the
workings of the Commission and to the regulation of securities
and securities markets.
For more information on this externship,
please logon to
MYLAW (the Blackboard portal), go to the QuickLinks tab and
select "Externships".
In addition to working 15-20 hours a week, the students
attend seminars as described below. In selecting students,
preference will be given to students with excellent academic
backgrounds and with courses in corporate and securities law.
Student observers are assigned to work with SEC staff members
on projects covering a broad range of the Commission's work.
Projects in the past have included the investigation of industry
and issuer practices, litigation of civil enforcement actions
and the drafting of proposed statutes and rules. Students are
expected to establish a working schedule with their supervisors.
Observers participate in a seminar program conducted by the
Commission's senior staff and including prominent members of the
private bar. The topics for discussion at these seminars are
generally chosen to complement rather than duplicate the
materials covered in the basic securities regulation courses
offered at the participating law schools.
Although students are not employees of the SEC, they are
required to abide by the rules of the Commission's Conduct
Regulations pertaining to, among other things, securities
transactions, conflicts of interest and the confidential nature
of information obtained in their work at the SEC.
For more information, please visit
http://www.sec.gov/jobs/jobs_students.shtml
Deadline:
Deadlines are updated periodically and are available on the SEC
website
http://www.sec.gov/jobs/jobs_students.shtml
For more information on externship application procedures and
deadlines, please visit the Career Services section on myLAW
(the Blackboard portal).
This externship is graded on a Pass/D or Fail basis.
NOTE: Four credit maximum for all externships.
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