How to Apply for Clinics, Practicums & Externships

Apply for the 2024-25 Academic Year in March 2024.

Spring 2024 Externship Program: Externship Interest Form

Important Dates for Spring 2024

• October 5, 2023: Priority deadline to complete externship interest form (externship interest form remains open and available through the winter break, but to have access to ALL of the placements, we recommend submitting the interest form as soon as possible).
• October 15, 2023: Deadline for many Judicial externship applications (please see CareerHub for judicial externship postings).
• February 15, 2024, 1-2 pm: Clinical and Experiential Program Information Session.
• February 28, 2024, 4-5 pm: Externship Information Session (Zoom).
• March 7, 2024: Experiential Program Open House, Barristers Hall.
  Come speak with experiential program faculty about clinical, practicum, and externship offerings. There will be cupcakes and lemonade!
• March 7-21, 2024: One-on-one Advising Appointments via Zoom.
• Sunday, March 24, 2024, midnight: Applications close for clinics and practicums. Externship priority deadline (externship program continues to accept applications).

Ways to learn more:

• Spring 2024 Externship Info Session for 2Ls and 3Ls (September 27, 2023)
  
  • Link to recording, Passcode: !DF0atgE
  • Learn about BU Law’s externship and semester-in-practice opportunities.

• From the Archive: Introduction to Experiential Education Info Session (February 2023)
  
  • Link to recording, Passcode: @39#DLe7
  • Learn how BU Law’s experiential opportunities are an integral part of your legal education.

Information sheets for clinics, practicums, and externships:

• BU/MIT Student Innovations Law Clinic
• Civil Litigation and Justice Program
  • Access to Justice Clinic
  • Individual Rights Litigation Clinic
  • Employment Rights Clinic
• Compassionate Release Practicum
• Compliance Policy Clinic
• Consumer Debt Practicum
• Criminal Law Clinical Program
• Environmental Law Practicum
• Externship Program
  • Corporate Counsel Externship Program
  • Legislative Externship Program
  • All other Externships, including Semester-in-Practice
• Health Justice Practicum
• Immigrants’ Rights & Human Trafficking Program
• International Human Rights Clinic
• Legislative Policy & Drafting Clinic
• Mental Health Litigation Practicum
• Wrongful Convictions Practicum

We warmly welcome all applicants and remind students that Boston University policy prohibits discrimination against any individual on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status, and acts in conformity with all applicable state and federal laws. This policy extends to academic programs, including School of Law’s Clinics, Practicums, and Externships. The Program works with students and BU’s Office of Disability & Access Services to arrange reasonable accommodations as appropriate.

If you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact lclinic2@bu.edu.