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"To use our resources to provide poor people with a wide variety of aggressive, quality legal services which will effectively help them to gain equal access to the courts; empower them to control their lives; and impact on the major causes and effects of poverty."
—Indiana Legal Services mission statement
The Indiana Legal Services Externship allows students to receive academic credit for one semester of work at Indiana Legal Services (ILS), a nonprofit law firm that provides free civil legal assistance to eligible elderly and low-income people in southern Indiana. ILS helps clients who are faced with legal problems that harm their ability to have such basics as food, shelter, income, medical care, and personal safety. The externship course is available to second- or third-year students. Students work under the close supervision of ILS staff attorneys.
Students develop fundamental skills in:
A student must work approximately 50 hours in the ILS office for each hour of course credit. While ILS attorneys supervise the legal work, Professor Cynthia Reichard supervises the educational component of the externship. A student may choose to receive one to three hours of course credit that will be graded on a pass/fail basis. Students must submit a series of reflective essays and one work sample at the end of the semester.
Students may reflect upon any work-related topic, but topics will be suggested for each essay, such as:
To participate in the ILS externship, contact the ILS office. Students must first be accepted to ILS through their regular selection process for work-study positions. If ILS agrees to hire you, talk to Professor Reichard to determine the number of credit hours for which you should register.
Faculty Supervisor: Cynthia Reichard
E-mail: creichar [at] indiana [dot] edu
Phone: (812) 856-1221
Fax: (812) 855-1122
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