As part of your externship, you are required to attend and participate in seminars with faculty supervisors to gain skills knowledge and values related to your externship and to discuss and reflect on your experience. Seminars are organized around seven varieties of legal practice:
*This seminar is split into two seminars: In-House Counsel Seminar and Government Attorney Seminar in summer only.
Seminars for Olympia externships+ (held only in spring in Olympia):
+If you do an externship in fall or spring in Olympia you will be placed in one of the regular seminars: Criminal, Civil, In-House/Government, or Judicial.
NOTE:
The externship seminar schedule is on the chart below. There is a mandatory intensive at the beginning of the semester, and you must attend to earn credit. The intensive is interactive and cannot be made up later. Some of the class time is front-loaded in the intensive, so the seminars skip classes in the middle of the semester in the fall and spring or alternate weeks throughout the summer.
Judicial Seminar | Spring Legislative Seminars |
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One Day Intensive first Friday* of the Semester, then Mondays 6:00 – 7:15pm (Fall/Spring), 6:00 – 7:30pm (Summer) |
One day Intensive before Semester, 2nd Intensive first Friday of the semester, then TBD Some Classes Held in Olympia. |
Civil Seminar | International Seminar |
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One Day Intensive first Friday* of the Semester, then Thursdays 4:00 – 5:15pm (Fall/Spring), 4:00 – 5:30pm (Summer) |
One day Intensive before Semester, then biweekly on Wednesdays, 11:00 am to 12:30 pm PST |
Criminal Seminar | In-House/Government Atty. Seminar + |
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One Day Intensive first Friday* of the Semester, then Tuesdays 4:00 – 5:15pm (Fall/Spring), 4:00 – 5:30pm (Summer) |
One Day Intensive first Friday* of the Semester, then Thursdays 4:00 – 5:15pm (Fall/Spring), 4:00 – 5:30pm (Summer) |
*Summer Intensives take place the first Monday (or Tuesday if Monday is a holiday) not the first Friday of the Semester.
+The In-House Counsel/Government Attorney Seminar is split into two seminars in the summer. The summer Government Attorney Seminar is held on Tuesdays from 4:00 to 5:30 pm. The summer In-House Counsel Seminar is held on Thursdays from 4:00 to 5:30 pm.