Externships

Complete the following process if:

• You have identified your own business-related externship placement and would like credit towards the Certificate in Law and Business; or
• You would like to apply to one of the externship locations of the Center of Law and Business listed on its webpage.

Step 1: Initial Contact & Application

• Fill out the Law & Business Externship Application on this webpage and submit it to Professor Vu-Dinh (kim.vudinh@mitchellhamline.edu) for review.

Step 2: Determine Eligibility for Business Law Credit

• If your externship is business law-related, Professor Vu-Dinh will approve it to count toward the Certificate in Law and Business, if you wish to pursue the Certificate.  You are not required to apply for the Certificate in Law and Business in order to apply for an externship in one of the C-LAB’s designated externship sites.
• If Professor Vu-Dinh determines that your externship is not sufficiently business law-related and therefore cannot be credited toward the Certificate in Law and Business, but you still would like school credit for this externship, you must complete the following steps:

1. Log into your 12Twenty account.
2. Submit your externship proposal through 12Twenty. Click on Experiential Learning, then New Experience, Choose Self-Identified Externship Site.

If you have any questions about this process for non-business-related externships, please contact Professor Erica Strohl (Erica.strohl@mitchellhamline.edu).  You should only submit your online proposal after you have secured a placement, as MHSL staff will contact your proposed site supervisor for externship verification.  (Note: The online proposal submission through 12Twenty is the only step required for enrollment in the General Externship Course.)

Step 3: Register for the Appropriate Externship Course

If Professor Vu-Dinh has determined that the externship is business law related, she will refer you to the Registrar’s office to register for the Business Externship Course.  (If that course gets canceled, then Prof. Strohl will either 1) connect you with a faculty supervisor to do an Independent Externship, or 2) advise you to enroll  in the General Externship Course.  To receive academic credit, you must register for one of the aforementioned options.)

Step 4: Report the site of your business law externship in 12Twenty & First Class Meeting Requirements

Once registered with the Registrar’s Office for the course component, you must:

1. Report your externship site in 12Twenty,
   • Select Experiential Learning, then New Experience, and finally “Report Assigned Site” when asked what “experience type” your proposal will be.

 

Step 5: First Class Meeting Requirements

Once registered with the Registrar’s Office, you must attend the first class session of your specialized externship course.  Here you will discuss, revise, and ultimately submit your Educational Agreement.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out. We look forward to supporting your externship experience!

• Mitchell Hamline Law and Business Externship Application