641 EXTERNSHIP: Federal Public Defender's Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina

A semester-long integrated externship at the Federal Public Defender's Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina (Raleigh) under the supervision of Professor Jim Coleman. Up to eight students will work at the FPDO for sixteen hours each week mentored and supervised by attorneys in the FPD who also will serve as adjunct instructors. As part of the integrated externship, students will participate in a course co-taught by Professor Coleman and attorney adjunct instructors on Defending the Federal Criminal Defendant (Law 642). Other members of the faculty and outside guests also may contribute to the instruction.

BY PERMISSION ONLY.

Please follow this link for details and rules governing externships: http://law.duke.edu/about/community/rules/sec3#rule3-25

Degree Requirements
Course Type
  • Field placement
Learning Outcomes
  • Other professional skills needed for competent and ethical participation as a member of the legal profession

*Please note that this information is for planning purposes only, and should not be relied upon for the schedule for a given semester. Faculty leaves and sabbaticals, as well as other curriculum considerations, will sometimes affect when a course may be offered.