Externships and Field Placements

The UND School of Law Externship/Field Placement program provides students an opportunity to gain academic credit for participating in an off-campus work experience in a legal setting. Field placements are filled by UND Law students in public offices in North Dakota and across the country, non-profit organizations, U.S. Attorneys' Offices, U.S. District Courts, and the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.

UND School of Law Summer 2017 externship placements
59 Total Students - 309 credits totaling 12,500 hours in placement / 41 rising 2Ls and 18 rising 3Ls (309 credits totaling 12,500 hours in placements plus 50 hour seminar class required for each student)

Romstad & Skoyles/City Attorney
9th District Minnesota
Altru General Council, Grand Forks
Bozeman Health General Council, Montana
Burleigh County State's Attorney
Bredahl and Associates/Indigent Defense/Judicial Clerk
Broward County Legal Services
Cook County SAO, Chicago IL
Pro Bono Law Project
Federal Public Defender - Bismarck
Federal Public Defender - Fargo
Grand Forks Regional Child Support Unit
Nelson & Griggs County SAO
Vetsch Law Firm/Spirit Lake Tribal Court
US Bankruptcy Court/Judge Hastings (2)
US District Court/Magistrate Senechal (2)
Legal Services of North West Minnesota
Mahnomen County SAO
Manitoba Law Centre - Legal Services Clinic
Manitoba Law Reform Commission
MHA Nation Tribal Clerkship/Judge Seaworth
Minot City Attorney
MN Public Defender, St. Cloud
MN Public Defender, St. Paul
Legal Services of North Dakota, Minot (2)
Legal Services of North Dakota, Fargo
Legal Services of North Dakota, Bismarck
ND Public Defender Office, Williston
ND Public Defender Office, Fargo
ND Public Defender Office, Grand Forks (2)
ND Supreme Court, Bismarck
ND Supreme Court - Self Help
North East Judicial District, Grand Forks (3)
North East Judicial District, Devils Lake
Community Theater Foundation
Pembina County SAO
Pennington County SAO/Steve Moeller
Galstad, Jensen & McCann, P.A./City Contract
Sanford Health - Fargo
Cavalier County SA/Stewart Law Office
The Empire Arts Center Nonprofit
UND Affirmative Action/EEOC
US Attorney - Alaska
US Attorney Bismarck (2)
US Attorney Fargo (2)
US District Court – Bismarck/Judge Hovland & Magistrate Miller (2)
Walsh County States Attorney (2)
Ward County PD
Wilkin County Attorney

Externship Placements for Spring 2017 – 28 Total Students - 208 credits totaling 8,620 hours in placement