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Why did the law school start the Corporate Externship program? The Corporate Externship program is a way for the law school to provide students with experiences in business law, specifically in corporate law. The law school's only other externship program, the Judicial Externship, familiarizes students with the workings of the court system. The Corporate externship program familiarizes students with the working connections between law and business in in-house corporate counsel settings. This program is a fitting companion to our Business Law Center's Multi-Professional Business Law Clinic, where students represent startup and emerging businesses in non-dispute related matters. Which students will be eligible to sign up for the program? Any student who has successfully completed their second year of law school may participate in this program. In what kinds of projects and activities can we expect students to participate? We ask that projects be transactional (non-dispute), but the projects you assign students will be up to you. Projects and activities should focus on research, writing, and thinking related to lawyering and business skills -- problem analysis, organizational strategy, negotiation, and drafting or revising commercial documents. Approximately half of the student time should be experiencing the environment of the corporate legal department. How will students be assigned to us? We will assign a student based on the student's preferences when possible. We also may be able to address a specific request you may have as to experience or foreign language proficiency. Can we offer placements to more than one student? Yes, if that fits your program and schedule. It probably does not increase your workload to accept more than one extern. How can my company participate in this program? Contact Mary Alton at the Center for Business Law at the Law School, and plan to attend the April orientation and best practices presentation. What are the interests of the students who will choose this program? Many students who attend law school have a strong interest in the business side of the law. Their career goals do not include adversarial dispute resolution. These are the students who will be most interested in this program. Will we be required to compensate students for the work they do? No. The students will be paying tuition for this 3-credit offering. This spring, they register on April 7. How many hours can we expect the students will be at our company? The students will put in 150 on-site hours. This is up to 20 hours per week during the summer session. In the past many students have put in more than 150 hours. How will you evaluate the students? We will evaluate the students based on feedback from you and from the students and on assignments that will be part of the program. How will you evaluate the program? Feedback from you and from students will provide us with the best information about the quality and value of the program. Both supervisors and students complete evaluation surveys at the end of the summer. Will the students be graded for participating in this program? Grades for the Corporate Externship will be on a Pass/No Pass basis. Is there anything else students will be required to do to earn their credits?
Examples of Externship activities:
Contact:
Mary Alton: 612-624-5779, alton003 [at] umn.edu |
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