Externship

Credits: 12
(West Palm Beach)

This program focuses primarily on family law issues and provides more intensive courtroom experience (generally including several hearings and some trial experience) than most other civil or administrative placements. Students assist in all aspects of representation of clients in judicial and administrative proceedings. In addition, students become familiar with the drafting of legal documents, with the discovery process and with the negotiation and settlement of cases. 

Credits: 6-12
(Orlando)

Credits: 6-12
(Jacksonville)

Credits: 6-12
(Ft. Myers)

Students are assigned as lawyers for indigent clients with general civil problems. Students assist in all aspects of representation of clients in judicial and administrative proceedings. Students are introduced to basic lawyering skills such as interviewing, fact gathering, field investigation, identifying and applying law to facts, diagnosing a client’s problem, and developing case strategy. In addition, students become familiar with the drafting of legal documents, with the discovery process, and with the negotiating and settlement of cases. 

Credits: 6-9
(Miami)

Students represent indigent clients in immigration actions, including petitions seeking asylum and defense of deportation actions. Bilingual students (Spanish and/or Haitian) are preferred for this placement. Practice focuses on interviewing, case analysis and strategy, and the drafting of pleadings and motions before the federal Immigration and Naturalization Service. 

Credits: 6
(Central Florida)

Students are assigned as lawyers for indigent clients with general civil problems. Students are introduced to basic lawyering skills such as interviewing, fact gathering, field investigation, identifying and applying law to facts, diagnosing a client's problem and developing case strategy. In addition, students become familiar with the drafting of legal documents, with the discovery process and with the negotiating and settlement of cases. 

Credits: 6

Students externing with the Seminole County Attorney's Office assist in representing Seminole County in litigation filed on behalf of or against the county and its officials.

Credits: 6

Students externing with the Sarasota County Attorney's Office assist in representing Sarasota County in litigation filed on behalf of or against the county and its officials. Students assist in proceedings before the Board of Code Enforcement, and assist in condemnation hearings and mediations. 

Credits: 6

Students externing with the Palm Beach Attorney's Office assist in representing the County in litigation filed on behalf of or against the county and its officials. Students work in various divisions within the office, depending on their interest. Such areas include land use, contracts, environmental, and litigation. 

Credits: 6