Free Beacon: 44 Law Firms Hit With Discrimination Complaint Over Race-Based Internship

Aaron Sibarium at the Washington Free Beacon writes:

Forty-four of the nation’s largest law firms were hit with a discrimination complainton Monday alleging that they use an outside staffing agency to hire interns based on race, putting Big Law on track for another clash with the Trump administration.

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The complaint, filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, targets Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO), a nonprofit that places minority students at elite firms the summer before their first year of law school. The paid internship often leads to a return offer the following summers, giving recipients an extraordinary leg up on their white peers.

Washington Free Beacon, 44 Law Firms Hit With Discrimination Complaint Over Race-Based Internship