SUPERVISING ATTORNEYS

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SUPERVISING ATTORNEYS ARE THE HEART of the Externship Program.  They serve as role models who demonstrate the craft of lawyering and help the student externs synthesize real-world legal situations. 

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APPLY TO BECOME A SUPERVISING ATTORNEY

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Legal professionals interested in becoming a Supervising Attorney for Fordham’s Externship Program must be willing and able to:

• Supervise student externs on a consistent basis and be accessible to the Externship Program’s Faculty Director.
• Work with student externs to develop their Learning Agenda, a document that sets forth goals and responsibilities.
• Offer student externs a variety of assignments to help them develop identified skills.
• Provide opportunities, whenever possible and appropriate, for student externs to perform the same legal tasks as the Supervising Attorney, i.e., to work with clients as well as appear before courts and/or administrative bodies.
• Meet formally with student externs at least twice during each semester to evaluate the students' work product and meet informally on a more frequent basis.
• Observe and provide meaningful feedback (both written and oral).
• Provide written evaluations to the Externship Program (at the mid-semester point as well as at the conclusion of the semester).
• Agree to not bill any clients for the work performed by student externs or to request reimbursement of attorney’s fees for such work (even in connection with an otherwise fee-generating matter).