621S.02 Externship Seminar
Experiential education is an essential part of Duke Law School’s innovative curriculum. The Externship Program is designed to allow a student to receive academic credit for gaining legal experience beyond what is available in the classroom and clinic settings by working under the supervision of a licensed attorney in a governmental, corporate, judicial, or non-profit law office. In addition to the hours spent working in the externship placement, first-time externs take this one-credit companion class. This class course applies the innovation principles of design thinking to the problem of designing your life and vocation in and beyond law school. We'll approach questions such as, “Once I have my law degree, how do I get a life?” “How do I synthesize what I like to do and what I’m good at?” and “What do I want out of life and work after school?”
Topics we’ll cover include the integration of work and worldview, the realities of engaging the workplace and what can hold you back from realizing your full potential, how to promote your own happiness, and how to set long- and short-term goals for getting the most out of your externship and beyond. This is an experiential course that includes readings, videos, seminar-style discussions, personal written reflections, and individual mentoring/coaching.
Credit for work in the externship placement (621) will be awarded on a Credit/No Credit basis, while the companion class (621S) is graded in accordance with the Duke Law grading policy for High-Pass / Pass / Low-Pass / Fail classes.
This seminar is REQUIRED for all first-time, part-time Externships.
Spring 2022
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Reflective Writing
Class participation
Other
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Anne Gordon | ||
Sakai site: https://sakai.duke.edu/portal/site/LAW-621S-02-Sp22 | |||||
Email list: LAW-621S-02-Sp22@sakai.duke.edu |
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Degree Requirements |
Course Requirements - JD
Course Requirements - LLM
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