Application Process for Externships
- Students may apply for an externship course beginning the second semester of their second year.
 - Students may not participate in more than two (2) externship courses and may not earn more than six (6) academic credits from externships. If a student participates in more than one externship, the externships must be in different areas.
 - Students may not take an externship course along with either a capstone or clinic course during the same semester.
 
- During the fall and spring semesters, students are expected to work a minimum of eight (8) hours per week for thirteen (13) weeks at the externship site to earn two (2) hours of academic credit.
 - During the summer session, students are expected to work a minimum of thirty (30) hours per week for seven (7) weeks at the externship site to earn four (4) hours of academic credit.
 
- Browse the list of pre-approved field placement opportunities.
 - If you would like an externship at an office not on the list, contact the Director of Externships and Special Academic Programs for approval.
 
- You should complete the Externship Application and submit a copy of your resume to the Director of Externships and Special Academic Programs in Room 311 or nyes@law.sc.edu.
 
- Schedule an appointment to discuss your goals and expectations so that the Director can work with you to identify the best field placement
 
- The field placement may reach out to you directly to schedule an interview once materials are sent. Respond promptly and prepare for the interview.
 
- Dress professionally and arrive early.
 - Understand the work of the office and prepare questions to ask about the experience.
 
Pre-Approved Field Placements
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
 - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
 - Federal Emergency Management Agency
 - Federal Highway Administration
 - Health and Human Services
 - U.S. Air Force, Judge Advocate General
 - U.S. Attorney’s Office, Civil Division
 - U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of the Solicitor
 - U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
 
- Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy
 - Coastal Conservation League
 - Fort Gordon, Office of the Staff Judge Advocate (Augusta, Georgia)
 - Fort Jackson, Office of the Staff Judge Advocate
 - Human Affairs Commission
 - Latin American Association (Atlanta, Georgia)
 - Municipal Association of South Carolina
 - Santee Cooper
 - South Carolina Attorney General’s Office — Environmental Crimes
 - South Carolina Attorney General’s Office — Post Conviction Relief
 - South Carolina Conservation Bank
 - South Carolina Department of Administration
 - South Carolina Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services (SCDAODAS)
 - South Carolina Department of Children’s Advocacy
 - South Carolina Department of Corrections
 - South Carolina Department of Disability and Special Needs
 - South Carolina Department of Education
 - South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW)
 - South Carolina Department of Environmental Services
 - South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
 - South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation
 - South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
 - South Carolina Department of Public Health
 - South Carolina Department of Public Safety
 - South Carolina Department of Revenue
 - South Carolina Enterprise Privacy Office
 - South Carolina Environmental Law Project
 - South Carolina Office of Regulatory Staff
 - South Carolina Office of Resilience
 - South Carolina PEBA
 - Ocean and Coastal Resources Management
 - Office of the Governor
 - University of South Carolina Office of Compliance
 - University of South Carolina Rule of Law Collaborative
 
- Aiken County Department of Social Services
 - Beaufort County School District
 - Berkeley County School District
 - Catawba Nation
 - Joint Citizens and Legislative Committee on Children
 - Kershaw County Department of Social Services
 - Kershaw County Guardian Ad Litem
 - Lexington County Department of Juvenile Justice
 - Lexington County Department of Social Services
 - Lexington County Public Defender
 - Newberry County Department of Social Services
 - Palmetto Center for Children's Legal Access
 - Richland County CASA
 - Richland County Public Defender
 - Richland County Public Defender’s Office — Family Court
 - Richland County Solicitor
 - Richland School District One
 - South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center
 - South Carolina Attorney General’s Office of Human Trafficking
 - South Carolina Department of Children’s Advocacy
 - South Carolina Department of Education
 - South Carolina Department of Social Services, Regional Office
 - South Carolina Legal Services
 
- Federal Public Defender
 - U.S. Attorney’s Office, Criminal Division
 
- Aiken County Solicitor’s Office
 - Beaufort County Solicitor’s Office
 - Charleston County Public Defender’s Office
 - Colleton County Solicitor’s Office
 - Florence County Solicitor's Office
 - Greenville County Solicitor’s Office
 - Hendersonville District Attorney’s Office (Hendersonville, NC)
 - Horry County Solicitor’s Office
 - Kershaw County Solicitor’s Office
 - Lexington County Public Defender’s Office
 - Lexington County Solicitor’s Office
 - Orangeburg Public Defender’s Office
 - Richland County Public Defender’s Office
 - Richland County Public Defender’s Office — Family Court
 - Richland County Solicitor’s Office
 - Safe and Stable Families, Domestic Violence Project (Atlanta, Georgia)
 - South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
 - South Carolina Attorney General’s Office
 - South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense - Appellate Division
 - South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense — Capital Trial Division
 - South Carolina Law Enforcement Division
 - South Carolina Prosecution Coordination Commission
 - South Carolina Victims Assistance Network
 - York County Public Defender’s Office
 
- Blanchard Machinery Company
 - Callison Tighe
 - i3 Resources
 - NASCAR
 - Robinson Gray
 - SCORE
 - South Carolina Council on Competitiveness
 - Sowell + DuRant
 
- AgFirst Farm Credit Bank
 - AstenJohnson
 - Belk
 - Charlotte Hornets Sports and Entertainment
 - Dominion Energy
 - Duke Energy
 - Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina
 - Fidelity National Title Insurance Company
 - Furman University
 - GrowCo
 - Honda of South Carolina
 - Keep It Green
 - Lake City Partnership Council
 - Lexington Medical Center
 - Midlands Technical College
 - NASCAR
 - National Wild Turkey Federation
 - Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation
 - Office Depot
 - Piedmont Hospital (Augusta)
 - Prisma Health
 - Richland County Sheriff’s Office
 - Samsung
 - Santee Cooper
 - South Carolina Emerging Technology Association
 - South Carolina PEBA
 - Southeastern Freight Lines
 - Sundance Institute
 - Trane Technologies
 - TRU Simulation + Training
 - University of South Carolina Office of Innovation, Partnership, and Economic Engagement
 - University of South Carolina’s Technology Commercialization Office
 
- The Honorable Joseph Anderson
 - The Honorable Robert Conrad (Western District of NC)
 - The Honorable R. Bryan Harwell
 - The Honorable Mary Geiger Lewis
 - The Honorable Sherri A. Lydon
 
- The Honorable Paige Gossett
 - The Honorable Shiva V. Hodges
 
- The Honorable David Duncan
 - The Honorable Elisabetta G.M. Gasparini
 - The Honorable John Waites
 
- The Honorable J. Michelle Childs
 
- The Honorable DeAndrea Gist Benjamin
 
- The Honorable Deborah Brooks Durden
 - The Honorable Milton Kimpson
 - The Honorable Phillip Lenski
 
- The Honorable John C. Few
 
- The Honorable Frank R. Addy, Jr.
 - The Honorable Paul Burch
 - The Honorable Daniel Coble
 - The Honorable G. Thomas Cooper
 - The Honorable Diane Schafer Goodstein
 - The Honorable Edgar Gregory (NC)
 - The Honorable Eugene C. Griffith, Jr.
 - The Honorable John C. Hayes III
 - The Honorable Robert Hood
 - The Honorable William P. Keesley
 - The Honorable Casey Manning
 - The Honorable Debra R. McCaslin
 - The Honorable William A. McKinnon
 - The Honorable Walton J. McLeod, IV
 - The Honorable Clifton Newman
 - The Honorable Thomas Russo
 
- The Honorable John D. Geathers
 - The Honorable Blake A. Hewitt
 - The Honorable J. Douglas McCullough (NC)
 - The Honorable Paula H. Thomas
 - The Honorable Bruce Williams
 - South Carolina Court of Appeals, Staff Attorney’s Office
 
- The Honorable Robert E. Newton
 - The Honorable Rosalyn Frierson-Smith
 - The Honorable Michelle Hurley
 - The Honorable Gwendlyne Y. Jones
 - The Honorable Nancy C. McLin
 - The Honorable C. Vance Stricklin, Jr.
 - The Honorable Thomas H. White, IV
 
- The Honorable Caroline Streater
 
- The Honorable James Spence
 - The Honorable Joseph Strickland
 
- The Honorable Amy McCulloch
 - The Honorable Carolyn Rogers
 
- J. Keith Roberts, Esq.
 
Externs have the opportunity to work on a variety of South Carolina State Senate Committees.
Externs have the opportunity to work on a variety of South Carolina House of Representatives Committees.
- Center for Heirs' Property Preservation
 - Charleston Legal Access
 - Disability Rights South Carolina
 - Equality Legal Action Fund
 - Justice 360
 - Lowcountry Legal Volunteers
 - One80 Place
 - Palmetto Center for Children’s Legal Access
 - Rainy Day Fund
 - South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center
 - South Carolina Legal Services Corporation
 
- Chappell, Chappell, and Newman
 - South Carolina Council on Competitiveness
 - Nelson Mullins
 - Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd
 
