Experiential Learning

Experience hands-on learning. At Marquette Law School, we believe in practical learning as an integral part of law school education. In credit internships, students engage and solidify their learning.

Solve real problems. Add value to the Community. Apply what you learn in the classroom to real life situations. Immerse yourself in business law, criminal law, environmental law, employment law, health law, and more, to address real client issues as part of a judicial internship, in a supervised fieldwork, or in a clinical placement.

Fieldwork Opportunities

Judicial Internship Program

The Supervised Fieldwork Program

Clinics Program

Build Your Experience Video

Develop legal skills. Students work on communication, legal analysis, and problem-solving skills.

Reflect on law practice: How do you think as a lawyer? How do you make decisions as a lawyer? How will you develop your professional identity as a lawyer?

The internships I was fortunate to have at Marquette Law School were essential to my legal education. They gave me insights and skills I otherwise would not have had and were decisive in choosing my current career path.

Experiential learning, having the opportunity to do real law with real clients having real impacts, allowed me to learn what I liked to do and what I didn't. Having that ability to try some things out and find your own path is just one more unique advantage to having a Marquette Law School education and becoming a Marquette Lawyer.

- Matthew A.

You may participate after 1L year—under the direction of talented field supervisors, with the support of a faculty supervisor and the Director of Clinical Education—in for-credit internship opportunities. Students indicate preferences by application for established internship positions in trial and appellate courts; governmental offices; and non-profit organizations in Milwaukee, Madison and nearby counties or in clinics. You are placed based on student interest, demand, and ability to meet any prerequisites.

In all, classroom sessions to discuss practice, process, and professionalism supplement the student fieldwork.

Professor Kearney speaking with panel members

Workshop courses explore applied learning to engage you and to develop your lawyering skills. 2L and 3L students develop practice-ready skills in a learning environment featuring an experienced instructor in a supportive student community.

Pro bono programs through the Office of Public Service allow you to develop lawyering skills while serving the community in structured practical learning opportunities at any stage of your law school career, from your first semester to the last.

The Career Planning Center offers individualized career planning and advising for students. Students may gain experience in summer positions, which may be obtained through support from the Career Planning Center.

Supervisor Resources

Fieldwork Opportunities

Student Interns Engage and Do.

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