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Staff Rants: Oct. 11-17

Staff Rants: Oct. 11-17

WSN Staff October 17, 2016
Welcome to a new series on WSN, Staff Rants. Read what made your favorite WSN Staff Members angry this week!
Pay Interns Before You Profit Off Them

Pay Interns Before You Profit Off Them

Patrick Seaman, Staff Writer September 12, 2016
By ruling that firms can bill their clients for unpaid intern work, the State Bar Association makes it permissible to have law firms directly profit off of work that they themselves are not even paying for.
Internships should not require credit

Internships should not require credit

Christina Coleburn, Opinion Editor August 24, 2014
If the educational value of an internship does not equal that of a class, a student should not have to pay for credit for it.
Internships valuable for employment

Internships valuable for employment

February 21, 2014
The pessimism toward unpaid internships is not completely warranted.
William Martin/WSN

Wasserman Center revamps internship opportunities

February 13, 2014
A Tisch junior created a petition to urge Wasserman to change its postings.
James Kelleher/WSN

Unpaid internships do not adhere to Dept. of Labor standards

September 3, 2013
Unpaid internships with nonprofits would yield less problems for students than those with large, for-profit corporations.