Credits: 6

Students externing at the Public Employee Relations Commission work in a clerkship capacity for the office of the General Counsel of the agency. Students duties include the preparation of legal memoranda and orders in judicial and administrative proceedings. Students work in conjunction with Commission staff attorneys on briefs when Commission orders are appealed. Students may also assist in handling elections. Students have an opportunity to develop drafting and research skills, and to become familiar with the rules and laws governing public labor law in the State of Florida.