CaliforniaLaw schools: externships: compensation.
What it does
The Donahoe Higher Education Act establishes the segments of postsecondary education in the state, including the University of California and independent institutions of higher education, and sets forth the missions and functions of those segments. Existing law states that the University of California has exclusive jurisdiction in public higher education over, among others, instruction in the profession of law, and that the independent institutions of higher education provide undergraduate and graduate instruction and research in accordance with their respective missions. Provisions of the act apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California act, by appropriate resolution, to make them applicable.
More detail
This bill would require, beginning August 1, 2026, each law school, defined to include American Bar Association-accredited or California-accredited law schools at the University of California or an independent institution of higher education, to allow law students to receive compensation from an externship site, as defined, while concurrently earning academic course credit. For purposes of the bill, a requirement on a law school at the University of California would be considered a request on the regents.
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Oct 3Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 292, Statutes of 2025.Latest
- Oct 3Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 2Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 26In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.Minor
- Aug 25Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2252.).Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Consent Calendar 2nd AB1155 Fong By Umberg. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 20Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.Minor
- Aug 19From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.Minor
- Jul 9From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Jul 8
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 18From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 4Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD.Minor
- May 23In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- Vote recorded AB 1155 Fong Consent Calendar Second Day. Result: pass.Lower
- May 23Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1664.)Passed Assembly
- May 15Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.Minor
- May 14From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 30From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Apr 29
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 24Re-referred to Com. on JUD.Minor
- Apr 23From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.Major
- Apr 23From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.Minor
- Apr 22
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 25Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.Minor
- Mar 24From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended.Major
- Mar 24Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and JUD.Minor
- Feb 21From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- Feb 20Read first time. To print.Introduced