Legal Issues in Combining Service and Learning

The author merges all forms of external service and learning under the heading service-learning, whether it is internships, practica, work learning, cooperative education, community education, or volunteering. He considers whether the work is paid or unpaid, at a student level from elementary to graduate school. He answers what the legal issues and responsibilities are under each of these cases, including compensation and discrimination. For his purpose, service-learning is parallel to working for pay. He outlines the legal responsibilities of the educational institution, the work site, and the student and includes a legal issues checklist for each of the three. (SH)