Student Experience

Learn more about Boyd Externships

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Externship Placements

  • U.S. District Court, District of Nevada
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court
  • U.S. Immigration Court
  • Nevada Supreme Court
  • Nevada Court of Appeals
  • Eighth Judicial District Court, Las Vegas
  • Second Judicial District Court, Reno
  • Justice Court
  • Probate Commissioner
  • Nevada Department of Taxation, Administrative Hearings Office

  • U.S. Senate
  • U.S. House of Representatives

Legislative externships are offered every two years during the Spring semester when the Nevada Legislature is in session. Regularly offered externship placements: 

  • ACLU of Nevada
  • Barrick Institute for Civil Rights
  • Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada, Immigration Assistance Program
  • Clark County Commission
  • Clark County District Attorney
  • Clark County District Attorney, Family Support Division
  • Clark County Public Defender
  • Clark County Special Public Defender
  • Clark County School District Office of General Counsel
  • Community Advocacy Office, UNLV Immigration Clinic
  • Department of Indigent Defense Services
  • Douglas County District Attorney
  • Educate Nevada Now
  • Elko County Public Defender
  • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
  • Federal Public Defender (Capital Habeas, Non-Capital Habeas, and Trial Units)
  • Henderson City Attorney (Civil & Criminal Divisions)
  • JAG Air Force
  • Las Vegas City Attorney (Civil & Criminal Divisions)
  • Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada
  • Neon Law Foundation
  • Nevada Office of the Attorney General
  • Nevada Legal Services
  • Nevada State Public Defender
  • Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) Office of General Counsel
  • Southern Nevada Health District Office of General Counsel
  • Southern Nevada Senior Law Program
  • University Medical Center Office of General Counsel
  • UNLV Office of Athletic Compliance
  • UNLV Office of General Counsel
  • UNLV Office of Government & Community Engagement
  • UNLV Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine Office of Compliance
  • U.S. Attorney, District of Nevada
  • Washoe County Public Defender

  • American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Washington, DC
  • DOJ Aviation Space & Admiralty Litigation Office, Washington, DC
  • DOJ Environmental & Natural Resources, Washington, DC
  • DOJ Office of Environmental Justice, Washington, DC
  • Environmental Law Institute, Washington, DC
  • Family Violence Appellate Project, Bellevue, WA
  • Georgia Appellate Practice & Education Resource Center, Atlanta, GA
  • JAG Army, Fort Hood, TX
  • NASA Office of General Counsel, Cape Canaveral, FL
  • Portland Family Court, Oregon
  • Salt Lake County District Attorney, Utah
  • Superior Court, Judiciary of Guam
  • Third Judicial Circuit Court, Detroit, MI
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Texas
  • U.S. Court of Federal Claims, Washington, DC
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, Sacramento, CA
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, Bellevue, WA
  • U.S. District Court, District of Utah
  • U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Phoenix, AZ
  • Utah County District Attorney
  • Washington State Supreme Court
  • Wyoming Guardian Ad Litem