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Two ideas I had not heard of comes from an article in the NYSBA J., Oct. 2010 at 36, which primarily discusses improvements to law schools. Among the opportunities for in-house counsel to pitch in it mentions to “collaborate with a local law school for an externship or guest lecture program.”

Externship means that a law student spends time working in the legal department for academic credit? Maybe an internship has no compensation, by contrast (See my post of March 19, 2009: interns from law school with 6 references.).

The second idea in the quote could work both ways: a professor comes to the law department or a lawyer from the corporation lectures at the law school.

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2 responses to “A couple of ideas for how a law department can engage with a local law school”

  1. Jon Olson says:
    October 25, 2010 at 9:16 pm

    Yes, here at Blackbaud, we bring on two externs a semester from the Charleston School of Law. First of all, I enjoy giving the students a sample of the in-house perspective on law. I treat it like a course and give them a smattering of light assignments in most of our key practice areas and then one larger project that they can make their own. For example, one student created a soup-to-nuts arbitration handbook that we have found quite handy. Plus, as the students have gone on to graduate, we have created a diaspora of young lawyers who have a connection to our practice.
    The students do get credit for the externship course from CSOL and put in about 12 hours a week.
    I have also spoken at the CSOL Law and Business Society and judged one of their regional moot court events. It might be fun to teach, but that’s more of a commitment than I can make at this time.
    Best regards,
    Jon Olson

  2. wow gold says:
    October 27, 2010 at 2:46 am

    Yes, here at Blackbaud, we bring on two externs a semester from the Charleston School of Law. wow gold First of all, I enjoy giving the students a sample of the in-house perspective on law.