- Program Goals
- Introduce law students to Real Property Law issues, transactions and litigation.
- Provide a learning environment in which students will be mentored by experienced real estate practitioners.
- Provide real life work experience and bar association committee work experience to interested law students.
- Provide real estate practitioners and committee chairpersons with part-time student assistance.
- Allow law students to network with real estate practitioners and enhance the law students’ marketability in the legal marketplace.
- Program Administration
- The RPLS will administer the Internship Program through its Internship and Mentoring Committee, whose Chairperson and members will be appointed by the Section Chair.
- The Committee will coordinate the assignment of student interns to real estate practitioners and RPLS committee chairs interested in mentoring a student intern.
- The Committee will review and modify, as necessary, the requirements for mentors and committee chairs to participate in the Internship Program.
- The Committee will coordinate with Law School placement, internship and externship administrators to obtain feedback and continue to improve the Internship Program.
- The Committee will coordinate with and obtain reports from all mentors regarding their experience with the interns and the Internship Program.
- The Committee will provide an annual report to the RPLS Executive Committee regarding the Internship Program.
- Requirements for Mentors
- Mentors must have been admitted to the practice of law for at least seven (7) years and be members in good standing of the RPLS.
- Mentors must commit to provide the intern with research, drafting or other work assignments that can be handled by an entry level associate.
- Mentors must commit to supervise the intern’s work, to evaluate the intern’s work product and maintain a learning environment for the intern.
- Mentors must provide the Internship and Mentoring Committee with a written evaluation of the intern’s work product and experience at the end of the internship period.
- Duration of Internship
- The initial internship period shall be for one semester (approximately 5 months).
- The intern shall be required to commit between 10 and 15 hours time per week to the Internship Program.
- The intern and mentor may agree to extend the internship period, provided the intern’s law school does not object to such internship extension.
- During the internship, interns shall be student members of the RPLS, and dues, if any, shall be paid for by the RPLS.