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Law School

Oct. 7, 2025

New law lets California law students be paid for for-credit externships

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed AB 1155, a McGeorge clinic-originated bill requiring California law schools to allow students to receive compensation for professional externships that also carry academic credit, effective Aug. 1, 2026.

New law lets California law students be paid for for-credit externships
McGeorge School of Law students Bailey Morrell, Diana Crow, Citlali Pérez, and Mahima Karia testified in support of AB 1155 in the Legislature in April. Photo courtesy of Citlali Pérez

What started as a student brainstorming session in a Sacramento classroom has now become California law. On Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 1155, legislation requiring law schools across the state to allow students to be paid for professional externships even while earning academic credit.

The bill's journey began last August inside McGeorge School of Law's legislative clinic, where students were encouraged to think up ideas that could become real policy. Among them wa...

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