Important Class Policies - Attendance & Grading

Mandatory Class Attendance Policy

Class attendance is mandatory. If you cannot attend class, you cannot participate in the externship program this semester. 

Students enrolled in an externship must attend all corresponding class meetings. Students who fail to attend the first class will result in disqualification from the Externship Program that semester. Failure to attend subsequent classes and complete assignments on time risk receiving a grade of Credit-Unsatisfactory or No-Credit. Please note that fieldwork at the externship is not an acceptable reason to miss classes. Students must notify their supervisors about the classes and plan accordingly.

Students enrolled in an externship outside of the Bay Area are not required to attend all civil/criminal classes. Students will be required to attend an orientation and meetings with the Director and Assistant Professor of the Externship Programs and complete externship coursework, which will vary by class.

The judicial course will meet Saturday, August 30th from 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM in person at Kendrick Hall, Room 340.

The civil course will meet via Zoom on the following dates:

  • 1st Class: August 29th, 1 to 3 PM (orientation)
  • 2nd Class: September 19th, 1 to 3 PM
  • 3rd Class: October 17th, 1 to 3 PM       
  • 4th Class: November 7th, 1 to 3 PM 

The criminal course will meet via Zoom on the following dates:

  • 1st Class: August 29th, 1 to 3 PM (orientation)
  • 2nd Class: September 19th, 1 to 3 PM
  • 3rd Class: October 17th, 1 to 3 PM       
  • 4th Class: November 7th, 1 to 3 PM 

TAAP will meet every Friday from 9 AM to 11:50 AM via Zoom. In addition, we will schedule a short orientation based on student availability.

The In-House Counsel course will meet in person every other week on Monday nights from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM. This class carries a separate unit for the course component. In Spring of 2025, class meetings are: 1/6, 1/27, 2/10, 2/24, 3/10, 3/24, and 4/14.

Summer Session Classes 

During the summer session, all students are required to attend one of two orientations offered. For the Summer 2025 session, the orientation options for civil/criminal externship students are on date TBD from time TBD or date TBD from time TBD. The orientation options for judicial externship students are on date TBD from time TBD or date TBD from time TBD. If you cannot attend either of the orientations, you should not participate in the externship program this session.  Students should get in contact with the Externship Programs Office prior to the two dates to get more information about the orientations and receive pertinent communication that ensures they comply with course policies before they begin their externships.

Grading

Grading for the Civil/Criminal Law Externship Program is awarded on a Credit (CR)/ Credit-Unsatisfactory (CU)/ No Credit (NC) basis. Grading is based on class attendance and submission of assignments, including—but not limited to—timesheets, reflections, and supervisor evaluations.