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Shining The Spotlight On Unpaid Law Student Workers, Susan Harthill

Susan Harthill

Shining the Spotlight on UNPAID LAW STUDENT Workers Susan Harthill Abstract Law students who ‘intern’ at for-profit law firms across the United States do a fair day’s work but do not always get a fair day’s pay. Unpaid student interns have long been a well-utilized labor source in the non-profit world, public agencies, and in certain for-profit sectors, such as entertainment and media. Indeed, some unpaid internships are mutually beneficial arrangements for the student and the employer; the student gets hands-on training in an industry that might be difficult to break into, has useful work experience on her resume, and …

Certainty In A World Of Uncertainty: Proposing Statutory Guidance In Sentencing Juveniles To Life Without Parole, Sonia A. Mardarewich

Sonia A Mardarewich

CERTAINTY IN A WORLD OF UNCERTAINTY: PROPOSING

STATUTORY GUIDANCE IN SENTENCING JUVENILES TO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE

Sonia Mardarewich[1]

Florida Coastal School of Law

March 2013

Abstract: Before the Supreme Court’s decision in Miller v. Alabama, the states were divided between mandatory and discretionary life without the possibility of parole sentencing approaches. The Supreme Court decision of Miller eliminated mandatory life without parole for juvenile defendants under the age of eighteen at the time of the crime. The Supreme Court now mandates that every juvenile must be granted an individualized sentencing hearing to ensure youth and attendant mitigating circumstances …