The application process is completely on-line. Before you begin, learn about available placements and prepare for the application process.
Use these links to learn about approved placements. INFORMATION SESSION ABOUT ALL ASPECTS OF EXTERNSHIP AND APPLICATION PROCESS WILL BE WEDNESDAY MARCH 13, 12:30, IN ROOM 206. (this program will be videorecorded.) Prof. Katz can be reached at hnkatz@camden.rutgers.edu  

There is no cap on enrollment, however, students may not get their first choice of placement. (See application process for more information.) We will respect placement requirements establishing qualifications of students and cannot guarantee any particular placement to a student.

For Judicial Externship, no more than six credits may be earned for a particular placement, and no more than 9 credits may be earned for Judicial Externship during a student's law school career.

Judicial Externship (3 credits per term during fall or spring terms, 4 by arrangement, 6 during summer term. See this course description for other limits.) Prerequisites: (1) Open to students in their fourth term or the equivalent and thereafter; (2) Each student must have taken or be concurrently enrolled in Professional Responsibility.

Rutgers School of Law - Camden offers extensive opportunities for students to earn academic credit while working for various public and private nonprofit agencies and for state and federal judges. In addition to the work, students attend seminars relating to the work done in their placement. Students can expect to improve knowledge of substantive and procedural law, to integrate practical lawyering skills with this greater understanding, and to be introduced to advanced legal skills in writing, strategic decisionmaking and the like.