<p>For a while, during a hiring freeze, the US Attorney’s offices in some districts were hiring UNPAID licensed attorneys to staff vacancies for a year or more. I don’t know how they got away with that.</p>
<p>There have been thousands of class actions in recent years over wage-and-hour violations. I don’t know if unpaid internships have been the focus of any, but employers would be smart to pay their interns the minimum wage to avoid the risk, IMHO.</p>