Perspective
Oct. 4, 2011
Get paid for work performed by certified law students
Firms that don't seek fees for work done by law students may be losing out - big time. By Matt Brinton of Southwestern Law School
When seeking an award of attorney fees, a prevailing party has long been able to claim and recover the reasonable hourly rates of the paralegals who worked on the case. What may come as a surprise to many legal practitioners is that "reasonable attorney fees" also includes the reasonable hourly rates of certified law students. Most attorney fees motions don't seek fees for law students, even though student clerks or interns often do...
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