Application, Acceptance and Registration Process

Application Process

For Civil, Judicial, Criminal, and TAAP externships, you must do the following:

  1. Secure a placement first.
  2. Fall 2025 externship applications have closed. The deadline to apply for Fall 2025 externships was August 18th.  Please contact Prof. Wang if you received an offer after the deadline to see if it is still possible to add the class. Spring 2025 applications will open later in the semester.
  3. The Externship Programs Office will review your application and send a tentative approval if appropriate. Then, the Externship Programs Office will contact your supervisor with the information you provided and request your supervisor fill out the Bay Area Consortium in Externships (BACE) Site Supervisor Agreement. 
  4. If your employer has not hosted a USF student before, your employer must complete the Request for Approval of Agency for Civil/Criminal Law Externship Program, which can be found at the end of the Bay Area Consortium on Externships (BACE) Site Supervisor Agreement (linked above).  Any tentative approval is contingent upon your employer being approved. This is not applicable for judicial and TAAP externs.
  5. If you are requesting to extern at a placement where you have already worked, interned, volunteered, or externed, you will need to complete the Petition for Repeat Civil/Criminal Law Externship, which is included at the end of the Student Application. Your supervisor will also be requested to answer a question regarding your request, which will be emailed separately to your supervisor.

If you have questions, come by the Externship Programs Office in Kendrick Hall 339. You may also email externships@usfca.edu.

Acceptance and Registration Process

After your externship application is submitted, the Externship Programs Office reviews your application, and gives a tentative approval, denial, or asks you to supplement your application.

After review, the Externship Programs Office will send you an email notification, letting you know whether you have been tentatively accepted into the program.

After tentative approval, the Externship Programs Office will contact your supervisor with the information you provided and request your supervisor fill out their portion of the application, Bay Area Consortium on Externships (BACE) Site Supervisor Agreement.

Assuming your employer is approved and timely completes their portion of the application materials, you will receive an acceptance email with the CRN allowing you to register. Once receiving your CRN, students must register for the course before the add deadline.

Students will likely not know whether their application has been approved at the time of registration. Accordingly, students should register for classes as if they were not taking an externship course. After acceptance into the program, students can add the externship course during the add/drop period.