Join us for this exclusive presentation to learn:

• Best-practices for facilitating internships and experiential education;
• DOL internship regulations;
• Federal laws regarding remote work and how this applies to internships;
• How to help your employer partners minimize legal risk while creating a beneficial internship program;
• How to build lasting relationships with employers through meaningful partnerships;
• Components of an exceptional internship program;
• And much more!

By registering, you’ll receive:

• LIVE, web access to the training session for your entire staff plus the ability to participate in the Q&A Session.
• Employment Law Issues For Internships  – a $20 value
• A video recording of this event and the slidedeck.

Why you should attend:

Internships have become a critical necessity for college and university students as they transition to the world of work. Many institutions of higher learning have incorporated internships into their undergraduate curriculum over the past few years. These internships provide students with practical experience and enhance the educational process. The explosion of student internships, closely followed by an equally explosive number of lawsuits brought by interns against their sponsoring companies, however, has created a perilous legal condition for both employers and educational institutions who sponsor or host internship programs.

In this exclusive live webcast, we will discuss employment law issues for organizations that host interns and specific issues that higher education professionals need to be aware of. During this presentation we will focus primarily on federal employment law issues, but will provide references to state law where applicable. Furthermore, we will highlight potential issues that organizations should be aware of and how they should structure their internship programs to decrease the potential likelihood for violating federal or state employment laws. Finally, we will also examine the applicable laws and DOL standards regarding remote work, as more and more companies and organizations have adopted hybrid working arrangements following COVID-19.

Our Presenter:

Kristine Sova is an attorney with over 20 years of experience counseling and representing clients in employment law.  A firm believer in the old adage that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, Kristine spends a significant portion of her practice counseling employers on general employment law compliance and ways to avoid litigation through business decisions.  Many clients view Kristine as their lifeline on personnel-related issues.

Kristine also spends a large portion of her practice developing and implementing various workplace agreements as well as human resources policies and practices, providing workplace training, and conducting preventative self-audits.  Kristine is often hired by third parties to conduct neutral workplace investigations.  You can learn more about Kristine’s principal practice areas at https://www.sovalaw.com/practice_areas/

Kristine is barred in New York and New Jersey but has clients with operations in all 50 states. 

Kristine has been named to the New York Metro edition of the Super Lawyers list since 2011, initially as a Rising Star (2011 and 2012) and more recently as a Super Lawyer (2013-2023).