Externship: US Attorney's Office Civil Division (Paoletti)
Faculty
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| Sarah Paoletti Practice Professor of Law; Director, Transnational Legal Clinic paoletti@law.upenn.edu |
Additional Information
Experiential CourseYes
Skills Training
Oral Presentations
Drafting Legal Documents
Other Professional Skills:
Grading
100% Other (100% Faculty Supervised Tutorial + Fieldwork. Grading is pass/fail.)
No
Class meets in person.
Meeting Times/Location
TBA
TBA
Category
Clinics/Externships
Credits
0.0
PLEASE SEE IMPORTANT ENROLLMENT PROCEDURES FOR EXTERNSHIPS AVAILABLE ON THE REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS PAGE.
Penn Carey Law offers an externship with the Civil Division of the US Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia for 3L students. Students must apply for this Gittis externship through the Externship Program Office, and must submit their application materials within the stated deadline. Externs will engage in and observe all phases of work of the civil side of the U.S. Attorney's Office. This will include both affirmative and defensive litigation on behalf of federal government agencies and will likely involve the extern in discovery or trial proceedings. Affirmative litigation involves investigations and legal actions concerning fraud on the United States, and to bring civil penalty and injunctive actions enforcing a wide variety of federal agency laws and regulations such as the environmental laws, predatory lending, and drug diversion. Defensive litigation involves defense of the government, its agencies, and its employees in civil litigation including tort cases and Title VII cases alleging discrimination in hiring and employment practices by agencies of the United States.
A security clearance must be obtained prior to the start of the semester's work. This is a 7-credit externship that will require 21 hours per week (students work directly with the US Attorney’s Office to set a mutually convenient schedule of hours in the office). Students will also have the opportunity to meet with their assigned faculty supervisor every other week to help reflect on their externship experience.
Skills Learning outcomes: Demonstrate an understanding of the individual course skill; Demonstrate the ability to receive and implement feedback; Demonstrate an understanding of how and when the individual course skill is employed in practice.
Courts and the Judicial System Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of both substantive and procedural issues in the operation of our legal system; Perform legal analysis in the context of procedural issues and the judicial process; Communicate effectively on topics related to procedure and the judicial process; Demonstrate an understanding of how procedural issues and the judicial process affect all other area of our legal system.
Public Interest Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of the varied legal aspects of public interest law; Perform legal analysis in the context of public interest law; Communicate effectively on topics related to public interest law; Demonstrate an understanding of how public interest law is connected to and affected by a wide variety of legal and regulatory structures and doctrines.