LAW-6470 NONPROFIT CORP EXTERN FIELD
Non-Profit Corporate Externship (2 credits - class component) (3 credits- field component) Placement Description: At these placements, students learn about various aspects of representing non-profits. Legal topics range may include taxation and finance, employment, permitting, contracts, and corporate governance issues. Depending on the placements, students may participate in staff meeting, client meetings, committee meetings, public hearings and board meetings, or depositions and trials. These placements allow students to learn about both the transactional and other requirements placed on corporate lawyers and the valuable service they provide to their clients across a wide range of topics. Placement Requirements: Students must meet the following criteria ? Have completed 4 semesters and received not less than 48 credit hours. Have a 2.4 or higher cumulative grade point average and completion of Professional Responsibility, and Business Organizations. Depending on the placement additional courses may be highly recommended. Students are required to spend a minimum of 25-35 hours per week at their placement, depending on the semester, and receive five hours of credit for satisfactory completion. Attendance at a weekly seminar is also required. The seminar portion of the externship is graded; the field portion is pass/fail.
Distribution
Law