Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 397: How to Get Involved in the Legal Profession While Still in Law School
Running Successful and Legally Compliant Internships
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 331: A Conversation with Assistant District Attorney Sara Beller
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 291: People You Should Get to Know at Any Legal Job (w/Sadie Jones)
Sidebars | Kimberlynn Davis: Achieving Goals, Imperfectly
Primer for Nonprofits on Paid Employees, Volunteers, and Interns
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 251: Best Practices for Virtual Summer Jobs (w/Sadie Jones)
II-28 – The New Relaxed Intern Standard and Implications for Employers
Student and Alumni Litigation
Polsinelli Podcast - To Pay or Not to Pay? The Rules for Summer Interns in 2014
Unpaid Internships: Are They Legal?
Bar President: 3Ls Should Get Paid for Internships
Over the past several years, employment lawyers have cautioned their clients with regard to legal risks involved with unpaid internships. As these internships rose in popularity, many of the arrangements failed to meet...more
On July 2, 2015, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision regarding the employment status of unpaid interns that should prove helpful to employers. In Glatt v. Fox Searchlight Pictures, Inc., Nos. 13-4478 and...more
On July 2, 2015, in a matter of first impression, the Second Circuit issued a ruling in Glatt v. Fox Searchlight Pictures, Inc., Nos. 13-4478, 13-4481 (2d Cir. July 2, 2015), and provided a new test for whether a worker can...more
Last week, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a lower court decision that certain unpaid interns had to be paid for their work in the entertainment industry. The district court had held that Fox Searchlight Pictures...more
In a closely watched case affecting the viability of unpaid internship programs at for-profit employers, the Second Circuit held that the “primary beneficiary” test should be used to decide whether interns should be deemed...more
Three and a half years ago, litigation began in the Southern District of New York ("S.D.N.Y.") challenging the long-held assumption that interns were not "employees" under the law. These cases alleged that interns who were...more
With spring and summer on the horizon, many employers are gearing up to interview and recruit for their summer internship programs. Summer internships are an age old tradition giving students opportunities for exposure in...more
In the past, we’ve explained the DOL’s test for whether employers must pay their interns. Put simply, public employers and qualifying not-for-profit entities do not have to pay their interns. On the other hand, private...more