State Bar & Bar Associations
Aug. 10, 2016
Law students must be paid even if they get course credit, ABA votes
The American Bar Association has shifted a substantial financial burden from the backs of law students onto the shoulders of law firms that employ them.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO — The American Bar Association has shifted a substantial financial burden from the backs of law students onto the shoulders of law firms that employ them.
In a watershed victory for law students, legal externs may now expect payment for work performed during externships and clinics that also provide law school course credit, the ABA House of Delegates...
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