Law Practice
Jun. 5, 2013
ABA letter to Labor Department highlights worry over unpaid pro bono internships
The American Bar Association has asked the U.S. Department of Labor to declare law firms safe from wage actions when they use unpaid law students on pro bono projects.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Last year, law students at George Washington University came up with a plan to help Iraqi refugees and found a law firm to lead the pro bono project. But at the last minute, the firm backed out.
The firm said it feared that bringing on unpaid interns, even only to do pro bono work, could violate federal wage laws, according to Alan B. Morrison, the George Washington's dean for public intere...
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