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Where have interns been placed in recent years?
With
several Circuit Court judges; several law firms; a Power Supply
Association; Legal Aid; the Tenants Project; the House of Ruth;
the State's Attorney's Office; the Public Defenders Office; the
Governor's Office; the Attorney General's Office (Consumer Protection;
Health; Securities; Education).
What
if you wish to add a new placement?
Ask
Dr. J. Davis what you need
to do by the application deadline.
Who
decides where an intern is placed?
Dr.
Davis, after considering student preferences.
What
if a student needs to get a placement by bus?
This
is fine if the student knows, from checking in advance (call MTA,
410-539-5000), that the desired placement is readily accessible
by bus, on the expected days, at the expected times, from the student's
Winter and Spring place of actual residence.
What
is the intern's field workload?
In
the Winter Session:
In
the Winter Session: Some placements require Winter Session work
and others do not. Information on placement expectations will be
available before students select their preferred assignments.
In
the Spring Semester: 15 hours per week for 12 weeks.
Students are strongly encouraged to arrange their schedules so that
they may spend large blocks of time with their placement 2 or 3
days a week instead of 4 or 5 short days.
What
is the intern's academic workload?
In
Winter Session: None
In
Spring Semester: Tuesday evening classes at UMBC, 5:30 -
8:00 pm, a seminar presentation of research findings; a concise
12-15 page paper completing the research project; and a concise
evaluation of completed field work.
The
intern learns high-level analysis and writing methods from the academic
work, but what does the intern learn from the fieldwork?
Various
professional skills, depending upon the placement; legal research
and writing, interviewing, negotiation, mediation, advocacy, etc.
Also, insight into the administration of justice, and into the relationship
of courts to other institutions, to the electorate, and to individuals.
Do interns get jobs at their agencies
after successfully completing their fieldwork?
Sometimes,
but do not apply expecting a job.
If
you applied in a previous year but were not accepted, should you
reapply this year?
Yes.
Several students have been accepted after re-application, on the
strength of improved academic performance.
Must
applicants be interviewed?
Yes.
For answers to your questions, contact Dr. Davis at davisj@umbc.edu
or 410-455-2181(5-2181 inside
campus) or ask Jason Higgins, the internship coordinator, in PUP
357, 410-455-2063 (5-2163 inside campus).
Where
do students obtain application forms, and when is the application
deadline?
From:
the Bulletin Boards of PUP 316 and 357. The deadline is on the application
and changes each year.
An application form is also available at the bottom of this page.
When
and how do students find out if they have been accepted?
Professor
Davis will notify students via e-mail.
FILL OUT AND PRINT APPLICATION
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