Final and Super Final Examinations
Your Final for this course consists of writing a paper containing information about your experience, how you’ve grown since writing about your Midterm,
and also a letter to your successor. When submitting your paper, please let us know whether we have permission to include comments you have written
about your experience on our website.
NOTE: If this is your SECOND final for the exact same placement as a prior one, you will need to complete a "Super Final." Please follow the same format, however your word count should be 3,000 words this time. Please compare your work from this time working there with the work you did for your last final.
Please submit your Final electronically in Word or WordPerfect format to law-extern@illinois.edu.
Y O U R P A P E R S H O U L D F O L L O W T H E F O R M A T G I V E N B E L O W . . .
Basic Formatting Requirements:
1) Double Spaced
2) Times New Roman
3) Font Size 12
4) Minimum Word Count: 2,000
5) Basic Placement Information in a HEADER at the top of every page (* You may NOT put this information in the body of the paper *)
a)First and Last Name
b)Full Name of Placement Office
c)Full Placement Address
Basic Format for writing about the 5 topics:
1) Write the number and title of each section (Example: Topic 1: Experience)
2) Write about it
3) Continue this pattern until you’ve written about all 5 topics
A L L 5 TO P I C S A R E R E Q U I R E D W R I T I N G F O R F I N A L P A P E R
Topic 1: Experience: Description of your externship experience.
Topic 2: Knowledge: Details concerning what you learned from your experience.
Topic 3: Growth: Description of your improvement/growth since your Midterm Self-Evaluation.
Topic 4: Recommendation: Discuss whether you would recommend this externship to students in future years,
and why.
Topic 5: Letter to Your Successor: Please give advice to the next student to come to this placement.
Tell the student what to expect and how to get the most from the experience.
Be sure to include the following in your Successor Letter:
a) How did you get your placement?
b) Identify supervisor(s).
c) Do they encourage interaction?
d) Did you meet for regularly scheduled appointments?
e) List any negative information you need to report. (If no negative information,
simply state you had no negative experiences - or something along those lines.)
f ) What would have helped for you to have known before you started at the placement?
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