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    The Campaign for Lawful Internships has announced the formation of a Labor Justice Task Force (LJTF) comprised of educators from 14 universities, 25 college students, and 10 summer internship employers. The LJTF will meet monthly to discuss challenges facing students and employers regarding internships and develop ongoing solutions. The group aims to create mutual understanding between stakeholders and guidelines on unpaid internships that can be applied nationwide, in response to recent legal actions against employers over internship labor law violations.

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    The Campaign for Lawful Internships has announced the formation of a Labor Justice Task Force (LJTF) comprised of educators from 14 universities, 25 college students, and 10 summer internship employers. The LJTF will meet monthly to discuss challenges facing students and employers regarding internships and develop ongoing solutions. The group aims to create mutual understanding between stakeholders and guidelines on unpaid internships that can be applied nationwide, in response to recent legal actions against employers over internship labor law violations.

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    FORIMMEDIATERELEASE

    TheCampaignforLawfulInternshipsAnnouncesCoalitionofStudents,Employersand
    EducatorsFightingforStudentLaborRights

    WashingtonOctober6,2015TheCampaignforLawfulInternshipshasannounceditsnew
    LaborJusticeTaskForce(LJTF).TheLJTFiscomprisedofeducatorsatcareerservicecenters
    from14universitiesnationwide,aswellasacouncilof25collegestudentsand10summer
    internshipemployers.Thepurposeofthisgroupistoserveasaforumtodiscussthechallenges
    facingstudentsandemployersinregardstointernships.TheLJTFwillmeetmonthlytodiscuss
    ongoingsolutionstomeettheneedsofstudentsandemployersnationwide.

    Webelievethistaskforcewillcreatemutualunderstandingbetweenthestakeholdersofthis
    veryimportantissue,saidGrettaReiss,presidentoftheCampaignforLawfulInternships.This
    willbethefirstopportunityinournationforstudentsandemployerstocometogetherandcreate
    solutionstotheseissuesinsteadofbattlingincourtrooms.

    TheLTJFcomesinresponsetothemanyrecentviolationsofinternshiplaborlaws,seeninclass
    actionlitigationsuitsagainstCharlieRoseInc.,CondeNastInc.,FoxSearchlight,TheHearst
    Corporation,andNBCUniversal.TheLJTFaimstocreateaconciseguidelineonissues
    involvingunpaidinternsinawaythatcanbeapplicatedinuniversitiesandemployersaroundthe
    country.

    TheCampaignforLawfulInternshipsintendstousetherecommendationsfromtheLJTFto
    informitsinvolvementandactionsinpursuitofinternlaborreform.

    AbouttheCampaignforLawfulInternships
    TheCampaignforLawfulInternshipsisa501c3organizationdedicatedtoensuringthelegality
    ofallstudentinternships.Foundedin2015,theCampaignforLawfulInternshipscollaborates
    withstudents,employersanduniversitiesnationwidetoincreaseawarenessoftheregulationson
    unpaidinternships.

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