Current Students may find detailed information on placements and openings on MySouthwestern (log-in required).
Below is a sampling of the many placements available to students through the Externship Program.
Judicial | Government
In-house Legal/Entertainment | Public Interest
JUDICIAL
- California Court of Appeal
- California Superior Court
- California Supreme Court
- Nevada Superior Court
- United States Bankruptcy Court
- United States Court of Appeals
- United States District Court
GOVERNMENT
- California Attorney General
- California Department of Corporations
- City Attorney's Office
- District Attorney's Office
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
- Federal Public Defender
- Federal Trade Commission
- Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
- Internal Revenue Service
- Long Beach City Prosecutor
- Public Defender's Office
- Public Employment Relations Board
- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
- United States Attorney's Office
- U.S. Small Business Administration
- Workers Compensation Appeals Board
IN-HOUSE LEGAL/ENTERTAINMENT
- BET Networks
- Body Glove International
- Comedy Central
- Director's Guild
- Fox Broadcasting Company
- Fox Group Legal
- Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios (MGM)
- Motion Picture Association
- NBC Universal
- Playboy Entertainment
- Rhino Entertainment
- RKO Pictures
- Screen Actors Guild
- Sony Pictures
- VH1
- Warner Bros.
PUBLIC INTEREST
- ACLU of Southern California
- Alliance for Children's Rights
- A New Way of Life Reentry Project
- Asian Pacific American Legal Center
- BASTA, Inc.
- Bet Tzedek Legal Services
- California Women's Law Center
- Cancer Legal Resource Center
- Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law
- Central American Resource Center (CARECEN)
- Children's Law Center of Los Angeles
- Constitutional Rights Foundation
- Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR)
- Disability Rights Legal Center
- El Rescate Legal Services
- Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center
- Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law
- HIV & AIDS Legal Services Alliance, Inc. (HALSA)
- Inner City Law Center
- LA Center for Law and Justice
- Learning Rights Law Center
- Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
- Legal Aid Society of Orange County
- Levitt & Quinn Family Law Center
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, Immigration Legal Assistance Project
- Mental Health Advocacy Services
- Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
- NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- Neighborhood Legal Services
- Prototypes Domestic Violence Programs
- Public Counsel
- Public Law Center of Orange County
- Western Center on Law and Poverty
