Professor J.P. “Sandy” Ogilvy & Sudeb Basu, Esq.
Schools with Externships ABA- accredited law schools Schools responding to survey Schools with externship program Schools with for-credit externship N/A N/A58 1
Student Involvement in Externships MinMaxAverageMedianMode Numbers of students: Survey (2011 ABA-LSAC) Full-time(7)(621)119 (118)79 (104)125 (33) Part-time(1)(637)35 (28)15 (16)7 (8) Estimated percentages: Full-time20%13%21% Part-time20%9%4% CSALE - All students 11-20%1-10% CSALE voluntary participation over J.D. career: 26-30% (median) 2
Max Externship Credits CSALE Mode: 12; next most common: 6, 8, 10, 15 Max derived from ABA Standards: ~18 No other 305(a) activities Assumes minimum permitted total instruction time Related metric (CSALE): Repeat(s) of same course Usual term of one semester 44% permit repeat(s) Majority of the 44% cap at one or two repeats RangeAverageMedian 2(?) to
Externship Course Credits (616 courses 1426) 4
Low, Mid, and High Credit Externship Courses (%) Low Credit 5
Remote Placements Yes / Maybe: 68% (358 of 528 courses) Some “yes” responses qualified, e.g. 60 only in summer 6 emphasized ability to conduct site visit 27 limited to in-state, Tex-Mex border, etc. Courses responding “NO” Other courses responding # schools % of 52868% % of 27025%44 6
Organization Types See ABA Standard 305 & Interpretation 80% (431 of 540 courses) with restriction Most common is to “not-for-profit” organization CSALE: 88.6% of courses with restriction Not-for-profit (38%) Government (33.5%) No private firms (21.8%) Judicial (19%) : 81% (231 of 269 courses) with restriction No restriction as to organization type 33 schools, cf. 15 ( ) 20% of courses, cf. 14% ( ) 7
Subject Matter or Setting Restrictions 80% of course names, cf. 59% in CSALE data (some overlap with “organization type”): Judicial (11.4%) Public interest organization (7.9%) Government (7.4%) Criminal prosecution (6.9%) General litigation (5.8%) Criminal defense (5.3%) 8
Hours of Fieldwork Required for One Credit MIN MEDIAN 9
Use of Classroom Component, vs. Total Course Credits Percentage w/ classroom Gap # of courses with classroom component 10
Classroom Component vs. Course Credits See 2005 ABA Standard 305(e)(7) (“other means of guided reflection”) 11
Number of Separate Class Credit(s) Awarded 665 courses total 490 with a classroom component 230 awarding separate classroom credits Number of separate classroom credits awarded “Substantive law class with field component” % Average & Median Mode 12
Class Time (hrs/semester) 13
Topical Use of Class Time Ranked CSALE Lawyering skills143 Substantive / procedural law211 Student reflection334 Professional roles & responsibility 425 Other activities51 Legal process66 Legal institutions76 Career choices = Most frequent use of class time 8 = Least frequent use of class time
Classroom Teaching Methods by Time in Use Lecture / discussion11 Other Methods22 Student facilitation34 Student presentations43 Guest speakers = Most frequently used teaching method 5 = Least frequently used teaching method
Instructional Materials Ranked Compiled materials11 Other materials25 Published text331 Both text & compiled materials 42 No materials = Most frequently used instructional material 5 = Least frequently used instructional material
Journaling CreditsMeanMedianModeRange (9.49) (1-50) (10)14 (12) (1-50) (11.5) (1-16) (11.8)13 (14) (5-14) (13.7) (3-35) data (any differing data) About two-thirds of externship courses require journaling (02-03, , and CSALE agree) 17
Grading – Courses with Class Component 02-03: 240 courses 07-09: 490 courses 18
Externship Faculty Status Tenured N/AN/A 19
Administrative Support Staff Coordinator Faculty Admin 20
Evaluation of Courses 21
Use of Site Visits vs. Course Credit(s) 22