Field Placement (Externship) Educational Planning Form

The purpose of this form is to assist the student and the on-site externship supervisor in the discussion and formulation on of mutual educational goals for the semester and to think about mechanisms for achieving those goals. Please review and complete this form together at the commencement of the externship. You should plan a meeting, reviewing this page and answering the questions together.

As part of completing this form, the on-site externship supervisor should explain the policy and practices regarding client confidentiality that may apply to the student’s work during the externship. You will explore this more in the coming weeks, but the student should understand the basic obligations before submitting any assignments for their externship.

This form must be completed and submitted using this webform to the Director of Externships no later than two weeks after the course begins.

Student Name (First Last)

Please briefly state the student’s first primary educational goal to be derived from this externship experience (Goal One): Required

Hint: There are some great examples of educational goals in Chapter 1 of our 'Learning from Practice: A Text for Experiential Legal Education' textbook. This chapter lays out reasons to do an externship, many of which lay the foundation for excellent learning objectives. Additionally, there are some faculty suggested objectives in the Supervisors Manual here: https://law.unl.edu/Supervisor-Manual

Please describe briefly possible mechanisms to achieve this goal (Goal One): Required

Hint: These should be SMART goals, as in specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-constrained. For example, if your first goal is to "improve my legal writing," this section should lay out how you will practice, receive feedback, and how you will know if you improved. The timeline can easily be measured by the duration of your position.

Please briefly state the student’s second educational goal to be derived from this externship experience (Goal Two): Required

Please describe briefly possible mechanisms to achieve this goal (Goal Two): Required

Please briefly state the student’s third educational goal to be derived from this externship experience (Goal Three): Required

Please describe briefly possible mechanisms to achieve this goal (Goal Three): Required

Students, please discuss your present areas of strength and weakness with your supervisor, and then describe below. Required

Examples could include: research skills, writing, issue identification, reasoning, oral advocacy, interpersonal skills, etc.

Think together about how you can grow your strengths and skills during this externship and briefly describe below. Required

Supervisors, what can you provide the student to help them reach these goals? Required

Date of Discussion Required

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Electronic Signature of Supervisor Required

Supervisor Email Required

Electronic Signature of Student Required

Student (Husker) Email Required

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