Forms & Documents

Program Information

Externship Program Overview (Judicial)
Externship Program Overview (Non-Judicial)
Villanova Law Externship Policy
Student Certification Form - Students must be certified by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania before appearing in Pennsylvania courts. Completed forms should be delivered to the Associate Director of Academic Affairs, Priscilla Holmes, in the Deans' Suite.

Application/Enrollment Forms

Externship Enrollment Form - After securing an externship or practicum, you must submit this form to be enrolled.
Financial Aid Information Form - To be completed and submitted to the Office of Financial Aid

Administrative Forms

Financial Aid Information Form

to be filled out and turned in to the Office of Financial Aid if you need aid during a summer externship

Questions About Externships?

Contact Matthew McGovern
Director of Experiential Learning
Tel: 610-519-3893
Office: Room 158

Check our FAQs page

Director of Experiential Learning, Matt McGovern

Matt manages the Law School’s Externship Program and teaches the classroom component of the judicial and non-judicial externship courses. Matt joined the Law School in 2007 as a librarian and legal research instructor. He was appointed Director of Experiential Learning in 2015. Before pursuing a career at Villanova, Matt was a staff pharmacist at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He also practiced law with the Maryland Attorney General’s Office where he represented the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Matt holds a J.D. from the University of Maryland and an M.S. in Library and Information Science from Drexel University.