Application Deadlines

These are the application deadlines. Applications must be submitted no later than 11:59pm of the day on these dates unless otherwise specified.

List of Clinics, Externships and Experiential Learning Programs

Fall 2026

 

Thursday, February 26

  • Atlanta Semester in Practice (Civil Externship)
  • Civil Externships (Atlanta)

Tuesday, March 17

  • Appellate Litigation Clinic
  • Business Law Clinic
  • Capital Assistance Project
  • Civil Externships (Athens)
  • Community Health Law Partnership (HeLP)
  • Corporate Counsel Externships (full and part-time)
  • Criminal Defense Practicum I & II
  • First Amendment Clinic
  • Jane W. Wilson Family Justice Clinic
  • Land Conservation Clinic
  • Mediation Clinic
  • Veterans Legal Clinic
  • Wilbanks CEASE Clinic

Wednesday, April 1

  • Deadline for first offers to students
  • Students may, but need not accept first offers until after this date

Friday, April 3

  • Deadline for student decisions on first offers

Friday, April 10

  • Final decisions on all waiting lists.

April 13 - 15

Points allocation for:

  • Mediation Practicum
  • Public Interest Practicum (PIP)

Summer 2026

 

Tuesday, March 17 - Deadline for*:

  • Corporate Counsel Externship (school-arranged)
  • Criminal Defense Practicum I & II (public defender externships)
  • Summer Externships (school-arranged)
  • Wilbanks CEASE Clinic

* Applications may remain open after deadline if space is available.

 

Open Until Filled

  • Corporate Counsel Externships: (student-arranged)
  • Summer Externships (student-arranged)
    • (Judicial, Non-profit, Government, Prosecution)

 

Note: Proposals for full-time remote externships outside Athens, Atlanta or DC should be made prior to points allocation to Professor Heywood: jheywood@uga.edu

JD students enrolled in a clinic or externship course are eligible for registration under Georgia's student practice rule. See Student Handbook

Jessica L. Heywood