Access Restricted to Northwestern Law CommunityInternational Externships
Northwestern University School of Law JD students may earn academic credit, commencing in the Summer Term of 2007, through enrollment in international externships with designated international criminal and foreign courts and international organizations.
The approved institutions are the International Criminal Court, the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, the Special Court for Sierra Leone, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, the War Crimes and Organized Crimes Chambers of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Supreme Court of Israel, the Supreme Court of India, and the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights.
JD students may earn a total of 12 credits for a four to six month Fall or Spring externship during the third, fourth, or fifth semester of schooling that also requires submission of a three-draft 40-page research paper and faculty supervision. Students may earn a total of 4 credits for a minimum 10-week summer externship during either of their law school summers that also requires submission of a two-draft 25-page paper and faculty supervision. No student who has earned credit in a practicum, International Team Project, or senior research may earn credit for a Fall of Spring Semester international externship, and no student who is earning or has earned credit in a Fall or Spring international externship may enroll for credit in a practicum, International Team Project, or senior research.
Students must be accepted by the relevant institution before being considered for an international externship for credit, which will entail an evaluation of the studentÕs overall academic performance to date (including grade point average) and whether, in the judgment of the school, the student is well positioned to take advantage of the international externship and perform well both at the institution and in drafting the research paper. The international externship program is supervised by Professor David Scheffer, Director of the Center for International Human Rights.
Inquiries about applications to the courts and organizations should be directed to Mary Maher, Associate Director - LLM International and LLM in Taxation, Center for Career Strategy and Advancement (mary-maher@law.northwestern.edu). Ms. Maher can provide interested students with a report, prepared by Professor Scheffer, and updated information on the opportunities for international externships. There are deadlines for applications to the courts and organizations and students are well advised to pay very close attention to those deadlines and, in any event, submit their applications to the courts and organizations as early as possible for timely consideration. Inquiries regarding the award of academic credit should be directed to the Registrar.
