Externship Placements

Students can enroll in one or two semester-long placements. Syracuse Law offers a broad range of externship opportunities with firms, organizations, judges and governmental agencies, locally and nationally.

Looking for a different experiential education opportunity to fit your needs? If our current offerings are not suitable for your location, consult with the Office of Career Services to find a placement that works for you. If you've identified an opportunity and would like to confirm credit eligibility, speak with Dafni Kiritsis, Director of Externships and Career Services.

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PLACEMENTS (DC)

Administrative Conference of the U.S.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Division of Research, Markets, and Regulation, Office of Regulations
Federal Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel, Employment and Labor Law Division
Federal Communications Commission, Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
The White House:
- Office of White House Counsel
- Office of National Drug Control Policy
U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
U.S. Copyright Office
U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
U.S. Department of Commerce:
- National Telecommunications, and Information Administration
- Office of General Counsel, Employment and Labor Law Division
- Office of the Under Secretary for Industry and Security, and Analysis
U.S. Department of Education, Office of the General Counsel
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Counsel to the Inspector General
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement
U.S. Department of the Interior:
- Office of Indian Gaming
- Office of Civil Rights
U.S. Department of Justice:
- Civil Division
- Civil Division, Office of Foreign Litigation (OFL) and Office of International Judicial Assistance (OIJA)
- Civil Rights Division
- Criminal Division, Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section
- Criminal Division, Fraud Section
- Criminal Division, Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section
- Disability Rights Section, Civil Division
- Environment and Natural Resources Division
- Executive Office for Immigration Review, Office of the General Counsel
- Housing and Civil Enforcement Section, Civil Rights Division
- National Security Division, Office of Justice for Victims of Overseas Terrorism (OVT)
- Office of Legal Policy
- Office of Professional Responsibility
- Office of Special Counsel
- Public Integrity Section
- Tax Division
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Human Resources, Office of Overseas Employment
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of General Counsel
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Counsel to the Inspector General
U.S. Office of Government Ethics
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

FEDERAL MILITARY PLACEMENTS

Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary (JAG Corps), Northern Judicial Circuit
U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service
U.S. Coast Guard (JAG Corps)
U.S. Navy JAG Corps

NONPROFIT PLACEMENTS

AARP Foundation Litigation
American Chemistry Council
American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
Ayuda
Bread for the City
Burton Blatt Institute
Cold Case Justice Initiative
Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc.
Electronic Discovery Institute
Insured Retirement Institute
Justice in Aging
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
National Association of Federal Credit Unions
NTCA – Rural Broadband Association
Planned Parenthood, National Office
The Heritage Foundation
The LGBT Bar
The Public Defender Service for DC
Women Enabled International, Inc.

CAPITOL HILL PLACEMENTS

House Foreign Affairs Committee Democratic Staff
House Judiciary Committee Democratic Staff
Representative John Katko (R-NY) (L ’88)
Representative Robert Pittenger (R-NC)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT PLACEMENTS

Legal Aid Justice Center, Immigrant Advocacy Program
Office of Public Defender (Montgomery County Maryland)
Office of The Loudoun County Commonwealth Attorney
The Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia

JUDICIAL PLACEMENTS

Chief Administrative Law Judge, U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development, Office of Hearings & Appeals
The Honorable Dennis L. Phillips (L’81)
The Honorable J. Jeremiah Mahoney (L’69)
The Honorable Mary Ellen Coster Williams
The Honorable Patricia Sheridan (L’79)
The United States Court of Federal Claims
U.S. Administrative Law Judge, U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission
United States Civilian Board of Contract Appeals

IN-HOUSE CORPORATE PLACEMENTS

NFL Players, Inc.
Perseus Strategies, LLC
Orbis Technologies

LAW FIRM PLACEMENTS

Aitken Law Offices
Baker Hostetler
Clark Hill PLC
DLA Piper
Erik M. Pelton & Associates, PLLC
Garfield Law Group LLP
Heyman Woodward Immigration Law Firm PLLC
H.C. Park & Associates, PLC
Migliaccio & Rathod LLP
Miller & Chevalier Pasternak & Fidis, P.C.
Pasternak & Fidis, P.C.
Sanford Heisler LLP
The Chaklader Firm PC
Walker, Murphy & Nelson, LLP

Government Placements (NY)

Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office
Brooklyn Public Defender
Cayuga County District Attorney’s Office
Chemung County District Attorney
Cortland County District Attorney’s Office
Delaware County Public Defender
Dutchess County Public Defender’s Office
Federal Defenders of New York
Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office
Monroe County Office of the District Attorney
Monroe County Public Defender’s Office
New York City Law Department
New York County District Attorney’s Office
NYS Assembly Counsel to the Minority (Albany, New York)
New York State Office of the Attorney General – Utica
New York State Office of the Attorney General
New York State Office of Dispute Resolution
NYC Business Integrity Commission
Ontario County Attorney’s Office
Oswego County Public Defender’s Office
Queens, Bronx, and Kings County District Attorney’s Offices
Richmond County District Attorney’s Office
St. Lawrence County Public Defender Office
Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office
The United States Army Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
United States Attorney, Eastern District
Waterfront Commission of the NY Harbor
Westchester County District Attorney’s Office

Non-Profit Placements (NY)

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Bronx Defenders
Brooklyn Defender Services
Cornell Farmworker Legal Assistance Clinic
FINRA – Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Hope’s Door Legal Center
Hope’s Door Legal Center
Legal Aid Society
LGBT Bar Association of Greater NY (LeGal)
Measures for Justice
MFY Legal Services, Inc.
New York Civil Liberties Union
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
New York Legal Assistance Group
Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation (NMIC)
NYS Homes and Community Renewal
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York
Sanctuary for Families, Center for Battered Women’s Legal Services
Veterans Advocacy Project

In-House / Corporate / Compliance Placements (NY)

Amogy
Apotheco Pharma
AXA Equitable
Boots Retail, USA
BSE Global
CBS Broadcasting
Christie’s Auction House
Constellation Advisors
Goldman Sachs Group Inc
Guidehouse Consulting
H.C. Wainwright & Co
J.P. Morgan Chase
Kaleida Health
Loan Street
Mount Sinai Innovation Partners, Mount Sinai Health System
Oot & Associates
Optima Partners
Pfizer, Inc
Pomeroy, Armstrong & Casullo, LLP
RBC Capital Markets
Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group
Santiago Burger LLP
South Dakota Planning Co. LLC
Trillium Health
UBS
W.P. Carey Inc.

Law Firm Placements (NY)

Adam Leitman Bailey L’95
Chavez Perlowitz Luftig LLP
Cherny Law Office
CKR Law LLP
Connell Foley
Criscione Ravala LLP
Danielle C. Wild, Attorney at Law
Davidoff Hutcher and Citron, LLP
Debevoise & Plimpton
Dentons
DLA Piper
DUAL Commercial, LLC
Fragoman Del Ray Bernsen & Loewy LLP
Furman, Kornfeld & Brennen LLP
Gibson, McAskill, & Crosby
Goldberg Weprin Finkel Goldstein LLP
Goldstein Hall
Gross Polowy, LLC
Harter, Secrest & Emery LLP
Holland & Knight
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP Trademark & Copyright Group
Kroll Proukou, LLP
Law Offices of Deborah S. Ball
Law Offices of Douglas Tabachnik L’80
Law Offices of Jan Brown
Law Office of Mark Schneider
Law Office of Zarifah Dixon, P.C.
Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman
Manning & Kass, Elrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP
Martin Clearwater & Bell P.C.
Moses & Singer LLP
Newman And Ferrara LLP
Norfolk Beier PLLC
Pagan Lopez Law Office
Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer P.A.
Rafferty & Redlisky Reid & Wise, LLC
Reid & Wise, LLC
Rupp Pfalzgraf LLC
Santiago Burger LLP
Sinatra & Company Real Estate
SRD Legal Group
The Aboushi Law Firm
The Law Offices of Ali Benchakroun L’11
Tressler LLP
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
Vivek Thiagarajan Esq.
VLP Law Group LLP
Warshaw Burstein
Webber Law

Judicial Placements (NY)

Hon. Stewart Aaron L’83, United States Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of New York
Hon. David Cohen, New York County Supreme Court
Hon. Wilma Guzman, Bronx County Supreme Court
Hon. Richard Latin, New York State Supreme Court
Hon. Jerald Lebovits, New York County Supreme Court
Hon. Stacey Romeo L’96, Monroe County Family Court Surrogates Court, New York County
Otsego County Supreme Court
Surrogates Court, New York County
U.S. District Court, Western District of New York

NON-TRADITIONAL PLACEMENTS (NY)

Blockchain
Montag Group
Penguin Books
Vice Media

Orange Alert

Externship Placements