2024-2025 Law School Catalog

LAW-2452 Employment Law: Lawyering Approach

This expanded Employment Law course provides a broad survey of the legal implications of the employment relationship, primarily outside of collective bargaining environments, and adds a writing-based skills component not found in the standard Employment Law course. Wrongful discharge claims, employment contracts, conditions of work, employment discrimination, and workplace safety are among the topics covered. While the main focus is practical, we also spend time examining the social and economic implications of regulating the employment relationship. Classes are devoted to discussion, hypothetical problems, and lecturing. In addition, the skills component will involve an ongoing series of practice-oriented drafting and writing assignments. This course is relevant to practice areas such as employment law, business law, general litigation, and public interest law. The course grade is based on (1) a take-home exam; (2) a short term paper; and (3) completion of writing and drafting assignments. Successful completion of term paper and writing and drafting assignments fulfills the upper level writing requirement and Labor and Employment Law Concentration writing requirement. No laptop use is permitted in this class unless approved by the Dean of Students office. This course cannot be taken if you have already taken the standard Employment Law course.

Credits

4