The UW-Madison Law School offers an externship program (clinical) for students
at the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence (WCADV). Eligibility for
the externship requires permission from Atty. Tess Meuer and either completion
of or current enrollment in the Law and Contemporary Problems: Domestic Violence
workshop.
Two to three students are placed with the WCADV each semester, including the
summer semester.
Students are assigned any combination of the following:
- Assist
the WCADV Staff Attorney with legal inquiries and research
- Conduct legal research
- Update and create new material for the Legal Manual
- Update and create new
material for use of those in the legal arena, such as attorneys and judicial
officers, who have contact with victims of domestic violence
- Assist with technical
assistance calls
- Analyze laws impacting domestic violence victims
- Assist
with research on amicus briefs
- Assist WCADV Immigration Attorney with related
issues impacting domestic violence victims
- Assist attorneys doing direct legal
representation for domestic violence victims
This externship does not involve direct client contact. Legal interns in the externship program are supervised by WCADV Staff Attorney, Tess Meuer. WCADV has no funds to provide either a stipend or to pay a 50% employer match via a work study grant.
