U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
(Washington, D.C.)
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Externship
Governor's Office of Policy and Budget - Environmental Unit
Students work under the supervision of the policy coordinator or policy advisor of the Environmental Unit. During legislative session (spring semester), students will read and track bills filed, gather facts, discern legal issues within bills, attend committee meetings related to bills, attend internal and external policy-development meetings, and follow federal legislative developments. Outside of the legislative session (summer and fall semesters), tasks will be similar, but will involve proposed legislation rather than filed bills.
City of Tampa-Environmental and Land Use
Credits: 6
Students work with assistant city attorneys on a variety of legal issues in a metropolitan setting. Students are paired with attorneys based on their substantive area of interest and also with a litigator. The City has ongoing environmental, land use, and water projects, making this a good place for a student pursuing an environmental law certificate.
Florida Housing Finance Corporation
Credits: 4
Students will work with attorneys and staff to complete real property transactions and to procure and contract for goods and services and to conduct legal research for the general counsel on issues that arise in the course of the corporation’s business. Students may also participate in rulemaking and administrative hearings, if these opportunities are available.
Florida Department of Transportation
Credits: 4
This externship is for students interested in transactional work. Students assist the Department of Transportation with various transactions, including the review, analysis, and revision of Department policies and procedures, forms, procurement documents, and the following types of agreements: professional services, purchase of commodities and contractual services, grants, local agreements, settlement agreements, intellectual property agreements, cell tower agreements, leases and other various agreements.
HD Supply
(Orlando, Atlanta)
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Florida Attorney General - Antitrust
Credits: 4
Students externing in the Antitrust branch of the Attorney General's office assist in the investigation and prosecution of antitrust violations. Students engage in pretrial investigations through the division's civil investigative authority and formal discovery. Students participate in case planning sessions, and also participate in and atend settlement negotiations. Because of the complexity of the division's caseload, students are not assigned primary responsibility for cases.
Guardian Ad Litem
Credits: 6
(Tallahassee, Orlando, West Palm Beach)
Florida Housing Finance Corporation
Credits: 4
Students will work with attorneys and staff to complete real property transactions and to procure and contract for goods and services and to conduct legal research for the general counsel on issues that arise in the course of the corporation’s business. Students may also participate in rulemaking and administrative hearings, if these opportunities are available.