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Fall 2018 Externship Course – It’s Not Too Late to Apply – U of M Athletic Compliance Placement and Other Externships Remain Open!

by · July 30, 2018

Dear Rising 2L and 3L Students:

If you are not one of the students already enrolled in the Fall 2018 Externship Course, it is not too late to apply for a number of excellent field placements that remain available through Course enrollment.  Among them are the following:

  • University of Memphis Athletic Compliance (two or three credits; 8 or 12 weekly placement hours)
  • Memphis Area Legal Services (two or three credits; 8 or 12 weekly placement hours)
    • Expungement; Family Unit, Consumer Unit, Education Law Unit, Fair Housing Center, Low Income Taxpayer Unit placements 
  • U.S. District Court (two or three credits; 8 or 12 weekly placement hours) — Several U.S. District Court Judges and Magistrates Still Have Externship Openings
  • Tennessee Supreme Court (two credits; 8 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)
  • Community Legal Center (two or three credits; 8 or 12 weekly placement hours)
  • Latino Memphis – Immigrant Rights Defense Center (two or three credits; 8 or 12 weekly placement hours)
  • Mid-South Immigration Advocates (two or three credits; 8 or 12  weekly placement hours) 
  • Memphis City Attorney’s Office – Litigation Unit and Transactional Unit (three credits; 12 weekly placement hours)
  • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – Hearings Unit (three credits; 12 weekly placement hours)
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Memphis District Counsel (three credits; 12 weekly placement hours)
  • Ducks Unlimited – Office of General Counsel or Department of Land Protection (three credits; 12 weekly placement hours)
  • Youth Villages – Office of General Counsel – (two credits; 8 weekly placement hours)

If you have questions about or wish to apply for enrollment in any of the above-identified field placements through the Fall 2018 Externship Course or have other questions, please email or call (901-678-5056) Professor Danny Schaffzin IMMEDIATELY.

Thank you for your interest!

Professor Schaffzin

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