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LIMBO - Hundreds of law students who were set to start government externships in D.C. this semester are at a loss amid the partial shutdown. Karen Sloan reportsthat many students come from schools outside the D.C. area with programs that require spending an entire semester in the nation’s capital. And students who need security clearances for their externships but who have yet to receive them face an even bigger problem. Even if the federal government fully reopens in the next week, those externs will have to deal with a backlog of clearance requests.

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