LAW and PUBLIC POLICY PROGRAM
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Overview
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College Credit
Students will report to classes at DePaul University weekly during their junior and senior years. By graduation, they will have earned 24 quarter hours of college credit.
Summer Internship
During the summer between the Junior and Senior year, students will be required to serve a seven week internship. The internships will include but not be limited to governmental offices, law firms, the police department, newspapers, and agencies/institutions concerned with public policy.
Youth Summit
Sophomores, juniors and seniors may participate in the annual Illinois Youth Summit. Students meet with policy makers from the city, state and nation, and students from across the state to discuss what government and young people can do/are doing to address selected problems.
Service Learning
Students may fulfill these requirements in their sophomore year in a project with a sister school and City Year. Additional opportunities include serving as peer panelists in chicagoteenlaw.org sponsored by the Chicago Bar Association, and participating in the Youth Summit..