Teaching Labor Law
On January 19, Professor Michael Fischl will present a faculty workshop at Wayne State University Law School on the challenges of teaching labor law in 2012.
Professor Fischl's teaching and research interests focus on labor and employment law, legal theory, and legal education, and his work has appeared in Columbia Law Review, Law & Social Inquiry, and numerous other law journals. He is co-editor (with Joanne Conaghan and Karl Klare) of Labor Law in an Era of Globalization: Transformative Practices and Possibilities (Oxford 2002); and co-chair of Intell, an international network of progressive scholars and practitioners in the labor and employment law field. In 2006, he was the recipient of the Golden Apple award for outstanding teaching and service at the University of Miami where he served on the law faculty for 23 years.
Recent Homepage Highlights
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On May 25, Professor James Kwak and his co-author, Simon Johnson, will present a talk about their latest book, White House Burning: The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt, and Why It Matters to You, at the Harvard Book Store.
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On May 23, Professor Joseph MacDougald will address the Connecticut Legislature's Shoreline Preservation Task Force where he will speak on identifying the problems municipalities face in addressing the statewide problem of coast storm erosion and sea level rise with only local tools.
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The Law School held its 89th Commencement on Sunday May 20th and awarded degrees to 238 graduates.
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Professor Terry Tondro, a professor at the Law School for 35 years, is remembered in an article in The Hartford Courant in its "Extraordinary Life" series.
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For Jonathan Winter, finals week was a time to clear his mind, travel, and compete. That’s because throughout his time at the School of Law, Winter also was a competitive rower, representing the U.S. at events across the globe.
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Charlotte Hinkle '12 can’t pinpoint exactly why giving back is so important to her. It’s just something she has always valued and strived to do.
