Time Reports you can simply print off, fill out manually,
and both you and your supervisor sign:
Time Reports you can fill out electronically, that auto-calculate for you,
and that you simply print off and both you and your supervisor sign:
Time Report Editable - Official.xls (38.50 kb)
Time Reports Example - how an acceptable Time Report should look:
Weekly Time Report Regulations
Printable version of these Regulations:
Time Report Regulations.pdf (67.93 kb)
1) Do not alter your time report. You must use the form given by this program/class or the electronic version (see link on left under Program Information). No alterations of the time report will be accepted.
2) Fill out one hour total per day and only one week's worth of work per time report. Time reports are set up to enable one to record a 6-day week (if necessary), but if you work the average 5-day week, then only fill in 5 days worth per week/time report. Every other Friday you should be turning in a total of two time reports that reflect two weeks’ worth of work.
3) EXAMPLES OF CORRECT & INCORRECT WAYS TO FILL OUT YOUR TIME (Incorrect time reports will not be accepted and you will be asked to resubmit them.)
E X A M P L E 1 : Fill out one hour total per day
C O R R E C T | I N C O R R E C T
DATE HOURS | DATE HOURS
5/31 10.6 | 5/31 0.9
| 5/31 0.5
| 5/31 4.2
| 5/31 5.0
You do not need to provide information about how much time you spent on each specific task you completed during one workday. Instead, please provide 5 separate day totals per each weekly time report (or 6 if you are working a 6-day week).
E X A M P L E 2 : Write a description of work performed each and every day (“Quotation Marks” are not acceptable). Do not write the exact same description down, word-for-word, each and every day.
DATE DESCRIPTION OF WORK PERFORMED
I N C O R R E C T
5/31 Observing Juvenile abuse status and disposition hearing
6/01 “ ”
6/02 “ ”
6/03 “ ”
6/04 “ ”
Also, do not write "Same" or “same as 5/31" the rest of the way down for the rest of the days. Do Not write “Observing Juvenile abuse status and disposition hearing” on each line for each and every day.
E X A M P L E 3 : Do not write one general description for all days worked
DATE DESCRIPTION OF WORK PERFORMED
I N C O R R E C T
5/31 Observing Juvenile abuse status and disposition hearing; did slip
6/01 opinions; observed suppression hearings and interviewed
6/02 witnesses and collected statements. Prepared memo on
6/03 conviction of felon for possession of a firearm. Summaries
6/04 to judges.
Please write out a separate description for each day worked.
4) Write at least 1 to 2 full sentences of description for each day worked. If you write, “Wrote Report” or “Courtwatching,” you will be asked for further detail so that your time report can be accepted. (You should write enough that if Professor Pahre were your client, she would pay your bill.)
5) Time reports must be filled out in ink. Time reports recorded in pencil will not be accepted.
6) Be sure to keep a copy of your original time reports for verification in case of a later dispute. You should keep your personal copies until your grade has been posted.
7) W R I T E L E G I B L Y . Print if you have to. Typing works, too.
8) You may turn in your time reports using any one of the following methods:
a) Scan them in and e-mail them to law-extern@illinois.edu
b) Fax them to (217) 244-1478
c) Turn reports in via the folder outside of Room 338
If you have questions, just let Professor Pahre or Ms. Stewart know. 99% of problems can be fixed easily if you keep in contact with us.
THE BASICS:
a) Altered time reports will not be accepted
b) Remember to turn them in every other week via e-mail, fax, or in Room 338
c) One Week's Worth of Work Per Time Report (Monday through Saturday)
d) Do not write the exact same description down for each day worked
e) Keep your originals or make a copy for your records, and
f) Provide enough detail so that if Professor Pahre were your client, she'd pay your bill.
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