This inspiring externship will show you how your work affects whether a client has a home, a job, or enough to eat, or whether a child has an appropriate educational program.

One of nine externships at the Quinnipiac University School of Law, the Legal Services externship puts you in legal services offices paired with lawyers who represent low-income people in housing, benefits-access, employment discrimination, disability, special education and unemployment matters.

Casework includes significant client contact and advocacy at judicial and/or administrative hearings, representing both individuals and community groups, and often participating in “impact,” or law reform, litigation.