Mid-Semester Self Analysis Form for Externship Program

Please answer each question thoroughly and substantively writing at least one to two paragraphs for each question, and turn in this form electronicallyto the Externship Program Coordinator at . No hard copy forms, please.

NAME:

EMPLOYING ORGANIZATION:

SUPERVISOR:

SEMESTER:

  1. Discuss at leastthree legal skillsyou have been using in your externship that you think willaid you professionally or in the practice of law in the future.
  1. Discuss at least two issuesof legal professionalism that you have confronted in your externship.
  1. What has been the most challenging part of your externship and how are you handling this challenge? Is your supervisor aware of this challenge? Please explain.
  1. What legal skills has your supervisor identified that you need to work on the most and how do you plan on improving in this area? If you supervisor has not identified any issues, what skills do you believe you need to work on the most and how do you plan on improving in this area?
  1. How many times have you met with your supervisor to receive feedback? What do you consider the most helpful aspect of this feedback? If you are not regularly meeting or talkingwith your supervisor, please explain why and the steps you are taking to schedule a meeting.
  1. Describe how you have handled a specific research and writing assignment at your externship. Specifically address who gave you the assignment, what questions you asked in order to clarify the assignment, how you began your research, what primary and secondaryresources you used, how you handled follow-up questions, how you knew when you had completed your research, what some of the challenges were, and the feedback you received.
  1. Has this experience brought you any closer to determining what you would ultimately like to do in your career? If so, how? If it has not, how do you plan to investigate your other interests?
  1. If there anything else you would like the Law School to know about your externship?
  1. Is there anything you wish you had known about your externship at the start or suggestions that you have for the growth of the school’s Experiential Learning program?