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Externship Application Packet
Externships offer students opportunities to earn credit and sometimes pay while participating in
practical training opportunities off campus. With academic oversight, these externships allow
for full or part-time legal experience with practicing lawyers or judges.
To earn credit, students apply for enrollment in one of the Externship Courses below:
o Law 896A Externship: Civil Field Placement
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Law 896F
Externship
: Criminal Litigation
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Law 896C
Externship :
Judicial Externship
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Law 896I
Externship :
Immigration Clinic (Spring)
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Law 896B
Externship
: Advanced (for repeating externships)
Eligibility: For all courses, the minimum requirements are:
o Must have completed 28 units
o Must be in a good academic standing
o Must apply by the deadline with all supporting documents
There may be other pre-requisites in addition to these basic course requirements. Please check
course descriptions.
To apply:
o Apply for Off-Campus Externship Placements.
Find these opportunities on Symplicity, via The Weekly TIIPS from Career Services, after
meeting with a Career Counselor or networking. Once a student has applied with the off-
campus office or agency, that student may submit the Externship Application Packet even if
still waiting for an interview or offer.
o Complete the Externship Application Packet provided below.
For the registration request form, complete the top portion with your information. Under
credit course selections, check Add. The department is Law. Select the course number and
name from the externship courses listed on this information sheet, above. Leave the section #
blank. Give the number of credits that you would like to earn. Students earn 1 credit for
every 45 hours externed within the instructional period. See the law school’s academic
calendar for the instructional period (the dates “instruction begins” and “instruction ends”).
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Count the hours planned to extern within this instructional period and divide by 45 to get the
number of credits. No fraction of a credit may be earned.
Students are responsible for knowing their graduation requirements when choosing the
number of credits for this externship and for confirming their schedule on the Student,
Faculty and Placement Supervisor Agreement, which is due soon after the start of the
semester. Students remain responsible for monitoring credit hours and enrollment status
throughout the course of the externship. A request for credits does not guarantee award of
those credits.
For the application form, complete the top box with your information. Fill in the course name
on the line for Externship Clinic. Fill in the next three blanks with your credit completion,
expectation and GPA.
In the second box, specify your placement. If you have received an offer for an externship,
then please provide accurate and complete information on your placement. The externship
cannot be approved without this information. If you have applied to a placement but have not
yet received an offer, then list where you have applied and check the box. Students must at
least apply to a placement offering externships by the deadline to be considered for
externship credit.
Complete the blanks asking for externship or clinic history.
Please sign and date acknowledging that the application is not a guarantee of enrollment and
that class attendance is required.
o Email the application packet along with your updated resume to externships@ggu.edu.
Hard copies will not be accepted. Applications without a resume are incomplete.
o Students seeking externship credit who have not secured a placement must still apply by
the deadline, per the instructions above.
o Deadlines are posted on the externship website: http://law.ggu.edu/clinics-and-centers/
externships/ .
Students must submit the Externship Application Packet by the deadline on the
externships website. Only students who have offers for externships or who have applied to
a placement or placements accepting externship applications and have submitted the
Externship Application Packet by the deadline are eligible for externship credit. To get
help with securing a placement before the deadline, please contact the Office of Career
Services or talk with the Externship Director.
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REGISTRATION REQUEST
Term: 20 rFall Spring Summer
Name: GGU ID# or SS#:
Street address :
City, State, Zip: r New address E-mail:
Phone: ( ) r Home r Cell r Business
Anticipated GGU degree: r JD r LLM r SJD
Anticipated graduation month & year: /
Non-matriculated: r Visitor r Auditor*
Reason for Schedule Change(s):
Payment Method: --Cash/credit card --Financial Aid TMS Installment TMS Corporate Reimbursement Corporate/Agency Direct Bill
Tuition Credit: This transaction may not result in a credit of tuition charges for dropped courses. Please refer to the policy on the back of this
form for more information.
AUDIT COURSE SELECTION*
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*Audited courses do not count towards degree completion. Audit status is not available to students enrolled in a degree program except for SJD students. Auditors may
be required to participate in class discussions but they receive no grade or academic credit for the course. SJD and non -matriculated students may change to audit status
until the last day of instruction for the term. Once the status of a course has been changed to audit, it may not be revoked.
Wait Lists: If you are wait listed for a course, you will be contacted to add the course if space becomes available. You will not be added automatically.
AGREEMENT: In consideration for the acceptance of this registration by GOLDEN GATE UNIVERSITY, I agree to observe the rules of the University and the
School of Law; to notify the Law School Registrar promptly in writing if I withdraw from any course or if any action occurs which may affect the status of my
enrollment; and to pay the total charges as indicated in the Statement of Charges. It is understood and agreed that, if any grants, scholarships or loans which are to
be directly applied to my account are for any reason denied, or my employer/sponsor refuses, for any reason whatsoever, to make payment for charges I have
incurred, I am then liable for all charges incurred. It is further understood and agreed that as a condition of my registration at Golden Gate University, that I have
carefully read and understood the terms of the Withdrawal Policy set forth in the School of Law’s Student Handbook. I have read and understood the policy
regarding tuition, fees and academic regulations as published in the applicable School of Law Student Handbook. Any dispute between us arising out of or related to
this agreement or my status as a student shall be settled by arbitration pursuant to the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association. In
connection therewith (i) all AAA filin g fees in excess of the then filing fee of the San Francisco Superior Court shall be paid by GGU; (ii) all arbitrator fees shall be
paid by GGU; (iii) the provisions of CCP 1283.05 are incorporated herein; and (iv) there is no limitation on the available remedies that I may seek. THIS IS A
LEGAL DOCUMENT.
Student’s Signature Date Processed by
Revised: September 2013 Office of the Registrar
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Externship Application
Externships require that you work 45 hours/unit for a minimum of 12 weeks during fall or spring terms or 8 weeks during
the summer term. Please refer to the Clinical Legal Education Student Handbook at http://law.ggu.edu/clinics-and-
centers/externships for more information.
How many law school units will you have earned by the start of the semester?
How many units do you wish to earn for this externship course?
If you are applying for the Immigration Clinic, have you completed one course in immigration law (Law 842A, Law 842D, or Law
706A), or do you have prior immigration experience? If so, please list here: _________________________.
Note: The application is subject to approval. Once enrolled, it is the student’s responsibility to verify the numbers of credits to be
earned.
If you are applying for Judicial Externship, please state your current GPA Point Average (2.5 required for state trial court;
2.75 required for the appellate or federal court
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Ple
ase indicate any other GGU Law Clinics or Externship Clinics you have taken (*You may enroll in only one clinic per
term.)
Clinic/Externship
Semester/Year
#of Units
Ple
ase return this application
and a current resume by emailing it to externships@ggu.edu
Question s or queries? Email us or visit us at Ste. 2333, Room 2345 phone: (415) 442-6698; fax: (415) 543-6680
Externship Clinic:
Year/Term:
Student Name:
Telephone: Email:
Check if you have been accepted to an externship placement. (If you have a placement, please complete the following in-
formation about the employer.)
Supervising Attorney/Judge : Title:
Organization/Court Name:
Organization/Court Address:
Supervising Attorney/Clerk Phone #:
Fax#:
Email Address:
Paid
Unpaid
Check if you have applied to an externship placement (List where you have applied)
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I understand that the Externship Director has the discretion to make final selection for each semester’s enrollment and that
space in each class is limited. I confirm that I will attend the class meetings (See Scheduling notes on Courses Schedule for
exact dates.)
Type or sign your name (Signature of Applicant)
Date (MM/DD/YYYY)