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supervision of experienced lawyers.  The Faculty centers these opportunities on social justice initiatives, including good government practices and access to justice.  Our external partners do not charge students’ time to paying clients.</p><p>Externships in recent years have included:</p><ul><li><em>Aboriginal Legal Services Toronto</em></li><li><em>Advancing the Right to Housing with CERA </em></li><li><em>Advocates for Injured Workers</em></li><li><em>Appellate Criminal Litigation</em></li><li><em>Barbra Schlifer Clinic</em></li><li><em>Black Legal Action Centre</em></li><li><em>Board Governance</em></li><li><em>City of Toronto Municipal Government</em></li><li><em>Community Justice Collective</em></li><li><em>Environmental Law Practicum</em></li><li><em>Health Justice Initiative at St. Michael's Hospital</em></li><li><em>Human Rights Watch Canada</em></li><li><em>Innocence Canada</em></li><li><em>Innovation and Entrepreneurship</em></li><li><em>Investor Protection Clinic</em></li><li><em>Legislative Assembly Statutory Interpretation</em></li><li><em>Media Law– Investigative Journalism Bureau/Toronto Star </em></li><li><em>Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation</em></li><li><em>Not-for-Profit Board of Governance Clinic</em></li><li><em>Ontario Human Rights Commission</em></li><li><em>Pro Bono Ontario Litigation</em></li><li><em>Structural Genomics Consortium</em></li></ul><h2>Externship Seminar</h2><p>Students working in externships must enrol in an <em>Externship Seminar</em> as a co-requisite during the first semester their externship meets.  (Students in yearlong placements need not attend their Externship Seminar during the second term of their placement.)</p><p>Externship seminars meets six times a year:  twice early in the term, twice in the middle of the term, and twice toward the end of the term.  Students are encouraged to reflect on their individual experiences in the practice of law in light of the more theoretical approaches taught in their doctrinal courses, consider professional and ethical challenges in their placement, and develop their understanding of legal institutions.  Students who enrol in more than one externship are required to enrol in an <em>Externship Seminar</em> for each placement.</p><h2>Credit Weight and Time Commitment</h2><p>The credit weight of externship placements is designed to correspond to the time commitments for similarly weighted doctrinal courses.  An externship that offers two credits should involve six to eight hours of work a week; a three-credit externship should involve nine to twelve hours of work a week; and a four-credit hour externship should involve twelve to sixteen hours of work a week.  That work may take place on- or off-site, depending on the needs and availability of space at the placement.</p><p>Students should expect their workload to fluctuate from week-to-week, as real life case work can be deadline intensive and therefore make varying demands on a lawyer’s time.  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