About Externships
A significant number of Maryland Carey Law students also participate in externships. There are many different types of externships and places a student can extern: work for governmental entities, nonprofits, non-governmental organizations, and other public interest organizations. Many students identify a place of employment and then approach a faculty advisor to supervise the job opportunity. In other instances, faculty advisors will provide assistance and arrange an externship for a student. Externships carry from 3 to 11 credits. Some examples of specific externships programs and externships students have completed can be found below:
Asper Fellowship Program
The Asper Fellowship Program is a judicial externship opportunity where students can obtain credit for supervised law-related work with state and federal judges. By completing an externship with a judge, a student will not only develop his or her practical and legal writing skills, but also continue to develop his or her network. Students are able to complete externships following the completion of their first year of law school.
Students have completed Asper Fellowships with judges at the Maryland Court of Appeals, Maryland Court of Special Appeals, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Maryland Circuit Courts, the Baltimore Immigration Court, and the Maryland Juvenile Justice Center, among other places.
Asper Judicial Externships are named in memory of the late Professor Lewis D. Asper and are intended to expose students to the practical workings of the legal system and to help students develop insights into the process of judicial decision-making.
Legislative/Congressional Externship
Through our Legislative/Congressional Externship, students spend a semester interning for a congressional office on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. In order to complete this externship, a student may intern with a member of Congress or for a Congressional Committee. Through this program students will develop legal writing skills and advocacy skills. Students are able to complete these externships following the completion of their first year of law school.
Students have completed externships with the Committee on Homeland Security, Committee on Environment and Public Works, Committee on the Judiciary, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for Senator Benjamin L. Cardin, Senator Dick Durbin, Representative Rodney Davis, Representative Ann M. Kuster, and for several subcommittees, such as The Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Other Externships
Students can also complete externships with many other organizations. A sample of places in which students have externed can be found below. Please note that this list is only a brief sample of places in which students have externed.
Alternative Dispute Resolution
District Court of Maryland ADR Program
Maryland Commission on Civil Rights
Maryland Court of Special Appeals, Office of Mediation
National Institutes of Health Office of the Ombudsman
Business Law
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
Johns Hopkins Technology Transfer
NFL Players Association
Securities and Exchange Commission
U.S. Attorney's Office
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
U.S. Department for the Treasury
World Bank
Criminal Law
Attorney General of Maryland
Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office
Baltimore City Office of the Public Defender
Department of Justice, Criminal Division
District Courts of Pennsylvania
Miami-Dade State's Attorney's Office
National Women's Law Center
Office of the Federal Public Defender
Office of the Secretary of the Navy
U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement
Cybersecurity & Crisis Management/ Center for Health & Homeland Security
Baltimore City Health Department
Hospitals and hospital coalitions
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
U.S. Department of Health and Homeland Security
U.S. Department of State, Office of Anti-Terrorism Assistance
Environmental Law
Center for International Environmental Law
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Environmental Law Institute
The Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
National Wildlife Federation
Natural Resources Defense Council
U.S. Department of Energy
World Health Organization (Geneva)
Health Law
CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield Office of the General Counsel
Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc. Healthcare Rights Project
Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight
Maryland Disability Law Center
Medstar Health
National Human Genome Research Institute
National Institutes of Health
Network for Public Health Law- E Region
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
Project Heal, Center for Innovation and Leadership in Special Education
Intellectual Property Law
Food and Drug Administration
Johns Hopkins Office of Technology Transfer
Smithsonian Institutions
The United States Copyright Office
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)
International & Comparative Law
Inter-American Court of Human Rights (San Jose, Costa Rica)
International Non-Governmental Organizations
South Africa Externship Program (human & civil rights law organizations)
U.S. Department of State
Public Interest
ACLU Maryland
Kids in Need of Defense
NAACP
SAFE Center Human Trafficking Survivors College Park, Maryland
SurvJustice Inc.
Women, Leadership, & Equality
House of Ruth
National Women's Law Center
The Tahirih Justice Center
Women's Law Center of Maryland