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Experiential Learning

  • An internship or a job in a law office is one of the best ways to gain experience and make contacts with attorneys. Job shadowing, mentoring and attending seminars on the law are other additional ways to expand your knowledge of the many and varied areas of practice.
  • Along with helping students understand how the legal system works, it is possible that an internship or mentorship could lead to a lifelong relationship with an established attorney that could be a source of future professional development and career opportunities.
  • There are many ways for students to get involved in law as undergraduates. The Career Planning & Placement Center coordinates internship opportuntites (see the Internship Advisor for more information), which assist USC undergraduate students in connecting with lawyers who are USC alumni for jobs, internships, mentorships, questions and events.
  • There are also several student organizations on campus, including the pre-law honor society, Blackstonians, and the pre-law fraternity, Phi Alpha Delta, that work to bring pre-law students together and help them learn about the law.
  • Practical experience in law helps students to make the best, informed choices as to what field of law to emphasize or not emphasize in, to explore career options available to attorneys, and to decide if law is in fact the right profession for you. Before you spend three years of your life and hundreds of thousands of dollars on law school, know if it's a good fit for you.

 

CA JusticeCorps Program

Sponsored by the Office of College Advising & the Joint Educational Project (JEP)

The JusticeCorps program is an innovative approach to solving one of the more pressing issues faced by courts around the country today: providing equal access to justice. JusticeCorps recruits and trains 250 diverse university students annually to serve in overburdened legal self-help centers throughout California. JusticeCorps members’ receive intensive training throughout the year so they can provide in-depth and individualized legal services to self-represented litigants, often in their own languages, under the supervision of an attorney.

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