18 courses with the subject EXT, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
EXT 1000Externship: Administrative Law3
Students will work closely with Administrative Law Judges at the Minnesota Office of Administrative Hearings in St. Paul to gain an understanding of the trial-type contested cases and rulemaking hearings. The class will cover the responsibilities of ALJs under the Minnesota Administrative Procedure Act and consider how due process principles apply to the enforcement and policy-making roles of state agencies. Students will observe contested case hearings and a rule hearing (if available), draft contested case decisions for an ALJ, and write four short externship reflection papers. Pre/CoReq: LAW- 2015 & LAW- 3000
EXT 1005Externship: Alternative Dispute Resolution3
The ADR Externship gives students the opportunity to observe and participate in the work of lawyers who act as problem solvers with nonprofit community mediation programs. Community mediation programs assign trained volunteer mediators from local communities to facilitate for individuals and groups to resolve differences. Placements are available in MN Community Dispute Resolution Programs as defined in Minn. Stat. § 494. After enrolling, students will be asked about their interests and availability for placement with a Center, and they may also need to interview with potential placement sites. Students will have opportunities to learn about community mediation, observe mediations and provide valuable support for the Centers. Having taken a Civil or Family Mediation Skills course is a prerequisite. Students also may create their own mediation externship in consultation with MHSL Career and Professional Development office and the professor to participate in this course. This course will meet five times during the semester. Specific meeting dates will be determined by the professor, after registration, based on students' availability.Course meets remotely and synchronously. PreReq: LAW- 2015 Take 1 as additional PreReq: LAW- 3220 OR 3430
Eligible students cannot be working or volunteering for any county attorney’s office, public defender’s office, or any private law firm.Students intern with judges of the Minnesota Court of Appeals and participate in a variety of court and clerking activities and attend appellate arguments. Students are assigned to individual judges by the Chief Judge. Students must have regular daytime hours available in order to fulfill the time requirements.The Court of Appeals accepts one student. This course may be taken for 3 or 4 credits. Registration by instructor consent only. To apply, students must send transcript, resume, and writing sample to externships@mitchellhamline.edu, by listed submission deadline. To apply, students must have a 3.5 or better GPA or be in the top 15% of their class.Pre/CoReq: LAW- 2015
The participating students will be placed with Public Defender's Offices in the Metro Area. The State Public Defender has implemented a policy that does not allow law clerks/student attorneys (whether volunteer, paid, or externs) to be placed with our offices if they are also working for a prosecutor’s office during the same time frame. In addition to their onsite placements, the students will be required to attend a two hour seminar discussion. Students must be eligible for certification as student attorneys in Minnesota, which requires having earned at least 24 credits and being in good standing. Students may register for 1 - 7 credits. For students who are not available to do the field work in person in Minnesota, they need to contact Professor Shawn Webb at shawn.webb@pubdef.state.mn.us within a week of registering for the class so that he can discuss placement options with you. This is a HyFlex course that will meet at the listed times. We are planning for a portion of the students to participate in-person and a portion to participate remotely and synchronously.
This externship involves students in numerous courtroom appearances on behalf of the prosecution in all phases of the misdemeanor case. Students prosecute misdemeanor cases and attend skills exercise classes. Each student, under the direct supervision of a practicing city attorney, observes and conducts the charging of cases, arraignments, pretrial conferences, court trials and, where possible, a jury trial. Classroom discussions consider both the prosecution and defense roles and focus on special areas of importance to the misdemeanor practitioner, with an emphasis on the DWI and Implied Consent Laws. PreReq: LAW- 2015 & LAW- 3115
Students intern with state court judges, magistrates or referees (occasionally with a federal judge). Students participate in a variety of clerking activities, attend chamber discussion, and observe trials and hearings. Class meetings will be held to discuss topics related to judicial ethics and the judicial process. Students must have regular daytime hours available in order to fulfill time requirements for the course.This course may be taken for 1-7 credits.Students participating outside of the following MN counties: Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, or Washington must line up their own placement for the semester.Students should contact externships@mitchellhamline.edu to complete their placement form.Pre/CoReq: LAW- 2015
Students intern with family law practitioners engaged in various professional roles such as mediator, collaborative lawyer, guardian ad litem and traditional practitioner in private and public settings. During the semester, externs will meet regularly as a group with the faculty supervisor. These two hour meetings will encourage critical analysis and reflection. This course may be taken for 2 or 3 credits. Students may be placed in existing externships or may locate and propose their own placement. PreReq: LAW- 2015 & LAW- 3215
Mitchell Hamline offers three remote asynchronous general externship courses that can be taken in any order—the Spring, Summer, and Fall General Externship courses. (Students who have already completed the General Externship course for a particular term will be enrolled in an alternative asynchronous course.) In this course, students are responsible for finding their own site placements, and MHSL will provide an adjunct faculty supervisor. Students complete coursework as part of this class, including readings focused on learning from practice, reflective writings, meetings with supervisors, and evaluations by their site supervisors.
Mitchell Hamline offers three remote asynchronous general externship courses that can be taken in any order—the Spring, Summer, and Fall General Externship courses. (Students who have already completed the General Externship course for a particular term will be enrolled in an alternative asynchronous course.) In this course, students are responsible for finding their own site placements, and MHSL will provide an adjunct faculty supervisor. Students complete coursework as part of this class, including readings focused on learning from practice, reflective writings, meetings with supervisors, and evaluations by their site supervisors.
Mitchell Hamline offers three remote asynchronous general externship courses that can be taken in any order—the Spring, Summer, and Fall General Externship courses. (Students who have already completed the General Externship course for a particular term will be enrolled in an alternative asynchronous course.) In this course, students are responsible for finding their own site placements, and MHSL will provide an adjunct faculty supervisor. Students complete coursework as part of this class, including readings focused on learning from practice, reflective writings, meetings with supervisors, and evaluations by their site supervisors.
The course is designed to provide students the opportunity to observe, participate in, analyze, gain insight into the functions of and reflect upon the work of a government agency lawyer. In their field placements, students will observe and participate in activities specific to the field placement, which can include transactions, appeals, rulemaking, legislation, policy and employment and labor issues. In addition to doing fieldwork, students attend a seminar on a regular basis during the semester. Students will bring their experience into the classroom for detailed analysis of the lawyers' work, function of the different agencies, the government decision making process, and the role of the government lawyer. Students interested in the class must find their own placements at a federal, state, or local agency. Students should work with their Career Services Advisor, the Externship Director, and review 12Twenty postings for potential externship sites. Students may also find their own placements and may register for the course after receiving permission from the instructor. To apply, students need to contact the faculty. Selected government agency placements are posted on 12Twenty or students may line up their own placements. To register, students must contact Prof. Kate Kahlert at kate.kahlert@mitchellhamline.edu. This is a HyFlex course that will meet at the listed times. We are planning a portion of the students to participate in-person and a portion to participate remotely and synchronously.
A student enrolled in an independent judicial externship is responsible for his or her own learning by working under the guidance of the judge and faculty supervisor. To gain credit, students need to follow the program criteria, including completing an Education Agreement. The Agreement must contain the student's learning goals and a description of field activities. Pre/CoReq: LAW- 2015
This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to observe, participate in, analyze, and reflect upon the work of a business lawyer or business professional. Students perform fieldwork under the supervision of a lawyer in a company or law firm setting. The professor has established relationships with some companies and law firms that regularly provide placements, but students are encouraged to seek placements of interest to them. Students meet as a group with the professor on a regular basis during the semester. Class sessions cover topics relating to the work of a business lawyer or business professional. Students interested in registering for the course must complete a placement preference form and obtain the professor's approval for registration. Students may not drop this course after being assigned an externship placement. This course is not available through online registration. Available by application only to Professor Vu-Dinh, kim.vudinh@mitchellhamline.edu. Students participating remotely must find their own placement to join this class. PreReq: LAW- 2015 & take LAW- 3340 as Pre/CoReq
A government affairs career, as a form of non-adjudicative representation, is a rewarding non-traditional practice of law. Practitioners blend the traditional concepts of legal representation with the broader policy matters of legislative and administrative advocacy. During the course of the semester’s classroom component, students will explore various aspects of legislative & administrative representation and the benefits lobbying can bring clients. The goal of the course is to expose students to many of the government affairs / non-adjudicative advocacy career opportunities available to them. Real life practice experiences will be brought to the students through the guest speaker forum as part of the classroom component. At a minimum, students will learn the “who, what, where, when & why” of a lobbying practice. They will be exposed to the realities of lobbying and passing legislation including practical matters such as accessing services from the Revisor of Statutes Office, client management, blending a traditional legal practice with a lobbying book of work, interaction with various participants in the legislative and regulatory arena, and how to best communicate to policy makers about various issues. This externship is graded pass/fail. The course includes a classroom component and considerable fieldwork. For each credit registered, students will record 45 hours. Class meetings, research and complete assessments counts toward the hour commitment. To facilitate placement, students must provide the professor with a copy of their resume and preferences for placement (e.g. state agency, legislator, law firm lobbying practice, trade association or other non-profit). Self-selected placements are possible for students with connections at the Minnesota Capitol or within the lobbying community but must be coordinated with the adjunct professor and be consistent with the law school’s requirements. Students must communicate with the adjunct professor regarding self-placement options prior to the start of the semester to avoid duplicate placements. Students may register for 1-4 credits.
Independent Externship is a for-credit course, in which the student takes responsibility for much of his or her own learning by working in a field placement site under the guidance of a field supervisor (must have a J.D.) and faculty supervisor. This is a limited opportunity, available only with pre-approval by the Externship Director. Placement sites can be for profit or nonprofit entities, such as law firms, corporations, county and state offices and nonprofit agencies. To gain credit, students need to follow the program criteria, including completing an Education Agreement. The Agreement must contain the student's learning goals and a description of field activities. Pre/CoReq: LAW- 2015 For more information and for the Education Agreement Form, click here.
Advanced General Externship is a for-credit course, in which the student takes responsibility for much of his or her own learning by working in a field placement site under the guidance of a field supervisor (must have a J.D.) and faculty supervisor. Placement sites can be for profit or nonprofit entities, such as law firms, corporations, county and state offices and nonprofit agencies. To gain credit, students need to follow the program criteria, including completing an Education Agreement. The Agreement must contain the student's learning goals and a description of field activities. For more information and for the Education Agreement Form, click here.
The Semester in Practice Program provides students an opportunity to spend a semester doing legal work, for 30-40 hours a week, while fully immersed in a law office, government agency, legal department, or other law-related setting. In the field work component of the program, students pursue self-designed learning goals at an approved site under the supervision of onsite attorney mentors. In an accompanying academic component, working in collaboration with a Mitchell Hamline faculty member, students reflect on their field work experiences and relate them to larger legal, policy, and practice issues.
Course description: This course is designed to provide students the opportunity to observe, participate in, analyze, gain insight into the functions of, and reflect upon the work of lawyers practicing and promoting civil rights through litigation and policy work. Field placements will include law firms and non-profit advocacy organizations.In their field placements, students will observe and participate in activities specific to the field placement, which could include litigation, legal research, legislation, policy analysis and promotion, and other related work. In addition to doing fieldwork, students will attend a seminar on a regular basis during the semester. Students will bring their experience into the classroom for detailed analysis of the lawyers' work, function of the different placement organizations, and the role of the various lawyers with whom they work. Students will make brief, guided presentations on their work and observations. Students will also meet individually with course faculty during the semester.Students enrolled in the course will complete a placement preference form and will be matched to an appropriate placement site by course faculty. Students may also find their own placements and may register for the class after receiving permission from course faculty and the Externship Director.
