Transforming Criminal Justice Internships into Capstone Courses: A Response to the Challenges of the COVID-19 Crisis

The COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 resulted the declaration of a national emergency that closed universities across nation. With no warning, faculty were required to move classes from face-to-face completely online instruction. This situation posed many difficulties, but particularly for who teaching and supervising students completing internships. Interns removed their internships abruptly as agencies departments moved essential personnel only. Faculty scrambled create learning experiences met academic outcomes goals criminal justice enrolled these courses. paper details our with challenges, we revised internship courses developed capstone replace experiences. While challenges faced involved internships, they not unique major, approaches taken lessons learned are likely applicable host disciplines.