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Students may set up a self-created externship. The proposed placement must meet all of the following criteria:

Law students at Loyola have the option of participating in the Gillis Long Student Pro Bono Program to satisfy the Law and Poverty requirement needed for graduation. The Gillis Long Student Pro Bono Program requires fifty hours of pro bono work which the student may perform at any time during their law school career.

Help Finding Your New Home

Most Loyola Law students live off campus in any number of nearby apartments, mansions, carriage houses, shotguns, and camelback homes. The College of Law’s campus is nestled in the quintessential Uptown New Orleans neighborhood. You’ll find a mixture of multi-units, mansions, shops, restaurants, and plenty of green space in nearby Audubon Park. The best strategy for securing housing is to visit New Orleans in the summer to get acquainted with the city, with the plan to put down a deposit on an apartment. 

Come See What Your Future Could Look Like

Whether you have already committed or are still weighing your options, we encourage you to visit.

Beginning in 2023, the Louisiana Bar Foundation began administering the Loan Repayment Assistance Program. The LBF is dedicated to making a career in civil legal aid more competitive with other legal fields. The Loan Repayment Assistance Program does just that by providing forgivable loans of up to $5,000 per year to attorneys working in a public interest position. The loan is disbursed quarterly and is forgiven after completion of 12 months employment at the legal aid provider. Learn more at raisingthebar.org.

The Gillis Long Poverty Law Center and Southeast Louisiana Legal Services partner to offer the Gillis Long Social Justice Fellowship to recent Loyola College of Law graduates who work for one year in one of SLLS' six offices, serving the unmet legal needs of the community.

The Loyola College of Law Archives collects all materials related to the history and culture of the College of Law.  Our offices are located in the administrative suite of the Law Library.  The Archives has papers from former deans, current and former faculty, alumni, and ephemera from various University departments and College of Law student associations.  The Archives collections are from approximately 1920 to present and illustrate the development of the University and the College of Law. Some former deans and faculty papers are from Dean Klebba, Dean Lorio, and Prof. Rousseau.

Welcome to Loyola University New Orleans College of Law! We’re located a few blocks from Loyola’s main campus – a short walk or ride on the historic St. Charles Streetcar — in beautiful Uptown New Orleans. Here, you’ll join a collaborative community of students and educators who share your passion for law and will get to know you by name. With one of the oldest clinical programs in the country, you’ll benefit from a rigorous legal education with an emphasis on experiential learning. 

The Gillis Long Poverty Law Center launched the Graduates for Justice: Post-graduate Internship in August 2016.

About the Program

The post-graduate internship program offers full-time, short-term employment opportunities to recent Loyola law graduates waiting for results from the Louisiana Bar Examination. Post-graduate interns work for eight weeks, earning $6,000.00. Post-graduate interns will work with local legal services offices. Paid interns gain invaluable legal experience and skills while assisting the indigent in our community.