Why Unpaid Internships Should Be Legal  There still is value in
this type of gaining experience at this stage of your career.
The recent ruling that Fox Searchlight Pictures broke the law by
not paying its interns has reignited a battle that has already
been brewing over unpaid internships.  While federal law has
long prohibited unpaid internships unless the net benefit is to
the intern, not the employer, the reality is that unpaid
internships that don't meet that standard are commonplace. In
many industries these internships are a normal part of gaining
experience that prepares candidates for paying work in the
field. Unpaid internships aren't going away any time soon,
lawsuits or no lawsuits.  And that's not a bad thing. For many
recent graduates, unpaid internships – even the ones that
consist mainly of grunt work – are the difference between having
a résumé with some experience on it or having an empty résumé
that will go straight into an employer's reject pile. In this
job market, unpaid internship exp