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Externship Programs

Our externship programs give you the advantage of practical experience in handling actual cases and dealing with clients. The Law School offers several clinical programs for which credit may be earned. Criminal clinical experience may be gained in externship programs offered in the office of the McLennan County District Attorney and the office of the Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas in Waco. Judicial externships are available in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas (Waco Division), the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas (Austin and Waco Divisions), and the 10th Court of Appeals in Waco.

You may also participate in several other externship programs, for example, the Heart of Texas Legal Services Office, where students assist poverty-level clients in legal matters under the supervision of a staff attorney. These and other externships carry two quarter hours of credit and require a minimum of 90 hours of supervised work. Students may also participate in the Supreme Court of Texas and Court of Criminal Appeals externships which carries five quarter hours of credit and requires approximately 225 hours of supervised work.

Other Externship Opportunities Available:
American Civil Liberties Union Externship
Environmental Protection Agency Externship
Federal Judicial Externship
Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center Externship
General Land Office Externship
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Externship
Texas Parks & Wildlife Externship