My daughter is spending the summer preparing briefs annd doing research for lobbying law firms in Northern California. (The 9th circuit and California Superior Courts) She is getting paid. She is one of a very few last year law students at her tier one school actually getting paid for an internship.
Most students are children(like 25 is still a child?) of extremely wealthy parents and couldn't care less about being paid by anything other than their trust funds. It's crazy!