No So Free

Apparently, not in this case

From Inside Higher Ed comes the story of the intern who worked for free at UC-SF, and then didn't.

A former doctoral student who worked as a psychology intern at the University of California, San Francisco was awarded more than $14,000 in back wages after filing a complaint with the California labor commissioner over uncompensated work...

Full story at http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/08/09/former-intern-wins-back-wages-university

The article links to a longer story at http://www.ibtimes.com/internship-debate-spills-public-sector-university-california-san-francisco-ordered-pay-back-wages

On the other hand, the new chancellor at UC-Riverside won't work for free over the objections of Governor Brown:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-uc-riverside-20130809,0,942774.story 

Background at http://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/meetings/past-meetings/approved-actions.html#aa-aug13