Externships at Moritz
Moritz students earn academic credit for fieldwork and coursework through the Externship Program. The Program oversees approximately 150 externships each academic year, allowing students to gain practical, hands-on experience in the judiciary, government offices, nonprofit organizations, and corporate legal departments. Students also gain valuable regulatory and compliance experience in various placements throughout The Ohio State University. Consistent with ABA requirements, the Moritz Externship Program closely monitors the quality of fieldwork placements and requires students to reflect critically upon their experiences.
A non-exhaustive list of externship sites that have partnered with the Moritz College of Law to host students participating in the Externship Program includes the following:
- Franklin County Court of Common Pleas – Domestic Relations and Juvenile Branch
- Franklin County Court of Common Pleas – General Division
- Franklin County Municipal Court – Legal Research Department
- Franklin County Probate Court
- Tenth District Court of Appeals for the State of Ohio
- The Supreme Court of Ohio
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
- Columbus City Attorney’s Office
- Delaware County Prosecutor’s Office
- Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office
- Ohio Attorney General – Special Prosecutions
- Upper Arlington City Attorney’s Office
- U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio
- Federal Public Defender’s Office – Capital Habeas Unit (CHU)
- Federal Public Defender’s Office – Trial Unit
- Franklin County Public Defender’s Office – Appellate Division
- Franklin County Public Defender’s Office – Common Pleas
- Franklin County Public Defender’s Office – Juvenile Division
- Franklin County Public Defender’s Office – Municipal
- Office of the Ohio Public Defender – Administrative
- Office of the Ohio Public Defender – Appellate Division
- Office of the Ohio Public Defender – Death Penalty
- Office of the Ohio Public Defender – Juvenile Division
- Office of the Ohio Public Defender – Policy & Outreach
- Office of the Ohio Public Defender – Trial Division
- Office of the Ohio Public Defender – Wrongful Conviction Project
- Franklin County Auditor’s Office
- Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority (FCCFA)
- Franklin County Economic Development and Planning
- Franklin County Municipal Court Self-Help Center
- Ohio Attorney General – Antitrust
- Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
- Ohio Department of Natural Resources
- Ohio Environmental Protection Agency: Legal Section
- Ohio Ethics Commission
- The Supreme Court of Ohio – Attorney Services Division
- The Supreme Court of Ohio – Dispute Resolution Division
- The Supreme Court of Ohio – Domestic Violence Program
- Advocating Opportunity
- CareSource – Office of General Counsel
- CBA Professional Ethics Committee
- Columbus City Schools – Office of General Counsel
- Columbus State Community College
- Disability Rights Ohio
- Economic and Community Development Institute (ECDI)
- Lawyers for Kids
- Nationwide Children’s Hospital – Compliance Department
- Nationwide Children’s Hospital – Legal Department
- Ohio Crime Victim Justice Center
- Ohio Education Association
- Ohio Environmental Council
- Ohio School Boards Association
- Student Legal Services at The Ohio State University
- The Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio
- Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
- Bath & Body Works
- Cardinal Health, Inc.
- CoverMyMeds
For additional information about externships in the judiciary, government offices, nonprofit organizations, and corporate legal departments, please visit https://u.osu.edu/moritzexternships/ and contact Halle Hara (hara.67@osu.edu) or Jillian Boone (boone.161@osu.edu).
For additional information about regulatory and compliance externships at The Ohio State University, sponsored by the Office of University Compliance and Integrity, please contact Chris Glaros (glaros.3@osu.edu) or Jessica Tobias (tobias.80@osu.edu).
