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Emory Law’s extensive externship program places over 100 students per semester with more than 80 organizations during the fall and spring semesters of their second and third years; a large number of these externships are offered with public interest and government employers. Our students assist public defenders, prosecutors, public interest organizations, and government agencies while earning academic credit. Placements include the following:
- ACLU of Georgia
- Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office
- American Cancer Society
- Atlanta Legal Aid
- Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation
- The Carter Center
- Catholic Charities of Atlanta, Immigration Defense
- Cobb County Solicitor-General's Office
- DeKalb County Solicitor-General's Office
- DeKalb County District Attorney's Office
- DeKalb County Public Defender's Office
- Fulton County Child Attorney's Office
- Georgia Advocacy Office
- Georgia Asylum and Immigration Network
- Georgia Attorney General's Office
- Georgia Watch
- Gwinnett County Law Department
- Health Law Partnership
- Mosaic Georgia
- North Georgia Low Income Taxpayer Clinic
- Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta
- Project South: Institute for the Elimination of Poverty and Genocide
- Southern Environmental Law Center
- Southern Legal Center for Youth
- Sur Legal Collaborative
- U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission