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45 Seton Hall L. Rev. 613 (2015)
Great Expectations, Grim Reality: Unpaid Interns and the Dubious Benefits of the DOL Pro Bono Exception

handle is hein.journals/shlr45 and id is 625 raw text is: GREAT EXPECTATIONS, GluM REALITY: UNPAID INTERNS AND THE DuBIous BENEFITS OF THE DOL PRo BoNo EXCEPTION Stephanie A. Pisho* I. INTRODUCTION In recent years, the question of which standard governs the legality of unpaid internships has received widespread attention and criticism. Today, the legal debate surrounding unpaid internships is at a peak; the sheer number of interns, the recent litigation challenging the practices of for-profit companies employing unpaid interns, and the unprecedented economic challenges for recent college graduates have created a perfect storm of disgruntlement and backlash.' College students lament a system that requires performance of uncompensated and often tedious work in an attempt to advance *J.D. Candidate, 2015, Seton Hall University School of Law; B.A., 2012, The University of Scranton. I would like to thank Professor Charles A. Sullivan for sharing his infinite wisdom during the writing of this comment, and for graciously mentoring me in all matters-law school and otherwise. I David C. Yamada, The Employment Law Rights of Student Interns, 35 CONN. L. REv. 215, 215 (2002) (stating that the number of interns is significant and participation is regarded as an integral part of a professional education); Ella Delaney, Interns Resist Working Free, N.Y. TIMES (Sept. 29, 2013), http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/30/us / interns-resist-working-free.html?pagewanted=all (U.S. graduates are increasingly challenging the idea that they should work for free in order to gain a foothold in the global job market. ); Steven Greenhouse, jobs Few, Grads Flock to Unpaid Internships, N.Y. TIMES, May 6, 2012, at Al, available at http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/ business/unpaid-internships-dont-always-deliver.html?pagewanted=all (Confronting the worst job market in decades, many college graduates who expected to land paid jobs are turning to unpaid internships to try to get a foot in an employer's door.). 613

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