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Judges and Judiciary

Sep. 14, 2022

Superior Court summer extern program: an evaluation

The extern experience is intended to introduce law students to the expectations of judges and, more broadly, to the practice of law.

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Richard L. Fruin

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Los Angeles County Superior Court

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Each summer the Los Angeles Superior Court welcomes law students to work with judges as unpaid externs. The law students – after passing a security check, obtaining a photo identification card, and receiving orientation – are parceled out across the County to volunteer for judges. While the externs have mandatory weekly check-ins with a supervising research attorney, the actual structure of the extern experience – what she/he will see and do on each day– depends on t...

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