Above The Law: Elite Law Schools Demand That Biglaw Firms Disclose Whether Students Will Be Forced To Sign Arbitration Agreements

Staci Zaretsky wrote for Above The Law: 

But how many other firms intended to force students to arbitrate their sexual harassment claims? Several major firms have already dropped such clauses from their employment contracts for summer associates, but countless firms have allowed similar arbitration agreements to lurk in the darkness.

 

Thanks to student advocacy and an alliance between the nation’s top law schools, those arbitration agreements are about to see the light of day in the #MeToo era.

Read more at Above The Law.