Public service and judicial externships can serve as a springboard to post-graduate opportunities, including clerkships with the bench, private practice, public service, or any career you choose.
Opportunities are available in nonprofit, government, and judicial settings, locally and across the country.
It's not uncommon to work in our nation's capital, find mentorship under the dome in Charleston with the Supreme Court of Appeals or the Legislature, serve in the local public defender's or prosecutor's office, provide legal services to those who need it most, and everything in between. A few students have even trekked as far as Hawaii.
The Benefits
- Develop the art of lawyering, including research, writing, analysis, interviewing, and communication.
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Identify professional goals and areas for development.
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Become more sensitive to the issues of professional responsibility, ethical problem-solving, role
of the lawyer in providing access to justice in our society.
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Discover meaningful career opportunities in public interest and government settings,
and begin building relationships in chosen fields of law.
WVU Law Public Service and Judicial Externships
- Full-Time Federal Agency (Fall or Spring Semester)
- Full-Time Federal Judicial Externship, West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Externship, Legislative Externship (Fall or Spring Semester)
- Part-Time Public Service Externship (Fall, Spring, Summer)
