2012 Externship Fair

The School of Law’s 2012 Externship Fair will be held Thursday, February 2, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., in Keller Hall.

Lawyers and judges who would like to host a law student for an unpaid externship in the 2012–2013 academic year — including the Summer 2012, Fall 2012 and Spring 2013 semesters — may attend the fair to recruit and interview eligible students.

Because all externship students are required to secure their own externship placements, our annual Externship Fair is a primary means for employers to meet with students to explore possible externship relationships. Participants are encouraged to share with the students brochures or other literature about their operations to assist students in accepting placement offers that best meet their goals and interests.

The fair begins with an optional meet and mingle preview luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 

Registration Information

The deadline to register for the Externship Fair was January 27. For registration information, contact the Dayton Law Externship Program Office at 937-229-4676.

Interested in Working with One of Our Student Externs?

Here’s what you need to know:

A Field Supervisor must:

  • Be an employee of the sponsoring organization or someone who provides legal services on behalf of the sponsoring organization 
  • Be a licensed attorney who is in good standing with a minimum of three years’ legal experience; or a judge or justice currently serving on the bench

A Field Supervisor should expect to mentor and train their extern by doing the following: 

  • Provide meaningful and practical experiences to the extern including providing opportunities for the extern:
    • to observe legal proceedings when available
    • to observe client contacts when available
    • to observe other lawyering activities when available
    • to shadow the Field Supervisor
    • to perform legal research and legal writing 
    • to utilize their legal analysis skills
  • Monitor the quality and quantity of work assigned to the extern and keep clerical tasks to a minimum

A Field Supervisor will be required to do the following:

  • Verify the extern’s work hours by initialing their timesheet on a weekly basis
  • Provide an interim progress report to the extern’s faculty supervisor
  • Complete a written evaluation of the extern’s performance at the completion of the externship
  • Allow the extern’s faculty supervisor to schedule a mutually convenient site visit as necessary