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EXTERNSHIPS AND PRACTICUMS AVAILABLE FOR
GRADUATE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS STUDENTS

EXTERNSHIPS

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE OFFICE OF CHIEF COUNSEL (EB 389)

When: any semester

Where: Chicago office

Credits available: 3 – 4

Prerequisites: Fundamentals I of Retirement Plan Issues  (EB 361) and Tax/Employee Benefits Research (TX 333)

Eligible students: students enrolled in the LLM or joint JD/LLM Employee Benefits programs, or in the LLM or joint JD/LLM Tax Law programs

Educational objectives: practical experience in tax / employee benefits law, development of research, writing and drafting skills, and preparation of pleadings, discovery documents, stipulations of fact and trial memoranda used in Tax Court cases

Deadline for application: at least 8 weeks before desired start date

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (EB 393)

When: any semester

Where: Chicago office

Credits available: 3 – 4

Prerequisites: Fundamentals I and II of Retirement Plans (EB 361 and EB 362)

Eligible students: students enrolled in the LLM or joint JD/LLM Employee Benefits programs, or in the LLM or joint JD/LLM Tax Law programs with a concentration on Employee Benefits

Educational objectives: practical experience in employee benefits law, development of research, writing and drafting skills, and preparation of memoranda and discovery documents to assist pension investigators and auditors

Deadline for application: at least 4 weeks before desired start date

Click here for information about the DOL Employee Benefits Security Administration

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DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY OFFICE OF TAX POLICY, OFFICE OF BENEFITS TAX COUNSEL (EB 395)

When: summer

Where: Washington DC

Credits available: 3-4

Prerequisites: Fundamentals I and II of Retirement Plans (EB 361 and EB 362)

Eligible students: students enrolled in the LLM or joint JD/LLM Employee Benefits programs, or in the LLM or joint JD/LLM Tax Law programs with a concentration on Employee Benefits

Educational objectives: to provide students with practical experience in a specialized area of employee benefits law by becoming thoroughly familiar with the legal and policy implications of the Office of Benefits Tax Counsel within the Department of the Treasury’s employee benefits practice; to further develop research, writing and drafting skills; to learn practical lawyering skills of document review and application of law and policy

Deadline for application: February 1

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PENSION RIGHTS CENTER (EB 396)

When: summer

Where: Washington DC

Credits available: 4

Prerequisites: Fundamentals I and II of Retirement Plans (EB 361 and EB 362)

Eligible students: students enrolled in the LLM or joint JD/LLM Employee Benefits programs, or in the LLM or joint JD/LLM Tax Law programs with a concentration on Employee Benefits

Educational objectives: to provide Externs with practical experience in a specialized area of employee benefits law by becoming familiar with the pension assistance activities of the Pension Rights Center’s National PARC initiative; to further develop practical lawyering skills to include research, writing, document review and application of law and policy

Deadline for application: February 1

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PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION (EB 391)

When: summer

Where: Washington DC

Credits available: 3-4

Prerequisites: Fundamentals I and II of Retirement Plans (EB 361 and EB 362)

Eligible students: students enrolled in the LLM or joint JD/LLM Employee Benefits programs, or in the LLM or joint JD/LLM Tax Law programs with a concentration on Employee Benefits

Educational objectives: to provide students with practical experience in a specialized area of employee benefits law by becoming thoroughly familiar with the legal and policy implications of the PBGC employee benefits practice; to further develop research, writing and drafting skills; to learn practical lawyering skills of document review and application of law and policy

Deadline for application: February 1

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PROFIT SHARING / 401(k) COUNCIL OF AMERICA (EB 390)

When: any semester

Where: Chicago Office

Credits available: 3-4

Prerequisites: Fundamentals I and II of Retirement Plans (EB 361 and EB 362)

Eligible students: students enrolled in the LLM or joint JD/LLM Employee Benefits programs, or in the LLM or joint JD/LLM Tax Law programs with a concentration on Employee Benefits

Educational objectives: to provide students with practical experience in a specialized area of employee benefits law by becoming thoroughly familiar with the legal and policy implications of the PSCA employee benefits practice; to further develop research, writing and drafting skills; to learn practical lawyering skills of document review and application of law and policy

Deadline for application: at least 4 weeks before desired start date

Click here for information about the Profit Sharing / 401(k) Council of America

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NEW ENGLAND PENSION ASSISTANCE PROJECT (EB 376)

When: any semester

Where: work from Chicago, but contact supervisor in Boston

Credits available: 3-4

Prerequisites: Fundamentals I and II of Retirement Plans (EB 361 and EB 362)

Eligible students: students enrolled in the LLM or joint JD/LLM Employee Benefits programs, or in the LLM or joint JD/LLM Tax Law programs with a concentration on Employee Benefits

Educational objectives: to provide Externs with practical experience in a specialized area of employee benefits law by becoming familiar with the pension assistance activities of the Pension Action Center, within the Gerontolgy Institute at the University of MA; to further develop practical lawyering skills to include research, writing, document review and application of law and policy

Deadline for application: at least 4 weeks before desired start date

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PRACTICUM

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS LAW (EB 397)

When: any semester

Where: Chicago

Credits available: 1-4

Prerequisites: Fundamentals I and II of Retirement Plans (EB 361 and EB 362)

Eligible students: students enrolled in the LLM or joint JD/LLM Employee Benefits programs, or in the LLM or joint JD/LLM Tax Law programs with a concentration on Employee Benefits

Educational objectives: to see how employee benefits attorneys work with other attorneys and employee benefits professionals (e.g., head of human resource, actuaries, accountants, administrators) in accomplishing transactions for their clients; students should begin to develop an understanding of the relationship between employee benefits attorneys and their clients as well as the relationships between attorneys and their firms; students will be given assignments similar to those given to new lawyers in this practice area

Deadline for application: at least 4 weeks before desired start date

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INTERNSHIPS

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT

When: summer

Where: Washington DC

Credits available: none, you will be paid at either a G-5 or G-7 federal pay rate

Prerequisites: Fundamentals I and II of Retirement Plans (EB 361 and EB 362)

Eligible students: students enrolled in the LLM or joint JD/LLM Employee Benefits programs, or in the LLM or joint JD/LLM Tax Law programs with a concentration on Employee Benefits

Educational objectives: practical experience in employee benefits law, development of research, writing and drafting skills, and preparation of memoranda and discovery documents to assist pension investigators and auditors

Deadline for application: February 1

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Last Updated On: 8/19/08