Internship requirements for law colleges in the USA

The author of the article determines purposes and areas of students' knowledge during internship. The main purpose of the practice is considered to provide students with key values of the profession, namely the search of justice and the access to justice, the respect for the rules of the law, understanding of integrity and fairness, and understanding of the necessity to deal with a variety of clients effectively. Practice is carried out in legal clinics in colleges of the USA. Legal clinics can be both at the Law College and out of it. Scientists say that legal clinics are educational establishments which provide legal aid to poor people or conduct the research activity under the guidance of a mentor-lawyer. The author divides practice in legal colleges of the USA into: practice, which is based on simulation; practice of in-house clinics where students represent clients under the guidance of faculty members; internship where students represent clients or perform other professional roles, observe or help practicing lawyers, judges in their work and "Pro-bono" practice (free provision of legal services to peoplewith low-income). The requirements for internship in law colleges of the USA are also analyzed in the article.