Jump start your career!
Combining Syracuse Law’s first-rate online classes and far-reaching Externship Program, Orange Flex gives on-campus J.D. students a head-start on their careers across the nation.
Orange Flex allows qualified students to spend their 3L year in another city or town. Students satisfy graduation requirements with an externship and by taking up to 12 credits of online courses via JDinteractive (JDi), our fully interactive, online law degree program.
JDi offers an array of online courses consisting of live and self-paced class sessions taught by College of Law faculty. The College’s long-established Externship Program features placements in New York City, Philadelphia, Atlanta, San Francisco, Washington, DC, and elsewhere. Additionally, a skills-focused seminar is offered online.
As externs, students gain valuable applied learning experience in judicial settings, law firms, corporate legal departments, government agencies, and non-profits.
Advantages to this 3L Option
- Accelerate your career by being “on the ground” and developing practical skills in the city of your choice one year from graduation.
- Strengthen your professional networks in the community in which you wish to work, particularly among Orange Law alumni who assist the Externship Program as placement hosts and seminar guests.
- Take advantage of the College’s online courses, developed and taught by Syracuse Law faculty who are national leaders in providing high-quality online education. (Orange Flex students receive enrollment in available JDi classes prior to other residential students.)
