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INTERDISCIPLINARY CHILD WELFARE INSTITUTE (ICWI)
At Capital University Law School
May 18 - 22, 2009
Columbus, Ohio
Externship Information
If you are interested in applying for an externship, click here to register for more information.
If you are applying for an externship, you must also submit a statement of interest describing, in 500 words or less, why you are interested in an interdisciplinary externship. Please submit your statement of interest to ICWI@law.capital.edu.
OPTIONAL EXTERNSHIP INFORMATION
Hands-on experience is an important factor in understanding the interdisciplinary nature of child welfare work. To further develop your skills, a for-credit optional externship component is available to ICWI participants. Participants will be placed in an interdisciplinary child welfare setting. Optional externship availability is limited. The optional externship is not required to register for the ICWI week-long course.
The ICWI course is a prerequisite
The externship course number is LAW944
Optional externships require 50 additional on-site hours per credit hour received
Optional externship placements are only for the summer immediately following the course
Current tuition rates per credit hour apply
A placement site of the participant’s choosing can be approved, or a site can be assigned to you
Placement oversight will be administered by Professor Angela Upchurch, Academic Director of the National Center for Adoption Law & Policy and Associate Professor of Law at Capital University, and/or Carla Carpenter, MSSW and Associate Director of the National Center for Adoption Law & Policy
Participants must observe and assist in a child welfare practice setting
If a student is chosen to participate in an optional externship and a site is identified, the student is expected to carry out the assignment
Additional class hours are required
We are willing to work with your Field Placement Office or Externship Coordinator to assist in placement
Law students seeking assistance in getting an optional externship approved and credits transferred please contact Professor Upchurch at aupchurch@law.capital.edu
Social Work students seeking assistance in getting an optional externship approved and credits transferred please contact Carla Carpenter at ccarpenter@law.capital.edu
CONTACT US
If you have general questions, please email icwi@law.capital.edu or call 614.236.6730.
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