LGS2099: Paralegal Externship

This course is designed for paralegal and legal studies majors to validate their skills through a 120-hour supervised, unpaid externship experience local to them in a private legal office, government legal department, corporate legal department, or other legally related sites where they perform legal and administrative duties appropriate to the field in a professional manner. Students are required to attend regularly scheduled class meetings to interact with other students in the externship and the externship coordinator. Here, they will complete assignments, prepare a portfolio and submit a final written report. Students are required to find the externship site and seek approval from the department chair a quarter before enrolling in the course. A final grade of “C” or better is required to receive a paralegal or legal studies degree and placement assistance. Failure to attain the required grade will necessitate repeating the externship.