Remote Externsip Placement
The Law Student Limited Practice Act, Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-207 provides in pertinent part: “ A law student enrolled in a legal internship program . . . is authorized to engage in limited practice in the courts of this state . . . Law students may appear and participate in trials and hearings in courts if the supervising attorney is present and supervising the student.” The statute applies to "law student[s] regularly enrolled in a law school in this state who (i) if enrolled and assigned in a legal internship program, [have] completed two-thirds ( 2/3 ) of the required number of hours for graduation from that school . . . .” Miss. Code Ann. § 73-3-205(a)(i).
The following externships include a limited practice component, in which a 3L law student may be sworn in for limited practice under the supervision of a licensed attorney. Trial court externships involve pre-trial appearances in proceedings prior to trial. Appellate externships allow externs to prepare and sign appellate briefs to the Mississippi Supreme Court and Court of Appeals and may also offer the possibility of making an oral argument to the Mississippi Court of Appeals. Externships marked + can involve significant court time.
+ Hinds County Youth Court
Hinds County District Attorney
+ Hinds County Prosecuting Attorney
Hinds County Public Defender
Jackson City Attorney’s Office
+ Jackson City Prosecutor
Madison County Public Defender
MS Attorney General’s Office (various divisions)
Office of Capital Defense Counsel
Office of Capital Post Conviction Counsel
+ Rankin County Prosecutor
Rankin County Public Defender
U.S. Attorney’s Office (Civil and Criminal Divisions)
Appellate Limited Practice Externships
MS Attorney General’s Office (various divisions)
MS Volunteer Lawyers Project
MS Youth Justice Project
Office of Indigent Appeals
