NEW YORK, March 25, 2004— Top national experts will gather at New York Law School on April 16 for a law and public policy discussion on workers’ compensation reform in New York, presented by the law school’s Labor & Employment Law Program and the New York State AFL-CIO.

The discussion will be held from 10 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. on April 16 in the Ernst Stiefel Reading Room at New York Law School, 57 Worth Street (corner of Church Street).

Denis Hughes, president of the New York State AFL-CIO, will make opening remarks. Speakers include: 

• Leslie I. Boden, Ph.D, professor of environmental health, Boston University q       John E. Burton, professor and dean emeritus, labor studies & employment relations, Rutgers University
• Martha T. McCluskey, professor of law, The State University of New York at Buffalo
• Emily A. Spieler, dean and Hadley professor of law, Northeastern University
• Dominick Tuminaro, adjunct professor, New York Law School, and senior partner, Brecher Fishman Pasternack Popish Heller Rubin & Reiff, P.C.

Workers’ compensation reform is a hot issue in Albany, where bills have been introduced in both the State Senate and Assembly that would increase benefits for injured workers in New York for the first time in 12 years. The bill faces fierce opposition from the business community and the insurance industry.

“New York’s Workers & Workers’ Compensation: A Law & Public Policy Discussion on Workers’ Compensation Reform” is part of the 2003–04 Law and Public Policy Events Series presented by the law schools’ Labor & Employment Law Program directed by Professor Seth Harris.

The event is free and open to the public. The lecture is approved for 3 CLE credits in Professionalism. To register, please complete the registration form available at old.nyls.edu/LEL or call 212.431.2872.

ABOUT NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL

Located near the centers of law, government, and finance in New York City, New York Law School is one of the oldest independent law schools in the United States. Its faculty of noted and prolific scholars has built the school’s curricular strength in the areas of tax law, labor and employment law, civil and human rights law, media and information law, urban legal studies, international and comparative law, and interdisciplinary fields such as legal history and legal ethics. The Law School enrolls 1,400 students and has more than 11,000 graduates.

Contact: Jim Hellegaard, Office of Public Affairs, 212.431.2191, jhellegaard@nyls.edu  

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