Fall 2015 Externship Program – Additional Field Placements Available!
Dear Rising 2L and 3L Students:
Enrollment in the Law School’s Externship Course is an incredible way to earn valuable legal experience and academic credit while working under the supervision of judges and practicing attorneys. If you are not one of the students already enrolled in the Fall 2015 Externship Course, I write to share that there remain a number of remarkable field placements available through Externship Program. Among them are the following:
U.S. District Court (two credits; 8 weekly placement hours)
U.S. Bankruptcy Court (two credits; 8 weekly placement hours)
Shelby County Circuit Court (two credits; 8 weekly placement hours)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – Hearing Division (three credits; 12 weekly placement hours)
Baptist Memorial Healthcare – Office of Legal Counsel (three credits; 12 weekly placement hours)
Regional One Health (formerly The Med) – Office of Legal Counsel (three credits; 12 weekly placement hours)
Memphis Shelby County Airport Authority – Office of General Counsel (two credits; 8 weekly placement hours)
Memphis Area Legal Services – Consumer Unit (two credits; 8 weekly placement hours)
Memphis City Attorney’s Office – Litigation Unit (two credits; 8 weekly placement hours)
Teach for America – Office of General Counsel (two credits; 8 weekly placement hours)
If you wish to apply for enrollment in any of the above-identified field placements through the Fall 2015 Externship Program, please contact Professor Danny Schaffzin immediately.
You can learn more about the Law School’s Externship Program and all of the Program’s approved field placements on the Program’s web page (http://www.memphis.edu/law/programs/externships.php). In particular, please see the links to the “Policies and Guidelines” and “Field Placement Descriptions” sections.
As always, please do not hesitate to touch base with Professor Schaffzin by phone (901-678-5056) or e-mail (dschffzn@memphis.edu) with any questions about the Fall 2015 Externship Program.
Thank you for your interest!
Professor Schaffzin
