Comments on: Law Firm “Internships” and the Fair Labor Standards Act http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/05/law_firm_intern.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:31:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Paul http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/05/law_firm_intern.html/comment-page-1#comment-59137 Paul Thu, 10 May 2007 21:51:28 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2006/05/law-firm-%e2%80%9cinternships%e2%80%9d-and-the-fair-labor-standards-act.html#comment-59137 dude? What if the trainee is employed in another position at the Agency? dude? What if the trainee is employed in another position at the Agency?

]]> By: fuck you http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/05/law_firm_intern.html/comment-page-1#comment-59136 fuck you Sat, 03 Jun 2006 05:06:22 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2006/05/law-firm-%e2%80%9cinternships%e2%80%9d-and-the-fair-labor-standards-act.html#comment-59136 The work is voluntary. The work is voluntary.

]]> By: David http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/05/law_firm_intern.html/comment-page-1#comment-59135 David Tue, 09 May 2006 22:29:08 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2006/05/law-firm-%e2%80%9cinternships%e2%80%9d-and-the-fair-labor-standards-act.html#comment-59135 Why not work for law school credit? The One-L would work during the summer and then receive, say, 3 or 4 credit hours. There would be no grade (i.e., pass/fail), but the hours would count towards the total needed to graduate (as I recall, most law schools require a certain number hours to graduate but not all of the hours need to be graded; of course, it has been a few years since I was in law school). Why not work for law school credit? The One-L would work during the summer and then receive, say, 3 or 4 credit hours. There would be no grade (i.e., pass/fail), but the hours would count towards the total needed to graduate (as I recall, most law schools require a certain number hours to graduate but not all of the hours need to be graded; of course, it has been a few years since I was in law school).

]]> By: Maryland Conservatarian http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/05/law_firm_intern.html/comment-page-1#comment-59134 Maryland Conservatarian Tue, 09 May 2006 18:45:52 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2006/05/law-firm-%e2%80%9cinternships%e2%80%9d-and-the-fair-labor-standards-act.html#comment-59134 What if the firm decides that the student's contributions are not worth even the minimum wag? How does that student get the experience she obviously wants? She's an adult; she's in law school - she probably doesn't need the "help" of the nanny-state. Or, as an alternattive, the student could just go out and get a job where the market values her efforts enough to pay her.....because, despite what you read, the economy is doing OK and there are those kinds of jobs out there. What if the firm decides that the student’s contributions are not worth even the minimum wag? How does that student get the experience she obviously wants?

She’s an adult; she’s in law school – she probably doesn’t need the “help” of the nanny-state.

Or, as an alternattive, the student could just go out and get a job where the market values her efforts enough to pay her…..because, despite what you read, the economy is doing OK and there are those kinds of jobs out there.

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