Does ASL's Nationally Recognized Externship Program Enhance Student Happiness?
This summer, I will serve as the Faculty Supervisor for our students working as externs in Kentucky. I have played this role for our Kentucky students three summers in a row. One year, I also covered southwest Virginia nearly to the Cumberland Gap. I love exploring the towns and cities in the area we serve as a law school. I love meeting the prosecutors, attorneys general, public defenders, judges, Legal Service, and other pubic service attorneys that host our students and serve as their site supervisors. I love talking with these folks about our well-trained rising 2L students who must complete the externship as part of our educational program. I also love interacting in my Dispute Resolution course with these more savvy, world-tested lawyers-in-training. I know they bring a level of confidence and experience to the course that elevates our conversations. The Appalachian School of Law recently completed a couple of videos describing the externs...