Credits: 4

Students externing at the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission are assigned to work in the Legal Office. Students will have the opportunity to work on a range of issues related to programs such as Freshwater and Marine Fisheries, Habitat and Species Conservation, Hunting and Game Management, Law Enforcement, including Captive Wildlife and Boating and Waterways, the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute and the Office of Executive Director. Students primarily conduct legal research and draft memoranda. As available, students also may assist in judicial and administrative litigation, participate in agency rule making, attend commission meetings, draft agency legislation, and draft internal policies and procedures. Students have an opportunity to develop skills in fact gathering and field investigation, identifying and applying law to facts, counseling a government agency, and drafting memoranda. Students also have an opportunity to become more knowledgeable in the substantive areas of the law regulating wildlife in the state of Florida.