LAW-904 Legal Externship
The for-credit Civil and Judicial Externship Program is Suffolk Law's largest extern program, enrolling about 100 students each year. Day students are eligible beginning in the summer after First Year. Evening students are eligible after three semesters. Students must take the two-credit Legal Process and Practice course concurrent with the externship or, in some cases, be supervised individually by a full-time faculty member. All legal work is performed under the supervision of a lawyer. Students find and apply independently for a one-semester externship.Opportunities exist in courts, government agencies, non-profit organizations, and private law firms or corporations.