This program is designed to provide a real-life, "capstone" experience for students completing their first year of law study at BYU Law School. Students earn one unit of law school credit for each 50 hours of work, up to a maximum of six units. Most students in the externship program work full-time for five weeks and earn four credits. Often they prefer to start working when school ends, i.e., about the first of May. However, the number of hours and dates of work are mutually arranged between you and the student.
There is no expectation that you will hire the students for the balance of the summer or that second summer offers will be extended. Students can receive a travel or housing stipend at your discretion. As part of the program, students give us a learning plan (a list of experiences they hope to have during the externship), perform work assignments, and can participate in the full range of activities available through your office. As the supervising attorney you give work assignments (or put the student in the normal assignment channels for your office), review and sign off on the Learning Plan, and evaluate the student's performance on the Midterm Student Report and the Supervisor Review of Student Self Evaluation and Final Report. Following is a Checklist of Experiences that you can use to help enhance your students externship learning experiences.
We deeply appreciate your willingness to consider providing a student an experience in your office this summer. If you want to receive applications from interested students for this summer, please, download, sign and mail or fax the Attorney Commitment Letter and the Master Agreement to Karen Andrews at 239 JRCB, Provo, UT, 84602, fax: (801) 422-0392. We will then advertise your office to students. Please feel free to call us at (801) 422-5479 if you have any questions.
