Corporate Externship Field Placement

All students must read the Rules for Supervised Field Placements before registering.

In this course, each student is placed in a company's legal department to experience the work of in-house counsel. The student may take the course for 1-3 credits with 50 hours per credit to be completed during the semester. Substantive projects are assigned by the company and may include corporate policies, codes of conduct, employment law, vendor and supplier agreements, SEC filings and documents, international and comparative law, finance, lease review, and intellectual property.  Each student will also experience in-house practice through a variety of opportunities such as joining meetings, attending company events, informational meetings with attorneys and other executives, and other ways to observe the flow of work and life in the corporate world. Students must complete a number of assignments, such as weekly journals and a final reflection paper, and they must attend several meetings with the instructor during the semester.

For more information, see the Corporate Externship website. 

Summer registration is processed through this Topical Field Placement Form.