Externship: Penn Office of General Counsel (Moorad)
Faculty
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| Waseem Moorad Visiting Assistant Practice Professor of Law moorad@law.upenn.edu |
Additional Information
Experiential CourseYes
Skills Training
Drafting Legal Documents
Other Professional Skills:
Grading
100% Other (Fieldwork and graded Pass/Fail)
No
Class meets in person.
Meeting Times/Location
TBA
TBA
Category
Clinics/Externships
Credits
6.0
PLEASE SEE IMPORTANT ENROLLMENT PROCEDURES FOR EXTERNSHIPS AVAILABLE ON THE REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS PAGE.
The University of Pennsylvania’s Office of General Counsel (OGC) is offering an externship in their office next semester. This is open to all 2L and 3L students at Penn Law. OGC supports the University and the University of Pennsylvania Health System, and externs will have ample opportunity to work on both University and Health System legal matters.
The OGC externship program, which has existed for many years, allows students to work closely with attorneys in OGC and become involved in a broad range of legal issues. Students are encouraged to participate in meetings and to take an active role in legal matters. Students interested in applying, may consult the following website for more information: http://www.upenn.edu/ogc/externships.html.
HOW TO APPLY:
Please note that there is a separate application required for this Gittis Externship. In order to apply, please submit a resume, writing sample, transcript and a brief statement of interest addressed to Krystyna Dereszowska, Esq., Associate General Counsel, and Denene Wambach, Esq., Associate General Counsel, in one PDF via email to externships@law.upenn.edu with OGC in the subject line by 11 AM on October 19, 2022.
The externship is for 7 credits (requiring approximately 21 hours per week). All students will be notified of their application status before the end of Advance Registration so they can make other course selections if not selected for enrollment.
Please email externships@law.upenn.edu with any questions.
Business and Corporate Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of business and corporate law; Perform legal analysis in the context of business and corporate law; Communicate effectively on topics related to business and corporate law; Demonstrate an understanding of the interconnection between the world of business and finance and that of business and corporate law, and how they affect other areas of law and society.
Employment Law and Employee Benefits Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of employment law and employee benefits; Perform legal analysis in the context of employment law and employee benefits; Communicate effectively on topics related to employment law and employee benefits; Demonstrate an understanding of how employment law and employee benefits affect other areas of law.
Health Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of health law and policy; Perform legal analysis in the context of health law and policy; Communicate effectively on topics related to health law and policy; Demonstrate an understanding of the interconnection among health law and policy and issues of access to services, public and private financing of health industries, and the political and economic issues surrounding issues of health law and health services.