Curriculum Guide · Courses

Professor Molly Jackson

LL.M Seminar 909 | 2 credit hours

The LL.M. Academic Externship program offers LL.M. students the opportunity to gain perspective on the legal system by seeing law in action, and to gain a deeper understanding of the law by integrating theory with practice. Students are permitted to work with a government agency, judicial officers, an international organization or other non-profit organization. LL.M. students must work a minimum of 10 hours a week for a minimum of 11 weeks. Each LL.M. student must have a lawyer-supervisor on-site who agrees to meet Georgetown Law criteria concerning the nature of the work assigned. All students are required to participate in an introductory seminar during the first week of the spring semester as well as a final class meeting during the last week of the semester. There are required weekly reports to the externship coordinator, and supervisors are required to provide feedback to the externship coordinator. At the conclusion of the externship, students must submit a written paper on their experience. This course is graded on a pass-fail basis. COST Scholars and S.J.D. students are not eligible to participate in the externship program. For more information, please visit the LL.M. Externship website: http://www.law.georgetown.edu/academics/academic-programs/graduate-programs/externships/index.cfm.

THIS COURSE DOES NOT COUNT TOWARD THE SPECIALIZATION CREDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR EITHER THE LL.M. DEGREES OR THE LL.M. CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS. Students must obtain prior approval to participate in the LL.M. Externship program. Applications and placement for the externships by the end of the add/drop period to Molly Jackson in the Office of Graduate Programs.