Externship Past Placements

Federal Judiciary

U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Judge Arthur Alarcon (†)
Judge Richard Clifton
Judge Raymond Fisher (†)
Judge Jacqueline H. Nguyen
Judge John B. Owens
Judge A. Wallace Tashima
Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw

California

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California	Judge Maria Audero Judge Jesus G. Bernal Judge Andre Birotte Jr. Judge David O. Carter Judge John Early Judge Jay Gandhi (Ret.) Judge Dolly M. Gee Judge Andrew Guilford (Ret.) Judge Mena Guirguis Judge Philip Gutierrez Judge Terry Hatter, Jr. Judge Kenly Kato Judge Shashi H. Kewalramani Judge R. Gary Klausner Judge John Kronstadt Judge Consuelo Marshall Judge Douglas McCormick Judge Fernando Olguin Judge Rozella A. Oliver Judge James Otero (Ret.) U.S. Patent Program Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett Judge Virginia Phillips Judge Dean Pregerson Judge James Selna Judge Margo Rocconi Judge Sunshine Skyes Judge Christina A. Snyder Judge Autumn Spaeth Judge Josephine L. Staton Judge Stephen Wilson Judge Otis D. Wright, II Magistrate Judge Pedro Castillo Magistrate Judge Jean Rosenbluth Magistrate Judge Karen Scott
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California	Judge Anthony Ishii Judge Barbara McAullife Judge Troy L. Nunley Magistrate Judge Allison Claire
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California	Judge Laurel Beeler Judge Charles Breyer Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Corley Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers Judge Susan Illston Judge Peter Kang Judge William H. Orrick
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California	Judge Cynthia Bashant Judge Michael Berg Judge Cathy Bencivengo Judge Daniel Butcher Judge Gonzalo Curiel Judge Robert Huie Judge James Lorenz Judge Jeffrey Miller Judge Thomas Whelan

Colorado

U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Judge John Kane

Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Judge Edmond Chang

Louisiana

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Judge Ivan Lemelle

Michigan

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Judge Robert Cleland

New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Judge Cathy Waldor

New York

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York	Judge Roslynn Mauskopf (Ret.) Judge Cheryl Pollak Magistrate Judge Lois Bloom
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York	Judge Nelson Roman

Oregon

U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Judge Michael Simon

Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Judge Gene E.K. Pratter (†)

Puerto Rico

U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Judge Jay Garcia-Gregory
Judge Bruce McGiverin

Rhode Island

U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Judge John McConnell

Texas

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas	Judge Kenneth Hoyt Judge Janis Graham Jack Judge Drew B. Tipton
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas	Judge David Briones

Washington

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Judge Richard Jones
Judge Ricardo Martinez

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California	Judge Theodor Albert Judge Catherine Bauer (Ret.) Judge Sheri Bluebond Judge Samuel Bufford (Ret.) Judge Barry Russell Judge Scott Clarkson Judge Ronald Clifford III Judge Mark Houle Judge Meredith Jury (Ret.) Judge Victoria Kaufman Judge Robert Kwan Judge Deborah Saltzman Judge Erithe Smith Judge Maureen Tighe Judge Mark Wallace Judge Scott H. Yun
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of California	Judge Laura Taylor

State Judiciary

Supreme Court of Alaska	Judge Jennifer Henderson
Supreme Court of California	Associate Justice Leondra Kruger Associate Justice Joshua P. Groban Associate Justice Goodwin Liu
Supreme Court of Hawaii	Justice Sabrina McKenna
Supreme Court of Indiana	Justice Loretta Rush
Supreme Court of Oregon	Justice Adrienne Nelson
Supreme Court of Washington	Justice Steven Gonzalez

California

First Appellate District	Justice Martin Jenkins Justice Therese Stewart Justice Jon Streeter
Second Appellate District	Justice Lee Smalley Edmon Justice Norman Epstein (†) Justice Dorothy Kim Justice Dennis Perluss (Ret.) Justice Frances Rothschild Justice Laurence Rubin (Ret.) Justice Gail Ruderman Feurer Justice Laurie D. Zelon (Ret.)
Fourth Appellate District	Justice Richard Aronson (Ret.) Justice William W. Bedsworth (Ret.) Justice Richard Fybel (†) Justice Thomas M. Goethals Justice Martha Gooding Justice Raymond Ikola (Ret.) Justice Eileen Moore Justice Joanne Motoike Justice Kathleen O’Leary Justice Maurice Sanchez Justice David A. Thompson (Ret.)
Sixth Appellate District	Justice Cynthia Lie

California Superior Courts

Alameda County	Judge Stuart Hing
Los Angeles County	Judge Gregory Alarcon Judge Nicole Bershon Judge James Dabney Judge Kelvin Filer Judge Michele Flurer Judge Holly Fujie Judge Maurice Leiter Judge Roberto Longoria Judge Jared Moses Judge Ann Park Judge Roy Paul (Ret.) Judge Stuart Rice Judge William Ryan Judge Lisa Sepe-Wiesenfeld Judge Bobbi Tillmon Judge Lee Tsao Judge Michael Whitaker Judge Anne Richardson
Orange County	Judge Isabel Apkarian Judge Julian Bailey Judge Steven Bromberg (†) Judge Lewis Clapp Judge James Crandall (Ret.) Judge Thomas Delaney Judge James Di Cesare (Ret.) Judge Craig Griffin Judge Douglas Hatchimonji (Ret.) Judge Cynthia Herrera Judge Sherri Honer Judge Lon Hurwitz Judge Jeannie Joseph Judge Carolyn Kirkwood (Ret.) Judge Kimberly Knill Judge Erick Larsh Judge Sandy Nunes Leal Judge Gabriel Lee Judge Richard Lee Judge Gregory Lewis (Ret.) Judge Carmen Luege Judge Adrianne Marshack Judge Vibhav Mittal Judge Sheila Recio Judge Karen Robinson Judge Glenn Salter Judge Glenda Sanders (Ret.) Judge Walter Schwarm Judge Nathan Scott Judge Deborah Servino Judge Fred Slaughter Judge Nathan Vu Judge Scott Van Camp Judge Megan Wagner Judge Renee Wilson (Ret.) Judge Nancy Zeltzer (Ret.) Judge John Zitny Judge Robert Kohler Judge Shaina Colover Judge Michael Strickroth
San Francisco County	Judge Susan Breall Judge Newton Lam (Ret.)
Santa Barbara County	Judge Brian Hill
Santa Clara County	Judge Robert B. Hawk

Hawaii State Court

First Circuit (O’ahu) Court

Judge Dean E. Ochiai

Illinois State Court

Circuit Court of Cook County

Judge Mary Marubio

New York County Courts

New York County, New York Supreme Court

Judge Alice Schlesinger (Ret.)

Superior Court of Guam

Superior Court of Guam

Judge Elyze Iriarte

Government

National Labor Relations Board

Region 31	Los Angeles, CA
Region 21	Los Angeles, CA

Office of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bureau of Competition	Washington, DC
Bureau of Consumer Protection	Los Angeles, CA

U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)

Civil Division	Washington, DC
Civil Rights Division	Washington, DC
Civil Rights Division, Housing and Civil Enforcement Section	Washington, DC
Commercial Litigation, Fraud Section	Washington, DC
Criminal Division	Washington, DC
Educational Opportunities	Washington, DC
Environmental and Natural Resources Division (ENRD)	Washington, DC
Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR)	El Paso, TX; San Francisco, CA; Washington, DC
Narcotic & Dangerous Drug Section (NDDS)	Washington, DC
Office of Special Counsel (OSC)	Washington, DC
Office of the U.S. Trustee (UST)	Kansas City, MO; Santa Ana, CA

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Region 5	Chicago, IL
Region 7	Kansas City, MO
Region 9	San Francisco, CA

U.S. Small Business Administration

National Disaster Loan Resolution Center (NDLRC)

Santa Ana, CA

Alaska

Alaska Department of Administration	Anchorage, AK
Alaska Department of Law, Criminal Division	Juneau, AK

Arizona

Office of the Attorney General, Arizona

Phoenix, AZ

California

California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI)	Los Angeles, CA
California Department of Corporations (DOC)	Los Angeles, CA
California Department of Toxic Substances Control	Sacramento, CA
California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH)	Los Angeles, CA
California Department of Insurance (CDI)	Los Angeles, CA
California Department of Managed Healthcare	Sacramento, CA
California Office of Tax Appeals (OTA)	Sacramento, CA
California Public Utilities Commission	Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA
Office of the Attorney General, California	Fresno, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Oakland, CA; Sacramento, CA; San Diego, CA
Office of the Attorney General, Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians	Valley Center, CA
Office of the Attorney General, California DOJ, Antitrust Section	San Francisco, CA
Office of the Attorney General, California DOJ, Business and Tax Section	Los Angeles, CA
Office of the Attorney General, California DOJ, Civil Law Division	Los Angeles, CA
Office of the Attorney General, California DOJ, Criminal Division	San Diego, CA
Office of the Attorney General, California DOJ, Land Law Section	Sacramento, CA
Office of the Attorney General, California DOJ, Torts and Condemnation Section	Los Angeles, CA
Office of the Attorney General, California DOJ, Workers Rights and Fair Labor Bureau	Los Angeles, CA
Office of the Inspector General, Los Angeles Police Department	Los Angeles, CA

Illinois

Office of the Attorney General, Illinois, Antitrust Bureau

Chicago, IL

Massachusetts

Western Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP), Office of General Counsel

Springfield, MA

Michigan

Office of the Attorney General, Michigan, Civil Rights Division, Conviction Integrity Unit

Detroit, MI

Nevada

Office of the Attorney General, Nevada

Las Vegas, NV

Oregon

Bureau of Labor and Industries	Portland, OR
Clackamas County Courthouse	Oregon City, OR

Washington

Office of the Attorney General, Washington

Olympia, WA

Alaska

District Attorney’s Office, Anchorage

Anchorage, AK

California

City Attorney, Anaheim	Anaheim, CA
City Attorney, Chula Vista	Chula Vista, CA
City Attorney, Glendale	Glendale, CA
City Attorney, Huntington Beach	Huntington Beach, CA
City Attorney, Long Beach	Long Beach, CA
City Attorney, Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA
City Attorney, Newport Beach	Newport Beach, CA
City Attorney, Orange	Orange, CA
City Attorney, San Diego	San Diego, CA
City Attorney, San Francisco	San Francisco, CA
City Attorney, Santa Ana	Santa Ana, CA
City Attorney, Torrance	Torrance, CA
County Counsel, County of Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA
County Counsel, County of Orange	Santa Ana, CA
County Counsel, County of Riverside	Riverside, CA
County Counsel, County of San Diego	San Diego, CA
County Counsel, County of Santa Clara	San Jose, CA
County Counsel, County of Sonoma	Sonoma, CA
District Attorney’s Office, Contra Costa County	Martinez, CA
District Attorney’s Office, Imperial County	El Centro, CA
District Attorney’s Office, Los Angeles County	Long Beach, CA; Los Angeles, CA
District Attorney’s Office, Monterey County	Monterey, CA
District Attorney’s Office, Orange County	Santa Ana, CA
District Attorney’s Office, Orange County, Consumer Protection	Santa Ana, CA
District Attorney’s Office, Orange County, Gang	Santa Ana, CA
District Attorney’s Office, Orange County, Family Protection	Santa Ana, CA
District Attorney’s Office, Orange County, Juvenile	Orange, CA
District Attorney’s Office, Orange County, Major Fraud	Santa Ana, CA
District Attorney’s Office, Orange County, Sexual Assault	Santa Ana, CA
District Attorney’s Office, Orange County, Special Prosecutions	Santa Ana, CA
District Attorney’s Office, Sacramento County	Sacramento, CA
District Attorney’s Office, San Francisco County	San Francisco, CA
District Attorney’s Office, Riverside County	Riverside, CA
District Attorney’s Office, Santa Barbara County	Santa Barbara, CA
District Attorney’s Office, Ventura County	Ventura, CA
Superior Court of California: Santa Barbara Superior Court	Santa Barbara, CA

Illinois

Cook County States Attorney’s Office

Chicago, IL

Massachusetts

District Attorney’s Office, Worcester County

Worcester, MA

New York

District Attorney’s Office, Queens

Queens, NY

Public Schools and Universities

California State University, Northridge	Northridge, CA
California State University, Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD)	Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) (Office of the General Counsel)	Los Angeles, CA
Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District	Los Angeles, CA
University of California Immigrant Legal Services Center	Los Angeles, CA
University of California, Irvine (Office of Campus Counsel)	Irvine, CA
University of California, Irvine (Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity)	Irvine, CA
University of California, Office of the General Counsel	Oakland, CA
University of California, Irvine (Office of Global Engagement)	Irvine, CA
University of California, Irvine (Invention Transfer Group)	Irvine, CA
University of California, Los Angeles (Office of Legal Affairs)	Los Angeles, CA
University of California, Riverside (Office of Legal Affairs)	Riverside, CA

U.S. Military

Marine Judge Advocate General Corp, Joint Legal Assistance Office	San Diego, CA
Naval Surface Warfare Center	Norco, CA
U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps	Fort Irwin, CA
U.S. Coast Guard Judge Advocate General Corps	Alameda, CA
U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General Corps	San Diego, CA

International and Foreign Governments

Embassy of Israel	Washington, DC
Federal Criminal and Correctional Appellate Court of Argentina	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Special Court for Sierra Leone	The Hague, Netherlands
Supreme Court of Argentina	Buenos Aires, Argentina
United Nations, Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals	The Hague, Netherlands
United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism	New York, NY
United Nations, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)	Geneva, Switzerland

Public Interest

Alabama

Montgomery, AL

Montgomery County Public Defender's Office

Arizona

Phoenix, AZ

Maricopa County Public Defender’s Office
Federal Public Defender of the District of Arizona

California

Arcata, CA	Environmental Protection Information Center
Arlington, CA	Institute for Justice
Bakersfield, CA	Kern County Public Defender’s Office
Berkeley, CA	Disability Rights Advocates
Fairfield, CA	Solano County Public Defender’s Office
Fresno, CA	East Bay Community Law Center Fresno County Public Defender’s Office
Fullerton, CA	Peace and Justice Law Center
Los Angeles, CA	ACLU of Southern California Al Otro Lado Alliance for Children’s Rights Anti-Defamation League Asian Americans Advancing Justice Bet Tzedek California Women’s Law Center California Appellate Project Central American Resource Center (CARECEN) Children’s Law Center of California (CLC) Christian Legal Aid of Los Angeles (CLA-LA) Consumer Watchdog Disability Rights Legal Center (DRLC) Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project Federal Public Defender, Central District of California Frank D. Lanterman Regional Center Harriet Buhai Center for Family Law Housing Equality & Advocacy Resource Team (HEART) Housing Rights Center (HRC) Human Rights First Immigrant Defenders Law Center (ImmDef) Immigration Center for Women and Children (ICWC) International Institute of Los Angeles (IILA) Inner City Law Center (ICLC) Jenesse Center, Inc. Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) Laguna Ocean Foundation Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA) Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA) Independent Juvenile Defender Program Los Angeles County Public Defender Los Angeles County Public Defender, Alternate Defender Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice (LACLJ) Los Angeles Community Action Network (LACAN) Los Angeles Dependency Lawyers Inc. (LADL) Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center Loyola Law School Project for the Innocent Mental Health Advocacy Services, Inc. (MHAS) Mexican American Legal Defense Fund (MALDEF) National Immigration Law Center (NILC) National Lawyers Guild (NLG) Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles (NLSLA) Project for the Innocent at Loyola Law School (LPI) Providence St. Joseph’s Health Public Counsel Public Counsel, Children’s Rights Project (CRP) SEIU Local 721 South Asian Helpline and Referral Agency (SAHARA) South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) Sundance Institute University of California, Immigrant Legal Services Center Wage Justice Center Western Center on Law and Poverty, Inc. (WCLP) Writers Guild of America (WGA)
Oakland, CA	Family Violence Appellate Project (FVAP) National Center for Youth Law (NCYL) Phillips Black, Inc. Root & Rebound Sierra Club Transgender Law Center (TLC)
Orange County, CA	ACLU of Southern California AdvanceOC Camino Immigration Services Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) Community Legal Aid SoCal (CLA SoCal) Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Elder Law and Disability Rights Center (ELDR) Federal Public Defender, Central District of California Human Options Inclusive Education Project (IEP) National Housing Law Project (NHLP) Orange County Coastkeeper Orange County Public Defender Orange County Public Defender, Alternate Defender Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties Public Law Center (PLC) Public Rights Project (PRP) Surfrider Foundation Veterans Legal Institute (VLI)
Redding, CA	Shasta County Public Defender
Redwood City, CA	Immigration Institute of the Bay Area
Riverside, CA	Inland Counties Legal Services (ICLS) Riverside County Public Defender
Sacramento, CA	California Coastkeeper Alliance Federal Public Defender, Eastern District of California Legal Services of Northern California Sacramento County Public Defender’s Office
Salinas, CA	California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. (CRLA)
San Diego, CA	Casa Cornelia Law Center Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc. Haitian Bridge Alliance Legal Aid Society of San Diego New Media Rights San Diego County Public Defender
San Francisco, CA	ACLU of Northern California, Democracy & Civic Engagement Program ACLU of Northern California, Education Equity Project ACLU of Northern California, Immigrants’ Rights Project Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus Center for Biological Diversity Contra Costa County Public Defender’s Office Dolores Street Community Services Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Legal Aid at Work National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) Positive Resource Center Public Advocates San Francisco Public Defender Youth Law Center (YLC)
San Jose, CA	Santa Clara County Public Defender Senior Adults Legal Assistance
San Pedro, CA	Rainbow Services, Ltd
San Rafael, CA	First Amendment Coalition (FAC)
Santa Cruz, CA	ACLU of Northern California, Drug Policy Litigation Project Santa Cruz County Public Defender
Ventura, CA	Ventura County Public Defender’s Office

District of Columbia

Washington, DC

Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Center for Public Justice (CPJ)
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Future of Privacy Forum (FPF)
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
NAACP Legal and Education Defense Fund
National Center for Youth Law
National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW)
National Public Radio
Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (PDS)
Public International Law & Policy Group
Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs

Florida

Miami, FL

Federal Public Defender, Southern District of Florida

Hawaii

Honolulu, HI

Earthjustice

Illinois

Chicago, IL

Life After Justice

Massachusetts

Boston, MA

Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS)

Michigan

Detroit, MI

Neighborhood Defender Service (NDS)

Minnesota

Bemidji, MN	Minnesota Office of Public Defense
St. Paul, MN	Gender Justice Standpoint The Advocate for Human Rights

New York

Bronx, NY	The Bronx Defenders The Children's Law Center of New York
New York, NY	ACLU Foundation Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) Center for Court Innovation Columbia University Center for Policy and Research Learning Earthjustice International Rescue Committee (IRC) Just Atonement Inc. Legal Action Center Legal Aid Society of NYC Sylvia Rivera Law Project

Oregon

Hillsboro, OR	Metropolitan Public Defender’s Office
Portland, OR	Federal Public Defender’s Office, District of Oregon

North Carolina

Charlotte, NC

Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy

South Carolina

North Charleston, SC

Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation

Texas

Austin, TX

The Office of Capital and Forensic Writs (OCFW)

Washington

Seattle, WA	Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
Spokane, WA	Spokane County Public Defender

Myanmar (Burma)

Yangon, Myanmar (Burma)

Justice Base

South Korean

Seoul, South Korea

Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB) International

Switzerland

Geneva, Switzerland

United Nations, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights