ࡱ> ikh 5bjbj ynn_n_,=P P IIIII$mmmPt1tm7@@77777777<>7I7II7II772*T$2pō=X1"77071|?:`? $2$2z?I277*7?P : THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS SCHOOL OF LAW EXTERNSHIP COURSE APPLICATION FALL 2026 SEMESTER Applications must be emailed to Sonya Graham at HYPERLINK "mailto:sgrham18@memphis.edu"sgrham18@memphis.edu no later than WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 BY 12:00 P.M. (NOON) Please answer the following questions completely. Applications that are late, incomplete, or unaccompanied by the supporting materials (cover letter(s) and resume) requested below will not be considered. Name _________________________________________________________ Address: ____________________ _______________ _____ ________ Street City State Zip Code Telephone Nos.: Home ____________ Cell ____________ Work ____________ E-Mail ______________________________________ Other contact (e.g., parent) able to reach you if you are not at the above numbers: Name _________________________ Telephone No. _______________ When will you graduate? __________ __________ Semester Year What is your current GPA _______ and current class rank __________? How many course credits do you anticipate you will you have completed by the start of the Fall 2026 semester? How many of those completed credits will be ungraded? __________ Have you previously enrolled and received credit for a Clinic or Externship course? [ ]Yes [ ]No If yes, which Clinic or Externship? Have you previously been given permission to enroll in a Clinic or Externship and then decided not to register or dropped the course before the beginning of the semester? [ ]Yes [ ]No If yes, which Clinic or Externship? Have you previously enrolled in and then dropped or withdrawn from a Clinic or Externship course? [ ]Yes [ ]No If yes, which Clinic or Externship? If your answer to Nos. 10 or 11 is yes, please explain why you failed to register, dropped or withdrew. How many total credit hours do you plan to take in the Fall 2026 semester, including an Externship? List any law or law-related employment experience, including internship or externship placements. In your response, please state the name of each employer and the dates of employment. Apart from an Externship, do you plan on being employed (including both paid and volunteer employment and/or any positions you have applied for or are considering applying for but have not yet done so) during the Fall 2026 semester? If so, please specify the person or organization for whom/which you intend to work and the hours that you expect to work. What other time commitments do you expect to have during the Fall semester? Please include school activities (Moot Court Board, Law Review/Journal, travel teams, other organizations). Please list all elective courses you will have completed at the University of ҵ School of Law by the beginning of the Fall 2026 semester? Will you have completed Evidence or Professional Responsibility by the start of the Fall 2026 semester? What area of law do you have a particular interest in pursuing as a career or would like an opportunity to explore or learn more about in an externship opportunity? Do you have any specific or general goals for after graduation in terms of immediate career or future career outcome? **PLEASE SEE PAGE 3 FOR A DESCRIPTION OF SUPPORTING MATERIALS THAT MUST BE SUBMITTED WITH YOUR APPLICATION SUPPORTING MATERIALS To facilitate the selection process, please attach a copy of your resume and a cover letter relating (1) any information about yourself, your expected career goals, or your educational, employment, or volunteer experiences that you believe would be relevant to the Externship(s) for which you are applying, and (2) your particular reasons for wanting to enroll in the specific Externship(s) for which you are applying and the expectations/goals you have for what you hope to accomplish. IMPORTANT: Please submit your cover letter(s) and resume in MICROSOFT WORD format. If you are applying for more than one Externship field placement, please submit a SEPARATE, TARGETED COVER LETTER FOR EACH FIELD PLACEMENT. Unless instructed otherwise in the handout describing Fall 2026 Externship field placements, all cover letters should be addressed to Professor Vescovo as follows: Anna M. Vescovo Assistant Professor of Law Externship Program Director Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law 1 N. Front Street, Suite 101 ҵ, TN 38103-2189 **PLEASE RANK YOUR CHOICES FOR EXTERNSHIP FIELD PLACEMENT ON PAGES 4 AND 5. EXTERNSHIPS(S) TO WHICH YOU ARE APPLYING (IF MORE THAN ONE, NUMBER ACCORDING TO PREFERENCE) If applying to more than one Externship, please indicate placement preference by numbering UP TO YOUR TOP 4 choices according to preference. Please note that Externships marked with an * may require background checks, security clearance, or other pre-start clearance by the placement in addition to law school approval. Please read the description for each Externship (in a separate handout) to which you are applying in order to determine any additional prerequisites or preferences that may apply. All Placements have the option of 3 Credits (168 hours of work in Placement or approximately 12 hours a week) OR 2 Credits (112 hours of work in Placement or approximately 8 hours a week) UNLESS otherwise noted. JUDICIAL EXTERNSHIPS U.S. COURTS ___ U.S. Circuit Court for the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals (3 Cdts/12 weekly hours) ___ U.S. District Court for the Western District of TN ___ U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of TN ___ U.S. Immigration Court JUDICIAL EXTERNSHIPS TENNESSEE STATE COURTS ___ Tennessee Supreme Court ___ Tennessee Court of Appeals: Western Division ___ Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals ___ Shelby County Circuit Court ___ Shelby County Chancery Court ___ Shelby County Juvenile Court CRIMINAL JUSTICE EXTERNSHIPS ___ U.S. Attorneys Office* (3 Credits/12 weekly hours) (Must be current 3L to apply) ___ Federal Public Defenders Office ___ Shelby County District Attorneys Office (Must have completed 45+ Credits) ___ Justice Review Unit of the Shelby County District Attorneys Office ___ Shelby County Public Defenders Office ___ Dyer & Lake County Public Defenders Office ___ 26th Judicial District Public Defenders Office (Madison, Henderson and Chester Counties) STATE/MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT EXTERNSHIPS ___ ҵ City Attorneys Office (2 or 3 Credits/8 or 12 wkly hours) ___ ҵ-Shelby County Airport Authority (General Counsel) (2 or 3 Cdts/8 or 12 hrs) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT/ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY EXTERNSHIPS ___ Equal Employment Oppy Commission (3 Credits/12 weekly hours) ___ Hearings Unit ___ Legal Unit ___ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of Counsel (3 Credits/12 weekly hours) ___ National Transportation Safety Board* (NTSB) Office of Administrative Law Judges ___ U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Remote) HEALTH PRACTICE EXTERNSHIPS ___ Baptist Memorial Healthcare Corporation* ***Student to pay Background check fee*** ___ Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare* ___ Regional One Health* (The Med)* **** PLEASE INCLUDE A WRITING SAMPLE WITH YOUR APPLICATION MATERIALS**** ___ St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital*(3 Credits/12 weekly hours) **APPLICATION MUST INCLUDE TRANSCRIPTS*** COMMUNITY LEGAL OFFICE EXTERNSHIPS ___ Advocates for Immigrant Rights ___ Community Legal Center ___ Immigrant Justice Program ___ General Litigation (Please specify area of interest in cover letter) ___ Anayas Way ___ Disability Rights Tennessee ___ Legal Aid of Arkansas West ҵ Office ___ ҵ Area Legal Services (MALS) Family Law Unit ___ Mid-South Immigration Advocates ___ Asylum/Deportation Defense ___ Survivors Project (Orders of Protection, Family Law) ___ West Tennessee Legal Services (Jackson, TN) ___ The Works, Inc. (formerly Neighborhood Preservation, Inc.) ___ On Location: ҵ (2 Credits/8 hours weekly) ___ Invisible Institute (Remote) IN-HOUSE EXTERNSHIPS ___ ҵ-Shelby County Schools* Office of General Counsel ___ University of ҵ Office of University Counsel ___ University of Tennessee Research Foundation ___ UTHSC Office of Sponsored Programs ___ Federal Express Corporation (FedEx Express) ___ Bass Berry Sims Pro Bono Division OTHER ___ Other Externship Opportunities Subject to Approval by Professor Anna Vescovo, Externship Director. **PLEASE SEE PAGE 6 FOR LIMITATIONS ON ENROLLMENT IN CLINIC OR EXTERNSHIP COURSES LIMITATIONS ON ENROLLMENT IN CLINIC OR EXTERNSHIP COURSE PLEASE NOTE the following Academic Regulations and Limitations affecting Externship Course Credit and Enrollment: A student is required to satisfactorily complete one or more experiential course(s) totaling at least six (6) credit hours, including a minimum of one clinic course or externship. Satisfactory completion means earning a grade of C or better in a Clinic course and earning a grade of Satisfactory or better in the Externship Course. Students who accept an offer of enrollment in a Clinic or Externship must maintain good academic standing and be in good academic standing at the beginning of the semester that enrollment begins. If a student falls out of good academic standing between acceptance of the enrollment offer and the beginning of the semester of enrollment, the enrollment offer will be revoked. To satisfy graduation requirements, a student is permitted no more than three (3) Externship or Clinic courses in any combination, provided that total Clinic hours shall not exceed ten (10) hours. In accordance with the Law Schools Academic Regulations, not more than a total of twelve (12) credit hours may be utilized toward satisfying graduation requirements by satisfactorily completing the following courses: Any Externship, Law Review, Moot Court (including credit for participation on travel teams), and independent research. NOTE: The Externship Course is UNGRADED. All Clinics are FOUR GRADED credits. Credits received for successful completion of a Clinic course do not count toward this ungraded credit limitation. Absent permission from the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, a student may not repeat a Clinic or Externship, may not enroll in both a Clinic and Externship in the same semester or summer session, and may not enroll in more than one Clinic or more than one Externship in any semester or summer session. Enrollment in an Advanced Clinic course does not count as repeating a Clinic (e.g., enrolling in the Advanced Neighborhood Preservation Clinic after previously taking the Neighborhood Preservation Clinic). 5. Unless permission of the Dean is obtained, no student enrolled in the Externship Course may be enrolled in more than 18 credit hours, including the Externship. 6. For enrollment purposes, students who have already taken and received credit for a Clinic will not receive priority for enrollment in the Clinic for a second semester or summer session. Students who have already taken and received credit for participation in an Externship will not receive priority for enrollment in an Externship for a second semester or summer session.     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