Volunteer Legal Internship Program Fall

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Director of Corporate Counsel Clinical Externship and Business Law Programs
Duties: Responsible for coordinating and planning programs of interest to law students pursuing careers in business law and supervising the Corporate Counsel Clinical Externship. Select, place, and supervise students in Corporate Counsel Clinical Externship Program. Design and teach two credit graded weekly seminar tailored to corporate counsel legal practice including the topics: the modern role of general counsel; professional development and identity, professional goal-setting, cross-cultural competence, writing for business, and creative problem-solving. Develop manual for program, including educational goals, requirements for supervisors and students, and all program evaluation forms. Hold informational session on program each semester, coordinate application process. Coordinate and meet regularly with clinical education faculty. Conduct minimum of 4 meetings/semester with each student. Conduct mid-semester meetings at placement site with each supervisor and student. Maintain compliance with ABA and AALS regulations. Conduct periodic training sessions for attorney supervisors. Continually monitor and review existing placements, discontinue placements when necessary, and develop more substantive and geographic breadth in placements. Attend national clinical teaching conference or externship conferences. Network with other New England Externship Directors and hold periodic meetings. Organize and administer the OPEN DOOR Speaker Series which hosts monthly outside practitioner speakers to engage students on business law topics and business law career paths. Organize and administer the Business for Lawyers Workshop each semester which provides an intensive program on what companies do, how business people make decisions, and other essential business concepts. Develop new and additional business law programs and events to meet the needs of law students. Serve as an advisor to law students seeking guidance on experiential and curricular law paths and on available legal positions that further their career goals. Work with the Career Development Office to connect law students and law alumni to business law related job opportunities and postings. Attend all prospective and admitted student events hosted by the Admissions Department.

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