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Labor & Employment Law

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Shape the modern workplace through law.

Learn to address workplace issues and employee rights through our employment law courses that prepare you to advocate for workers and employers in rapidly changing work environments.

  • Specialized courses including core employment and labor law foundations
  • Hands-on experience through civil rights clinic and federal externships
  • National writing competitions and workers’ rights conferences

Course List

Labor & Employment Law Courses

Our upper-level courses in labor and employment law include a range of options. Related clinics and/or externships are marked with an asterisk. Not all courses are offered every year—consult with faculty for guidance on which courses best fit your goals.

  • Administrative Law
  • Arbitration Law, Theory & Practice
  • Civil Rights & Community Justice & Mediation Clinic*
  • Congressional & Administrative Law Externship*
  • Employment Discrimination
  • Employment Law
  • Employment/Civil Rights Mediation & Dispute Resolution: Theory & Practice
  • ERISA: Benefits & Tax
  • ERISA: Fiduciary Law
  • Health Law
  • Individual Rights & the Constitution
  • Labor Law
  • Mediation Theory & Practice
  • Pretrial Practice & Settlement
Beyond the Classroom

Practice employment law with real clients.

Our comprehensive approach to labor and employment law extends beyond traditional coursework.

Full-time Faculty

Get to know our Labor & Employment Law leaders.

Pauline Kim

Daniel Noyes Kirby Professor of Law

Peggie R. Smith

Charles F. Nagel Professor of Employment and Labor Law

Marion Crain

Wiley B. Rutledge Professor of Law

Peter Wiedenbeck

Joseph H. Zumbalen Professor of the Law of Property

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