Extern Program

Loyola University New Orleans College of Law's Externship Program permits second and third year students to receive academic credit for working in selected legal placements, attending and participating in a bi-weekly class, maintaining a journal based on the experience obtained in the externship placement and producing a portfolio of their work based on their legal research and writing.  

The Program is part of the Office of Law Skills and Experiential Learning, which also includes the Skills' Curriculum. The Externship Program focuses on:

• Providing students with an opportunity to gain substantive legal experience, under the direct supervision and guidance of an experienced attorney, so as to increase the sense of the reality of being a lawyer
• Focusing students' analytic attention upon the role of attorneys in our society
• Using critical judgment upon various legal instituations which students will become involved during this course.

Through the Externship Program, students at Loyola's College of Law gain hands-on experience while making real impacts in courtrooms, governmental agencies and non-profit organizations.  We invite students to view our website, and any additional questions regarding the Externship Program, should be directed to Heather Gattuso Lambert, Esq., Externship Liaison, at (504) 861-5649 or lambert@loyno.edu.