Below are pre-approved field placement opportunities, where we have previously placed externs and have a working relationship with the field placement office.  On occasion, students will seek an opportunity at an office not on the list. In those instances, students need to come to us for approval and we will try to ensure the placement is one that can be fostered through the externship. All proposed Field Placement Offices must be audited by The Office of Law Skills and Experiential Learning.

• Students are encouraged to apply early in the semester. 
• Loyola does not guarantee a placement for all externship applicants.

Pre-Approved Field Placement Opportunities

Judicial 

Federal

• United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 

• United States District Court in Louisiana (both Eastern and Western District)

• United States Department of Labor

State

• Louisiana Supreme Court

• Louisiana Supreme Court - Civil Staff

• Louisiana Supreme Court - The Judicial Administrator's Office

• Louisiana Circuit Court of Appeal

• Louisiana 4th Circuit Court of Appeal - Central Staff

• Judicial District Court in Louisiana

• Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans

• Orleans Parish Juvenile Court 

• Jefferson Parish Juvenile Court

• Louisiana Workforce Commission

Criminal

Defense

• Federal Public Defender's Office

• Orleans Parish - Orleans Public Defenders

• Louisiana Center for Children's Rights (Orleans Parish Juvenile Defenders)

• Jefferson Parish - Public Defender's Office

• St. Tammany Parish - Public Defender's Office

• The Capital Appeals Project

• The Capital Defense Project

Prosecution

• United States Attorney's Office (Eastern District of La.)

• United States Navy Judge Advocate General's Office

• Louisiana Attorney General's Office

• Jefferson Parish - District Attorney's Office

Governmental 

Federal

• United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

• Internal Revenue Service

• United States Coast Guard

• National Labor Relations Board

• United States Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

State

• Judicial Ethics Commission

• City of New Orleans - City Attorney's Office

• Independent Police Monitor's Office (IPM)

• Department of Natural Resources

• Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board

Public Interest/Non-Profit

• Louisiana Appleseed

• Advocacy Center

• The Louisiana Civil Justice Center

• Justice and Accountability Center of Louisiana

• Recirculating Farms Coalition

• Gulf Coast Center for Law and Policy

• Aids Law

• Southeast Louisiana Legal Services

• New Orleans BioInnovation Center

• El Pueblo - Immigration Legal Services

• Southern Poverty Law Center

• Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center

• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

• Women with a Vision

Other Externship Opportunities

• Self-created externship opportunties
• Converting Interships to Externships

Out-of-State

• Out-of-state externship placements