Externship Programs
Tennessee offers three externship programs — the Judicial Externship, the Prosecutorial Externship and the Public Defender Externship. In the Prosecutorial Externship, students are placed in the Office of the Knox County District Attorney General. Working under the supervision of experienced Assistant Attorneys General or Assistant U.S. Attorneys, students prosecute real cases on behalf of the state or the local U.S. Attorney's office handling all phases of the criminal process, including case development and investigation, preliminary hearings, plea negotiations, and trial.
In the Public Defender Externship, students are placed in the Knox County Public Defender’s Office. Students work under experienced Public Defenders, regularly appearing in court and representing clients in all aspects of their cases, including trials.
In the Judicial Externship, law students are assigned to work in selected state and federal trial and appellate courts. As judicial clerks, the students assist the judges by briefing upcoming cases, and researching and drafting memoranda, opinions and orders.
Each externship also includes a classroom component with supervising law faculty. Dean Katrice Morgan supervises the Prosecutorial and Public Defender Externships, and Professor Penny White supervises the Judicial Externship.
Dean Katrice Morgan
Professor Penny White
Externship Programs
The University of Tennessee College of Law
Clinical Programs
Suite 83
1505 W. Cumberland Ave.
Knoxville, Tennessee
37996-1810
Phone: 865-974-2331
Fax: 865-974-6782