The expanded Miami Law Externship Program allows students to obtain academic credit while working in a real-world legal setting during both the academic year and over the summer. The Externship Program offers national and international opportunities with corporations, government agencies, public interest organizations and the judiciary. Students at Miami Law also have the unique opportunity to propose an externship at a qualified organization or agency of their choice, allowing students the flexibility to tailor their experiences to their specific career and geographic goals. The program is designed to enhance the educational experience of students by giving them an opportunity to do advanced legal work that generally is not available through the law school's curriculum.
The D.C. Semester in Practice Program allows law students to live and work full-time in the United States Capital. Students work at government agencies, nonprofits or advocacy organizations while still enrolled full-time at Miami Law. The classroom component of the course provides students with comprehension of the institutional, political, and legal contexts in which policymaking and implementation take place; greater insight into the mechanisms through which administrative agencies operate at the federal level; and engagement with government, relevant legal authorities and D.C. attorneys.
The Litigation Skills CLI Externship Program provides students with the opportunity to apply the trial and pre-trial skills learned during the Lit Skills I course in a live client setting. In these externship placements, students may represent clients in criminal and civil matters as Certified Legal Interns (CLI) and argue cases in Circuit, County and Federal courts under the supervision of practicing attorneys.
Highly selective 3L externships with the new Florida Supreme Court Fellows Program are available for spring 2023 and for a full year (fall and spring semesters) starting in the fall 2023. Fellows function as a law clerk to individual justices, a central staff law clerk working for all of the justices, a law clerk working for the clerk of court and the administrative justice, or a law clerk for the Office of the State Courts Administrator General Counsel. The Program provides for a tuition or monthly stipend benefit as well as 9 credits per semester. For information about this program, contact Amy Perez, Interim Assistant Dean, Career Development aperez@law.miami.edu.
The Office of Career and Professional Development runs the judicial clerkship program which is a highly regarded post-graduate job that provides an excellent launch pad for competitive positions in both the private and public sectors. Additionally, the Externship Program allows students the opportunity to complete placements with Judges at all levels during their time as a law student for which the student receives academic credit.
In the past three years, close to 500 law students have participated in at least one externship of their choice. Students are allowed to complete up to 3 externships during their time at Miami Law. Below are examples of externship placements completed by our students between Fall 2020 and Summer 2023.
American Craft Spirits Association Avelo Airlines Bacardi-Martini, Inc. Berkeley Research Group Brandstar, Inc. BrandStar Entertainment Chewy, Inc. Capital Collateral Regional Counsel Fluent Servicing, LLC Global Oil Management Group DXC Technology Hidden Harbor Capital Management Isram Realty Group, Inc. Kawa Capital Management Kent Security Services Logos Capital Group Mastec, Inc. Miami Association of Realtors Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of FL MSC Cruises USA, Inc National Zoning Atlas Office Depot Omniangle Technologies, LLC Payless Shoe Source Worldwide, LLC Ritz Carlton Yacht Collective Title Brothers, LLC Redcon1 Reunity, LLC Roofstock, Inc. Rosmar USA, INC. Ryder, Inc. Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners Safra National Bank of New York Surveillance Technology Oversight Project University of Miami Office of Estate and Gift Planning University of Miami Office of Technology Transfer Unified Patents LLC Userlytics, LLC World Omni Financial Corp/ Southeast Toyota Finance World Triathlon Corp/ IRONMAN
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts Atlanta Hawks, LLC Athletes First CONCACAF Event Entertainment Group, Inc. FaZe Clan, Inc. Inter Miami CF, Inc. LegalARTLink Lowe Art Museum Miami Dolphins The Orange Bowl Committee, Inc. University of Miami Athletic Department – Compliance Montlick Media Services, Inc. Multimedia Media, Telecom and Internet Council Nashville Soccer Club The Paley Center for Media Pyramid Records Roc Nation Sports Rimas Entertainment, LLC Rolling Loud, LLC Sneaker Law, LLC Televisa/Univision United Soccer League Ultra Music Festival
American Health Law Association Florida Health Justice Project Harm Reduction Legal Project at The Network for Public Health Law Jackson Health System Moffitt Cancer Center Nicklaus Children's Hospital Regenerative Medicine Foundation Penn State Health Office of Gen. Counsel UHealth Compliance – University of Miami Hospitals UHealth Office of Privacy & Data Security
Hon. Roy Altman- USDC S.D. Fla. Hon. Jacqueline Becerra - USDC S.D. Fla Hon. Beth Bloom -USDC S.D. Fla Hon. Beatrice Butchko, 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida Hon. John Cooke- USDC S.D. Fla Hon. Michael Davis – 17th Judicial Circuit of Florida Hon. Melissa Damian - USDC S.D. Fla Hon. William P. Dimitrouleas - USDC S.D. Fla Hon. Ivan F. Fernandez – 3rd District Court of Appeal Hon. Darrin Gayles - USDC S.D. Fla Hon. Donald Graham - Sr. Judge - U.S.D.C.- S.D. Fla Hon. Michael Hanzman – 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida Hon. Charlene Edwards Honeywell – U.S.D.C. – Middle District of Fla Hon. Laurel Isicoff – Chief Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Fla Hon. Adalberto Jordan – U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit Hon. Thomas Logue- 3rd District Court of Appeal Hon. Migna Sanchez-Llorens – 11th Judicial Circuit Court of Fla Hon. Lauren Louis, USDC S.D. Fla Hon. Jose E. Martinez, USDC S. D. Fla Hon. Shaniek M. Maynard, USDC S. D. Fla Hon. Ryon McCabe, USDC S. D. Fla Hon. Bronwyn C. Miller- 3rd D.C.A. Hon. Mindy Mora, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Fla Hon. Spencer Multack, Family Division, 11th Judicial Circuit Court of Fla Hon. John J. O'Sullivan - USDC S.D. Fla. Hon Lisette Reid – USDC S.D.Fla. Hon. Timothy M. Reif-US Court of Int'l. Trade Hon. Robin S. Rosenbaum – U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Judicial Circuit Court of Fla Hon. Edwin A. Scales, III – 3rd District Court of Appeals Hon. Robert Scola- USDC S.D.Fla. Hon. Rodney Smith- USDC S.D. Fla Hon. Ellen Venzer - 11th Judicial Circuit Court of Fla NJ Superior Court, Monmouth Vicinage Hon. Kathleen M. Williams - USDC S.D.Fla.
ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) of Florida ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) of Louisiana Americans for Immigrant Justice Baltimore Action Legal Team Bet Tzedek Legal Services Catholic Legal Services of Miami Chainless Change, Inc. Dade Legal Aid Florida Health Justice Project The Florida Justice Institute, Inc. Guardian Ad Litem Israeli American Coalition for Action Kansas Legal Services, Inc. Lawyers to the Rescue Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc. Legal Services of Greater Miami Miami Homes For All Promise of Justice Initiative Mr. Psychedelic Law, Inc. Miami Dade County Commission on Ethics and Public Trust Northwest Immigrant Rights Project Southern Poverty Law Center Southern Poverty Law Center – Immigrant Justice Project WeCount!
Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office Broward Public Defenders Office Capital Habeus Unit, State of Florida Office of the Federal Public Defender Capital Habeas Unit, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Western District of Missouri Center for Disease Control and Prevention Children's Legal Services – Department of Children and Families Circuit Court of Cook County City of Miami Beach Colorado State Public Defender Office of the Colorado Attorney General Federal Public Defender, Southern District of Florida Federal Public Defender, Northern District Of Florida Dallas County District Attorney’s Office Douglas County Public Defender Coral Springs Office of the City Attorney IAFF Local 1403 Miami Beach City Attorney Office of the City Attorney, City of Miami Miami-Dade Office of the State Attorney Miami-Dade Public Defenders Office Miami-Dade Office of the Federal Public Defender Miami-Dade Office of Resilience United States Attorney’s Office Middle District of Florida United States Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Florida Montgomery County District Attorney NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center The U.S. Attorney's Office-Eastern District of New York Colorado State Public Defender San Diego Public Defenders Office San Francisco City Attorney’s Office San Francisco Office of the Public Defender Office of the State Attorney, 6th Jud. Ct. West Pasco Office Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office Supreme Court of the State of NY, Appellate Division United States Air Force U.S. Coast Guard 7th Dist. Legal Office United States Copyright Office United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Voting Section United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Criminal Section Wisconsin Department of Justice
Consumer Financial Protection Agency Department of Homeland Security Disability Independence Group Florida Lawyers Assistance EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) Miami District Office Federal Communications Commission FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) IRS, Office of Chief Counsel International Atomic Energy Agency NLRB (National Labor Relations Board), Miami Resident Office Railroad Commission of Texas United States Securities and Exchange Commission United States Securities and Exchange Commission – Miami Regional Office, Division of Examination
Earthjustice Puerto Rico/US Office Miami Waterkeeper Miami-Dade Office of Resilience NOAA, Office of General Counsel NOAA General Counsel Int'l Section P.E.E.R. Group (People’s Economic and Environmental Resiliency Group
(L to R: Andrew Graykowski, J.D. '22, Theodore "Ted" Massey, J.D. '11, and 3L Jess Chiasson)
Graykowski and 3L Jess Chiasson’s externships in Washington, D.C. at the Department of Defense springboarded their career interests in legal defense. In 2022, they worked on cases under the supervision of Miami Law alumnus Ted Massey, as part of the Military Commissions Defense Organization working with Guantanamo detainees. Read Full Article: "Externship Programs Lead to Careers"