Clinic - Washington, DC Immersion Sem

Brooklyn Law School offers The Washington, DC Immersion Semester so that students can take advantage of a full semester, full time (10 non-classroom credits) experiential clinical placement in the areas of litigation, legislation, regulation and related fields. This Semester is intended to give the student a comprehensive working experience unique to the nation's capital. It is expected that students will use this time to build substantive knowledge, develop practical skills, deepen and refine practice area interests, observe institutional policy, procedure and operations, and spend time networking and meeting decision makers and potential employers. Because students will be working full time for the semester, this should be an especially rich and exciting learning experience for students interested in the broad fields of government regulation, enforcement, legislative drafting, litigation and others. To qualify for this program, the placement must be unique to DC and not duplicable in New York. In past semesters students have secured fulltime externships in the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, the US Department of Justice Criminal Division, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the US Department of Labor, the non - profit Earth Rights International based in DC, and the US Department of the Interior. Sample duties past interns have worked on include conducting legal research and drafting memoranda, promulgating gency rules, crafting alternative dispute resolution plans, reviewing relative legislation and new case law, preparing evidence and litigation support documents, and observing trial nd other hearings. Select students are also ligible for reasonable reimbursement related to housing and travel expenses up to $4,000.00. Credits: 10 clinical (non-classroom) Academic Component: Depending on the number of students participating each semester, the academic component will either require the student to work closely with a faculty mentor, submitting journals, meeting telephonically four times over the course of the semester and submitting a final essay. If more than 6 students participate in a given semester, the academic component will include class meetings. Every student will be matched with an alumni mentor working in DC in a field of interest to the student.