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.





Stanley Mosk Courthouse
Richard L. Fruin
Judge
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Independent calendar
UC Berkeley Law School
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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