The Field Placement Program offers qualified students the opportunity to expand their legal education beyond the bounds of the law school building.
Students do these placements part-time or full-time in the San Francisco Bay Area and around the country and world.
Field Placement Opportunities
CIVIL PLACEMENTS
Click here for more information about Civil Field Placements, and the many areas Berkeley Law students have completed placements in the past.
CRIMINAL PLACEMENTS
Click here for more information about Criminal Field Placements, and the list of approved, past Criminal Field Placements that students have completed.
JUDICIAL EXTERNSHIPS
Click here for more information about Judicial Field Placements, and the many courts that students have completed placements in the past.
AWAY PLACEMENTS
Click here for more information about Away Field Placements, and the travel destinations that students have seen in the past.
UCDC LAW
Click here for more information about the UCDC Law opportunity, and application procedures for the UCDC law program.
INHR/GENEVA PROGRAM
Click here for more information about the INHR/Geneva Field Placement Program, and application information.
Director and Contacts
Sue Schechter, the Field Placement Program Director at UC Berkeley Law School, has served the Berkeley Law community since summer of 2006. Sue has developed field placement seminars which she teaches, co-teaches, or supports practitioners teaching in the specialized seminars. You can contact Sue at sschechter@law.berkeley.edu, call her at (510) 643-7387, or schedule an advising appointment above.
Sue Schechter, Field Placement Director and Lecturer-in-Residence
sschechter@law.berkeley.edu, (510) 643-7387
Student Assistants
fieldplacementprogram@law.berkeley.edu