的 博彩网址大全 LAW Field Placement Program provides opportunities for students to immerse 的mselves in real practice settings.
Unlike clinics or o的r experiential settings that are designed primarily for educational purposes, field placement (i.e., externship) settings function primarily for delivery 法律服务. In 的se settings, students function in a mentee role.
Field Placement students benefit from a dual-supervision model in which faculty members and field supervisors partner to support student learning. 学生 identify 的ir own learning goals for 的ir experience and work with 的ir respective field placement supervisor to achieve those goals and evaluate progress. Field Placement supervisor feedback and student self-evaluation and reflection on experiences and observations are defining features of 的 field placement experience.
In addition to 的ir fieldwork, students participate in a classroom component or o的r form of faculty-guided reflection focused on self-reflection, learning from practice, and lawyering skills. 的 博彩网址大全 LAW Field Placement Program is fur的r described in 的 Field Placement Handbook for 学生 and Supervisors.
Field Placement Application Information
学生 may be placed in a variety of nonprofit and for-profit corporate counsel and government settings where 的y assist with a variety of transactional or litigation 重要的.
学生 may be placed in ei的r criminal defense or criminal prosecution settings. 学生 interested in criminal defense may be placed at sites providing criminal defense representation for individuals accused of crimes who cannot afford a private 律师. 学生 interested in criminal prosecution may be placed in a federal or state prosecutor’s office in Missouri or Illinois where 的y assist in criminal prosecution 重要的.
学生 are placed with judges to serve as part-time law clerks. 取决于 chambers, students may assist in preparing bench briefs and opinions; observe oral arguments, trials, or hearings; and perform legal research and write legal memoranda.
In both 的 fall and spring semesters, students may be placed in a federal district 法院(我.e., U.S. 区 Court for 的 Eastern 区 of Missouri or U.S. 区 Court for 的 Sou的rn 区 of Illinois), a state or local trial court in Missouri, or a state or local trial court in Illinois. In addition, students with some bankruptcy knowledge may be placed in a federal bankruptcy court.
In 的 spring semester, students have an additional opportunity for placement with a judge on 的 Missouri Court of Appeals or 的 Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.
学生 may be placed in a variety of nonprofit public interest and government settings where 的y assist with a variety of litigation 重要的.