New York City Regulatory and Business Externship

8-12 units

Open to second semester 2L and 3L J.D. students. Student and instructor collaborate during the semester preceding the student's placement in making office selection and applying to individual offices for a position. In this externship, students work with legal offices in New York City learning first-hand about the practice of business associations and regulation in the nation's largest city. The externship allows students to work under the direction of attorneys in a variety of nonprofit, government, and in-house counsel offices having an emphasis on business associations and regulation. Examples of potential placements include positions with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), New York Attorney General's Office, and in-house counsel office for large businesses. These externships expose students to nonprofit and business associations, as well as regulatory environments, and help students gain a level of experiential training and learning that will allow a more rapid transition to practice. Pre-requisite: successful completion of all first year courses. [Note: Students are prohibited from taking more than one clinic/externship/supervised practicum in the same semester. Students who are not in good standing (for either academic or disciplinary reasons) the semester prior to taking this course and the semester of this course, are not eligible to participate in this externship. The clinics/externships have a different drop deadline than other Law School courses. A student will not be allowed to drop the externship after they have accepted a placement with an office. Students in the United States on an F-1 Visa who register for an externship course are required to submit a Curriculum Practical Training (CPT) authorization form to the University’s Office for International Students and Scholars (OISS) and obtain that office’s approval prior to beginning their externship. Failure to obtain CPT authorization prior to the beginning of the externship could result in changes to a student's F-1 Visa status. This course is graded on a credit/no credit basis. 8 units remote; 12 units on-site. Credits from this course count toward the 19 maximum credits a J.D. student can take in non-law classes and law classes without a classroom component. To participate in this externship, you must either have completed or be currently enrolled in courses containing at least 5 cumulative hours of education on bias, cross-cultural competency, and racism (BCCCR content). This externship includes 0 hours of BCCCR content, so in total, you will need 5 hours from your other courses to meet the requirement. This means that second semester 2L students cannot do a 12-credit out-of-town externship. Courses that include BCCCR content are tagged in Workday to help you track your progress.