TOKYO -- Seven of the best law school students in the U.S. recently donned yellow baseball uniforms at Tokyo Dome to cheer for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. They had probably never heard of the team, but they had no doubt why the law firm that they were interning for had brought them to the game.
Interning might not be the right word. Summer associates -- students who have just finished their second year of law school and spend eight to 10 weeks at firms -- are often paid $3,000 a week in the U.S. The law firm Morrison & Foerster in Tokyo says, "In general, we match those salaries."
