Internship Agreement
(Learning Contract) (DC)

Summary

This template is an Internship Agreement (Learning Contract) that outlines the general obligations of the employer and intern as well as the goals of the internship. This template includes practical guidance, drafting notes, and alternate and optional clauses. This template is intended for private employers. The template's language has been customized to comply with DC and federal law. As a result, the text of this template may differ slightly from the non-jurisdictional Internship Agreement (Learning Contract). This template also serves as evidence that the relationship qualifies as a true internship that an employer may exempt from applicable wage and hour laws. For information on internships, see Internship Agreements: Major Drafting and Legal Issues. For state-specific internship agreement templates, see the Other Employment-Related Contracts column of the Employment Contracts State Expert Forms Chart and the Independent Contractors and Interns column of the Wage and Hour State Expert Forms Chart.