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The Generalist Externship Seminar: A Unique Curricular Opportunity To Teach About The Legal Profession, Spring Miller
The Generalist Externship Seminar: A Unique Curricular Opportunity To Teach About The Legal Profession, Spring Miller
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
This article explores the role that a generalist externship seminar can play in teaching law students about the legal profession - lawyers, the institutions in which they practice, and the markets for their services. After reviewing the evolution of the externship course and externship seminar in the legal curriculum, the article turns to a discussion of the absence of opportunities at most law schools for students to study and learn about the legal profession. It contends that the absence of serious attention to the profession in the curricula of most law schools does a disservice to law students, who need …