biweekly online discussion group
With the exception of the externs participating in the Geneva externship program, all students are required to participate in a biweekly online dialogue with Professor Bridgette Carr.

Faculty Sponsor & research paper
Each student proposing an externship program must secure, in advance of submitting a proposal, a faculty sponsor who will be responsible for supervising the student's research project. Prior to the commencement of the externship, the student and faculty sponsor should work out the areas of study to be pursued and establish the general topic to be developed in the required research paper, to the extent possible. Details regarding the form and length of the required research paper, and due date, should be agreed upon prior to the start of the externship.

Although the flux of business at the host organization may preclude firm definition of the paper at the very beginning of the external studies semester, every effort should be made to settle the topic and begin work as promptly as possible. The finished paper must meet the standards ordinarily applied to seminar and independent research papers prepared for the same amount of credit, and must reflect the individual work of the student rather than a joint effort with other students or attorneys.

Satisfactory completion of the research paper is required before the student can receive credit for the paper or for the external studies program as a whole. The independent research paper must be assigned a letter grade by the faculty sponsor. The remaining credit hours for external studies will be treated as mandatory pass/fail.

Contemporaneous Journal
The student must keep a contemporaneous journal, or biweekly report, of activities during the externship. It should be in narrative form and must be submitted every two weeks to Professor Carr, with copies to the student's faculty sponsor and the Office of Student Affairs. These biweekly reports should include the following:

• A description of the student's daily work, including the nature of the projects worked on, and the student's role in the projects and special assignments.
• A specific description of the training and supervision the student is receiving in connection with each project.
• Contemporaneous reflections on the manner in which the work relates to the educational goals for the externship.
• The manner in which the externship has exposed the student to issues concerning professional responsibility and the role of attorneys.
• How it has contributed to the student's development of knowledge in particular substantive areas and to the student's professional growth.

These reports should be a minimum of three pages (Arial or Times New Roman, or similar sized font, set to 12 point) if single spaced.

Final Report and Written Externship Assignments
At the end of the externship, the student must submit a final report on the externship experience to Professor Carr and the Office of Student Affairs. It must be accompanied by at least three pieces of any written work (e.g., reports, briefs, memos, etc.) the student produced during the externship. The final report must be in form and substance satisfactory to Professor Carr.

Generally, the final report should total 15 to 20 pages double spaced (Arial or Times New Roman, or similar sized font, set to 12 point). Although it may naturally include some repetition with portions of the student's contemporaneous journals, it should be a report that stands on its own and provides an end-of-term retrospective summary of the student's externship experiences and their educational significance. The report should include:

• A description of the specific projects the student worked on and the student's role in each project.
• The quality and method of supervision provided.
• An overall evaluation of the externship.

Most importantly, the report should specifically focus on the student's personal reflections on what he or she learned from the externship, and the significance of the experience toward the student's intellectual and professional development and objectives.

Two Evaluations of Student by Supervising Attorney
The student's supervising attorney at the host organization must submit two formal written evaluations of the student's performance to Professor Carr and the Office of Student Affairs; once at the middle of the externship and again at the end. These evaluations should detail the work the student has done and the superviso'rs evaluation of their work during the time period covered.

SOUTH AFRICA - The supervising attorneys for students on externship in South Africa need only submit one written evaluation of the student's performance, at the end of the externship.

On-Site Inspection
The ABA requires that a faculty member make an on-site visit to each placement when more than 6 academic credits are awarded for the externship. As a result, externships are generally limited to Chicago, Detroit, New York City, or Washington, D.C. A limited number of externships are approved each year for the AIRE Centre in London, England. Approval of externships at other locations is improbable. Students who wish to propose an externship in another geographical location should consult with Professor Carr.