PRACTICUM APPROVAL FORM

To ensure a high quality academic experience, students interested in enrolling in a practicum

(1) at an independent placement (i.e. not a School-Designed Practicum);

(2) at a placement where they have previously worked (either volunteer, for credit or paid) in a prior summer or academic semester and/or

(3) at a for-profit entity must obtain approval from Dean Ramji-Nogales prior to
registering.

Please submit the completed form before noon on April 24, 2025 for the Summer 2025 semester; before noon on July 24, 2025 for the Fall 2025 semester; and before noon on December 11, 2025 for the Spring 2026 semester.

Fields marked with an * are required

First Name *

Last Name *

TU ID Number *

Email *

Semester *

Placement Name *

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Are you related by birth or marriage to your supervising attorney or any attorney at this placement? If so, please list the names of the attorneys at the placement with whom you have a familial relationship.

Familial Relationships *

Supervising Attorney Name, Email and Phone Number *

Please indicate whether your practicum will be in-person, remote, or hybrid (some combination of in-person or remote). *

Please list and describe your learning goals for the semester *

Please describe your expected assignments *

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Please describe the attorney supervision structure at the placement. Your answer should be detailed and precise, and must include information such as the name and role of the attorney who will supervise you, how often you will receive feedback from that attorney, and what form that feedback will take (written, oral, one-on-one meetings, etc.)

Attorney supervision structure *

Please explain how the placement will advance your learning goals *

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Please list existing experiential opportunities, including internal clinics, external clinics, externship courses, and school designed practicums, that are similar to your proposed practicum, and explain in detail why these experiential offerings are not sufficient to meet your learning goals

Existing experiential opportunities *

Have you previously worked (either volunteer, for credit or paid) in a prior summer or academic semester at the practicum placement? *

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If your answer to the prior question is yes, please explain how a subsequent experience will extend and build upon prior learning at the placement.

Repeat Placements

Resume / C.V. Upload *

Unofficial Law School Transcript Upload *