The Pepperdine Clinical Education Program offers students many opportunities for professional experience while in law school. Second and third year students can participate in our clinical or externship programs and receive academic credit on a pass/fail basis. Each area of clinical fieldwork also has a classroom component in the form of a seminar. Students can choose from both "in house" clinical programs and externships at various courts, organizations and agencies.
Each fall, students can participate in the Public Counsel Adoption Day, representing foster parents in adoption proceedings.
The Pepperdine Legal Aid and Family Law Clinics at the Union Rescue Mission afford students the opportunity to help the homeless and the poor of the Los Angeles skid row area with government benefits, taxes, minor criminal motions, and family law.
Students working in the International Human Rights Program are able to work with human rights organizations while on campus as well as extern throughout the world.
Our Special Education Advocacy Clinic provides advocacy for children with developmental disabilities and their families. The clinic empowers parents of these children by assisting them both as counselor and advocate to obtain the appropriate educational services for their children as mandated by law.
In addition, students may participate in a variety of externships in the judicial, criminal, public interest, government, and entertainment arenas.
For further information about externship opportunities for law students, please contact Professor Laurie Buchan at (310) 506-7449 or e-mail her at .