Externship dates and deadlines

Externship application deadlines

Applications are now open for Spring and Summer Externships. Students interested in applying to externships must email a completed Externship Application Form (PDF) to the Externship Program Office and begin the process of applying to at least three sites by the first contact deadlines below. If any of the externship seminars fill before the deadline, we will close the application process for those related sites. We recommend you begin the application process as soon as possible so that you are able to save yourself a spot in the seminar of your choice. Many programs have alternative deadlines.

Spring 2024 dates

Contact deadline: Monday, November 27, 2024

If you are interested in a spring externship, fill out the online Externship Application Form and send it to us. This deadline secures you a spot in an externship seminar unless it is already filled. Students will not be able to reserve a spot in an externship seminar for the spring if they miss this deadline.

Final materials deadline: Friday, December 8, 2024

This is the final day to send our office application materials for sites you would like to apply. After this deadline, you may not apply to any additional sites through our office.

Registration deadline: Monday, January 1, 2024

Students must secure an externship offer by this deadline in order to be registered for the coming semester. After this deadline, our application process has closed for the semester and students without externship offers will be removed from our spring list.

Mandatory Intensive for all externs: Friday, January 12, 2024

Summer 2024 dates

Summer contact deadline: To be announced

If you are interested in a summer externship, fill out the online Externship Application Form and send it to us. This deadline secures you a spot in an externship seminar unless it is already filled. Students will not be able to reserve a spot in an externship seminar for the summer if they miss this deadline.

Mandatory Intensive for all externs: To be announced

Fall 2024 dates

First contact deadline: To be announced

If you are interested in a fall externship, fill out the online Externship Application Form and send it to us. This deadline secures you a spot in an externship seminar unless it is already filled. Students will not be able to reserve a spot in an externship seminar for the fall if they miss this deadline.

Mandatory Intensive for all externs: To be announced

When should I start applying to externships? Is there a deadline?

It is best to apply for externships about 3 to 5 months before the start of the semester. Here are a few things to be aware of.

• To apply you must email a completed Externship Application Form (PDF) to the Externship Program Office and send cover letters for your three top sites.
• Most sites do not have a deadline but fill their positions on a rolling basis. Some have lengthy background checks that can take 4 to 5 months.
• A few sites have deadlines and won't accept applications after that point. If the sites have told us about these deadlines, we will include them in our Externship Clinic Newsletter.
• Each seminar has a cap and seminars often fill up well before the start of the semester. Once the seminar is filled, you won't be able to earn credit, even if you found the site on your own,
• It generally takes 2-4 weeks to get through the whole process — this includes sending a resume and cover letter, scheduling an interview, receiving an offer, and asking the externship program to register you for the seminar. Because of this time frame, we don't usually take applications in the last month before the semester starts.
• There are always more externships looking for students than students looking for externships, so if you start early and keep applying to sites, you are guaranteed to find a position!