(5) Please describe the work space and resources that will be available to externs,
including computer, telephone, desk, access to support staff, access to electronic
databases including Westlaw and LEXIS, etc.:
V. Letter of Understanding:
(1) Requirements of Students:
Students in the College of Law’s Externship Program may elect to complete either 100 or
150 hours of work in the field placement. Upon completion of the field placement work
and any corresponding classroom work, the student will earn two or three credits,
respectively. In rare cases in which work extends to another academic term, a student
may earn an additional one credit for an extension of externship work with the consent of
the Field Placement Supervisor and the Faculty Director.
(2) Educational Objectives:
The faculty of the University of Wyoming College of Law believes that externship
programs can provide students with an opportunity to develop professional skills. Pursuant
to this goal, the externship program aims:
• to expose students to a broad range of lawyering skills, which may include
client interviews, counseling, negotiation, court appearances, administrative
proceedings, settlement conferences, discovery, legal research and analysis, formulation
of case strategy and public interest advocacy;
• to encourage development of legal research and writing skills through work on
legal documents such as motions, complaints, briefs, memoranda, agreements and opinion
letters;
• to further students' understanding of, and ability to apply, legal principles
learned in the classroom to actual problems;
• to foster in our students a better understanding of the lawyer’s role in our legal
system;
• to provide opportunities for students to explore career interests in a variety of
legal settings and to begin to build a professional network; and
• to foster, through experience and critical reflection, a greater understanding of the
importance of the fundamental values of fairness, justice and competent representation;
and ongoing professional growth, professional responsibility, and self-assessment.