The American Bar Association is stepping into the fray over whether law firms should have to pay law students to help out on pro bono cases.

ABA President, Laurel G. Bellows, wrote a letter sent to the solicitor of the U.S. Department of Labor, M. Patricia Smith, on Tuesday, urging the government to make it clear that unpaid internships to work on pro bono cases are permitted under the minimum wage provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

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