Ex. Legal Practice: General Counsel and Miscellaneous

Section: General Counsel and Miscellaneous
Instructor: Mark Nielsen

This offering will provide a 1 credit seminar to accompany a 2 credit placement in the general or in house counsel offices of diverse public and private entities. Students who are seeking experience with In House Counsel of companies and non profit institutions or government agency placements should consider this offering. The class will meet every other week for 2 hours.

This externship in in-house practice will provide students with an understanding of roles in-house lawyers play while offering them an opportunity to experience that work firsthand. The in-class component will explore topics that are integral to in-house practice in the public and private sectors. Under the supervision of a corporate chief legal officer and adjunct faculty supervisor, students will study the rules of professional responsibility specifically applicable to lawyers with organizational clients, explore basic principles of organizational governance and compliance, learn about the application of attorney-client privilege in an organizational setting, explore the interaction of in-house lawyers with outside counsel, and gain a deeper understanding of the legal system and the practice of law.

Grading and Placement Expectations
Each student must secure a placement independently. The seminar credits count towards students' classroom credit requirements for the NYS Bar and are also experiential. The seminar credit is graded and the placement credits are NC/C.
The fieldwork component is 2 credits. These credits are also experiential but do not count towards students' classroom credit requirement. These credits are graded CR/F. Students registered for 2 fieldwork credits must complete an average of 10 hours per week for 14 weeks at their placement. Students asked to work up to an average of 15 hours per week for 14 weeks at their placement may secure an additional credit pursuant to JD/LLM Supervised Experiential Study(L6695 or L6697 (LLM)), for which they must secure a sponsor. Students can ask their Legal Practice Seminar teacher to sponsor the additional credit. It is within the instructors' sole discretion to agree to this. Students must coordinate your schedule with their supervisor.

Externship credits count towards students' 6-credit experiential requirement provided they satisfy the requirements dictated by the ABA and incorporated into each course. In addition to substantive and qualitative requirements set by instructors, these requirements include the submission of certain documents. Due dates and descriptions of the documentation requirements will be distributed upon admission to the class.