{"id":13839,"date":"2018-06-13T15:58:24","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T20:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/?p=13839"},"modified":"2018-06-13T16:03:20","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T21:03:20","slug":"students-get-courtroom-experience-through-flexible-summer-internship-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/2018\/06\/13\/students-get-courtroom-experience-through-flexible-summer-internship-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Students get courtroom experience through flexible summer internship program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two students at Mitchell Hamline are getting valuable hands-on experience in the courtroom this summer through judicial internships.<\/p>\n

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Sheila Francois<\/p><\/div>\n

Sheila Francois<\/strong> and Stephanie Lucero<\/strong>, who both start their third year of law school this fall, are the first Mitchell Hamline students to be chosen for the Fulton & Waite Scholars program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Francois\u2019 internship is with Judge Roberto Ramirez<\/a> in Colorado. Lucero was paired with Judge David Mackey<\/a> in Arizona.<\/p>\n

Based in Washington, D.C., the Fulton & Waite program was created by former law students and takes a slightly different approach to judicial internships. Instead of requiring students to spend an entire summer or a whole semester interning, the program offers short-term opportunities that work around students\u2019 summer schedules.<\/p>\n

That means Francois can squeeze in a week with Judge Ramirez this summer and still work as a clerk in the Hennepin County Attorney\u2019s office, take a three-day summer class through Mitchell Hamline\u2019s Dispute Resolution Institute<\/a>, and travel to London for two weeks to study international comparative law as a part of the Mitchell Hamline in London program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For Francois, a student in Mitchell Hamline\u2019s full-time J.D. program, the internship represents yet another way she\u2019s getting hands-on legal experience while in law school.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to understand what happens when a case comes into the system from a judge\u2019s perspective,\u201d she says. \u201cHow do they rule on it? How do they think about it?\u201d<\/p>\n

Francois is also excited about another aspect of the Fulton & Waite program\u2014staying in touch with the judge through a long-term mentorship once the internship is over.<\/p>\n

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Stephanie Lucero with Judge David Mackey<\/p><\/div>\n

Lucero, who is a student in the Hybrid J.D. program<\/a>, completed her internship over a two-week period in late May in Arizona\u2019s Yavapai County Superior Court.<\/p>\n

She spent time shadowing Judge Mackey in the courtroom and had a chance to work with him on research. She also got one-on-one time with other judges in the court. Lucero, who hopes to someday work in criminal defense in the area of mental health, says the judges gave her insight into how they approach cases and offered her plenty of valuable career advice as well.<\/p>\n

The internship also put her on track for another potential externship in the fall, thanks to a bailiff who heard about her interest in criminal defense.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bailiff called the Yavapai County Public Defender\u2019s office and told them about me,\u201d she says. \u201cThe next day they asked for my resume.\u201d<\/p>\n

While that fall externship is still being sorted out, Lucero will spend the rest of her summer in another externship with the New Mexico Public Defender\u2019s office. That\u2019s another opportunity she\u2019s able to squeeze in because of the short-term, flexible nature of the Fulton & Waite judicial internship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two students at Mitchell Hamline are getting valuable hands-on experience in the courtroom this summer through judicial internships. Sheila Francois and Stephanie Lucero, who both start their third year of law school this fall, are the first Mitchell Hamline students to be chosen for the Fulton & Waite Scholars program. Francois\u2019 internship is with Judge … <\/p>\n

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