Externship Educational Objectives

The Michigan State University College of Law Externship Program provides law students with a stimulating and practical educational experience. 

Externship Sites offer hands-on opportunities to observe the legal and judicial systems at work and engage in relevant legal work supervised by practicing attorneys or judges. 

The general educational objectives of the program include: (a) developing professional skills, values, judgment, and identity; (b) learning about professionalism, the practice of law, and the legal system; and (c) becoming reflective practitioners with the capacity for self-directed professional identity formation.