Externships Director Bauman Co-Chairs CLEA Committee

Director of Externships Dena Bauman has been selected as co-chair of the Clinical Legal Educational Association externship committee. Bauman chairs the committee with June Tai, director of field placement program for the University of Iowa College of Law.

The committee advocates on behalf of CLEA and its members regarding issues related to field placement programs. Together with CLEA’s American Bar Association and bar standards advocacy committee, the externship committee represents CLEA in connection with ABA accreditation standards and state bar admissions requirements that affect field placement programs. The committee also promotes increased awareness within the legal education community about the similarities, differences, and overlap between externships and law clinics.