Sarah Beard was under pressure while handling a case in San Francisco Superior Court. Not yet a lawyer, she was dealing with the stress of a trial for the first time while prepping for final exams at Hastings College of the Law. But Beard's work, alongside two other students assigned the case as part of the Hastings Civil Justice Clinic, paid off. A judge ruled in their favor, and their success set the groundwork for a major wage-and-hour ruling by the California Supreme Court just two months ago.
June 26, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
Sarah Beard was under extraordinary pressure in December 2003 while handling a wage-and-hour case for a Bay Area man in San Francisco Superior Court.
Not yet a lawyer, she was dealing with the stress of a trial for the first time while simultaneously prepping for final exams at San Francisco’s Hastings College of the Law.
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