To review a copy of the Spring 2010 Course Outline for the Paralegal Internships (PLA 204 and PLA 206) click here

Future courses will be structured the same as past courses.

The Internships will be taught totally online in WebCT.

PLEASE NOTE THAT I DO NOT REQUIRE YOU TO ATTEND THE WEBCT ORIENTATION PRIOR TO TAKING ANY OF MY ONLINE COURSES.

IT IS UP TO YOU TO DETERMINE IF YOU NEED THE WEBCT ORIENTATION COURSE IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN ANY OF MY ONLINE COURSES.

Please note that my internships fill up very fast and I am limited to 16 interns per semester. Consequently, you should enroll as early as possible.

NOTE: IN ORDER TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE NEW COMPUTER SYSTEM GOING ONLINE AT SSC FOR THE FALL 2010 SEMESTER, I HAVE STREAMLINED THE ENROLLMENT PRODEDURE FOR THE PLA INTERNSHIP COURSES (PLA 204 AND 206). THIS IS A MAJOR CHANGE TO THE PLA INTERNSHIP PROCEDURS AND THE DETAILS FOLLOW BELOW.

I am off campus until the start of the Fall semester.

Therefore, to enroll for the PLA 204 or 206 Internship course, you will have to send an e-mail to Dean Ron Kawanna at RKawanna@ssc.edu

You must send a copy of your e-mail to me at PDeane@ssc.edu

In your e-mail, you will confirm that you have met the prerequisite course requirements for either PLA 204 or PLA 206.

After Dean Kawanna receives your e-mail, he (or his staff) will audit your student records and confirm you are in fact qualified for either PLA 204 or PLA 206. If he determines you are in fact qualified, he will remove the enrollment restriction for you for that course. Upon his doing so, he will send a Reply to your original e-mail indicating that the enrollment restriction for you has been lifted. Dean Kawanna will copy me on his Reply e-mail.

HERE IS THE GOOD NEWS: Once you receive the Reply e-mail from Dean Kawanna, YOU CAN ENROLL FOR THE PLA INTERNSHIP COURSES ONLINE! You are no longer required to enroll for the PLA Internship courses in person.

I am limited to 16 interns per semester.

So long as you qualify for PLA 204 or PLA 206, you will need to follow the Enrollment Procedures identified above and secure Dean Kawanna's removal on the enrollment block applied to your student records.

Remember that enrolling in the course simply gets you into the course. The final site approval is up to the internship instructor and if your site does not qualify, you will not be allowed to continue in the course.

Also, if you know where you are going to serve your internship, send me your site information via A SEPARATE e-mail to pdeane@ssc.edu. Make sure you put your name and the word INTERNSHIP in the subject line so that I know the e-mail is from you and not some form of spam.

NOTE: Do not call me at my private law office. I do not entertain student inquiries through my private office. I check my SSC voice mail all the time and that is the best way to get a hold of me.

If you do not have a site lined up by the time the internship semester starts, you will need to contact me via Private Mail in WebCT and I will assist you in finding a site. You should know that most of the sites I will help to place you in are non-paying sites (such as the courthouse or the Legal Assistance Foundation).

Finally, although the internship forms are readily available on this web site, do not attempt to deliver them to me until instructed to do so. During the first week of classes, I will instruct you as to how I want you to deliver your course documentation.

I have put together a listing of potential sites for future interns.

To view this list click here

All of the necessary forms for the internship are provided below in an Adobe format.

NOTE: None of these forms will be due until the Internship semester starts and I do not accept the forms prior to the start of the semester.

Also, if you are a PLA 206 (second internship) student, you must follow the same course documentation procedures required of the PLA 204 students. Consequently, you will fill out the Internship Application, attach your current transcript, etc.

At the start of the semester, I will give you a schedule of due dates indicating when each of the below forms are due. To view/print the forms you must use Adobe Acrobat Reader . If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can download it for free at www.adobe.com

To view a copy of the Internship Application click here

To view a copy of the Cover Letter click here

To view a copy of the Site Agreement click here

To view a copy of the Mid-Term Site Evaluation click here

To view a copy of the Final Site Evaluation click here