* Those items marked with an asterisk are restricted to Southwestern students - current students will be prompted to enter their username and password *
Judicial
Government
In-house Legal/Entertainment
Public Interest
Featured Placements
Reflections and Evaluations
State Bar of California's Practical Training of Law Students (PTLS) Program
Sample Placement Opportunities
Below is a sampling of the many placements available to students through the Externship Program.JUDICIAL
- California Court of Appeal
- California Superior Court
- California Supreme Court
- Nevada Supreme Court
- United States Bankruptcy Court
- United States Court of Appeals
- United States District Court
- Workers Compensation Appeals Board
GOVERNMENT
- California Attorney General
- California Department of Corporations
- California Department of Fair Employment & Housing, Legal Section
- CAL/OSHA Legal Unit
- City Attorney's Office
- District Attorney's Office
- Federal Public Defender
- Federal Trade Commission
- Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
- Internal Revenue Service
- National Labor Relations Board, Region 21
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- Public Defender's Office
- Public Employment Relations Board
- Securities and Exchange Commission
- United States Attorney's Office
- U.S. Small Business Administration
IN-HOUSE LEGAL/ENTERTAINMENT
- BET Networks
- Blitz Distribution, Inc.
- Body Glove International
- Comedy Central
- EMI Music Publishing
- Fox
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
- Motion Picture Association
- NBC-Universal
- Rhino Music
- RKO Pictures
- Screen Actors Guild
- Sony Pictures
- Warner Bros.
PUBLIC INTEREST
- ACLU Foundation of Southern California
- Alliance for Children's Rights
- Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith
- Asian Pacific American Legal Center
- Bet Tzedek Legal Services
- California Women's Law Center
- Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law
- Central American Resource Center (CARECEN)
- Children's Law Center of Los Angeles
- Constitutional Rights Foundation
- 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
- Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.
- Learning Rights Law Center
- Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
- Legal Aid Society of Orange County and Community Legal Services
- Levitt & Quinn Family Law Center
- Los Angeles Center for Law & Justice
- Los Angeles County Bar Association, Immigration Legal Assistance Project
- Mental Health Advocacy Services
- Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
- Neighborhood Legal Services
- Protection and Advocacy, Inc.
- Public Counsel
- Western Center on Law and Poverty
