New England School of Law views judicial clerkships as an invaluable experience for qualified students and offers three programs to provide varying clerkship opportunities.

The programs are highly regarded, as evidenced by the repeated participation in the programs by judges for whom our students have interned. In addition, many of our interns are subsequently hired by the courts as post-graduate law clerks.

Honors Judicial Internship Program

• This program is part of the law school curriculum and provides academic credit for students who participate during the school year or summer.
• Most students selected are in the upper 30 percent of their class and have been recommended by faculty members.
• Students work between 10 and 20 hours a week and attend biweekly seminars on selected substantive, procedural, and ethics topics.
• In addition to completing legal research and writing projects, students keep a journal of their experiences.
• Since the program began in 1992, students have interned with federal and state judges in Connecticut, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and West Virginia.

Summer Internship Program

• Each summer, the law school funds at least seven full-time internships with state and federal judges, primarily in the Northeast.
• Interns, who are selected by the faculty Judicial Clerkships Committee, must be entering their last year of law school and are typically in the top 10 percent of their classes and have experience on a scholarly journal.
• These internships frequently have led to postgraduate clerkships, often with the judges for whom the students interned.
• In recent years, summer interns have worked for state and federal judges in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Washington, D.C..

Volunteer Superior Court Internship

• Each spring semester, the Massachusetts Superior Court offers volunteer internships of 10 hours per week to up to six students from the law school.
• Students are assigned to a different judge each month.
• Interns have the opportunity to observe and discuss proceedings with the judge and are sometimes given writing assignments by the judge.