Externship: Women's Law Project (Quaglia)
Additional Information
Experiential CourseYes
Skills Training
Drafting Legal Documents
Expository Writing
Other Professional Skills:
Grading
100% Other (Externships are graded Credit/No Credit)
No
Class meets in person.
Meeting Times/Location
TBA
TBA
Category
Clinics/Externships
Credits
3.0
PLEASE SEE IMPORTANT ENROLLMENT PROCEDURES FOR EXTERNSHIPS AVAILABLE ON THE REGISTRAR'S WEBSITE.
The Women’s Law Project (“WLP”) is a Pennsylvania-based public interest legal organization working to defend and advance the rights of women, girls, and LGBTQ+ people in Pennsylvania and beyond. We leverage impact litigation, policy advocacy, public education, and direct assistance and representation to dismantle discriminatory laws, policies, and practices and eradicate institutional biases and unfair treatment based on sex or gender. The Women’s Law Project works to create a more just and equitable society by protecting and advancing the rights of women and girls through high-impact litigation, policy advocacy and education. Established in 1974, the Women’s Law Project is the only women’s rights legal advocacy organization serving Pennsylvania. Externs will get hands-on legal experience on cutting-edge issues by assisting our staff attorneys with research, analysis, and writing on legal and policy work related to current cases and legislative efforts, including women’s health, reproductive rights, equal pay, athletic equality in the schools, work place discrimination, sexual assault in schools, law enforcement and judicial responses to domestic and sexual violence, substance abuse and pregnancy, LGBTQ+ rights, and prison reform. Opportunities to participate in collaborative community work, work with clients, and assist with amicus briefs will be provided as available. More information about past and current work of the WLP can be found at their website (www.womenslawproject.org), Facebook page and Twitter (@womenslawproj).
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.
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.