Divorce, custody, domestic violence, child support, guardianship, and abuse and neglect matters comprise the substantive caseload in this externship, one of nine externships at the Quinnipiac University School of Law. You’ll learn to meet the needs of clients dealing with some of the most personal and painful crises they may ever experience.

You’ll work in legal services and private law offices, paired with attorneys who represent low-income people in agencies, under contract with the state or through significant pro bono work.

You might be called on to:

• Represent both adults and children
• Interview and counsel clients
• Conduct fact investigations
• Negotiate settlements
• Advocate clients’ interests in family, probate and/or juvenile court and in alternate dispute resolution proceedings