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LABOR LUNCH: LABOR RELATIONS AND BASKETBALL 
On Monday, November 7, 2005, at Mr. Rube discussed the current state of labor relations in the NBA and the NBA’s most recent contract negotiation with the National Basketball Player’s Association. PROSPECTIVE STUDENT CONFERENCE Held November 5, 2005, at 11 a.m. in Wellington Conference Center The Labor and Employment Law Program at New York Law School hosted Labor and Employment Law at New York Law School, A Prospective Student Conference. Current NYLS students and alumni to shared their experiences and Labor and Employment Law faculty to spoke about the program, its curriculum, and its special events. This Conference was a valuable opportunity, not offered by other law schools, for potential applicants who were considering a career in Labor and Employment Law. Attendees had the chance to network with NYLS students, alumni, and faculty, including Professor Seth Harris, Director of the Labor and Employment Law Program and Professor Arthur Leonard, the Program's senior faculty member. The attendees also had an opportunity to participate in a mock class. The Conference concluded with a tour of the law school. LAW, ECONOMICS, ACCOMODATIONS, AND MEDIATION Due to student demand to attend October 25th’s Faculty Scholarship Lunch, Professor Seth Harris, Director of the Labor and Employment Law Program, gave a special students-only presentation of his draft paper “Law, Economics, Accommodations, and Mediation” on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 at 12:45pm in Room A900. To download a copy of Professor Harris's draft paper, please click here. THE SECOND ANNUAL TONY COELHO LECTURE
LABOR LUNCH: ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE AND WORKPLACE HUMAN RIGHTS
The NWI, a non-profit organization founded in January 2000, strives to improve the legal protection of human rights in the workplace. Mr. Maltby is the Institute’s founder and is a nationally recognized expert and prolific writer on human rights in the workplace.
SEEKING REVIEW: Immigrants at the Intersection of Congressional, Administrative and Judicial Power For information, please visit the conference page.
Project FAIR is a collaborative, New York City-based project working towards greater economic justice for low-income and homeless New Yorkers. Project FAIR empowers individuals and their communities by increasing access to information about public benefits, rights in the administrative “fair hearing” process, and community services; by securing quality legal assistance for public assistance, food stamp, and Medicaid recipients; and by serving as a resource for community organizations. Project FAIR volunteers assist the low-income community by: 1) staffing an on-site information and referral table at the central fair hearing site; 2) securing and increasing quality representation for low-income and homeless individuals most in need of assistance; and 3) conducting benefits and fair hearing workshops with community organizations. HOW YOU CAN HELP
On Monday, September 12, 2005, at 12:45 p.m., the Labor and Employment Law Program presented Stephen J. Cassidy, Uniformed Firefighter’s Association: Labor Relations, September 11th, and New York City Firefighters. Mr. Cassidy, President of the
A CONVERSATION WITH DAN PINK Thursday, September 8, 2005 Presented by
Daniel H. Pink is the author of A Whole New Mind, a guide to surviving, thriving and finding meaning in an outsourced, automated, upside down world. His first book, Free Agent Nation, about the growing ranks of people who work for themselves, was a Washington Post nonfiction bestseller and business bestseller in the
WORKERS, IMMIGRATION, AND THE The Labor and Employment Law Program hosted Workers, Immigration, and the Lower East Side, a walking tour that explored historic patterns of workers immigrating to The walking tour was followed by dessert at Cafe Palermo, located in Little Italy. There, the significance of the toured locations was discussed by faculty of the LEL Program, including its Director, Professor Seth Harris. The tour was only open to Between 1892 and 1924, 12 million people passed through
This is a program that will be of special interest to lawyers, law students, and paralegals—because volunteer teachers use Socratic exercises, court room scenarios, debate, and mock trial techniques to encourage students to talk with each other about current events concerning racial polarization and related discrimination topics. Students examine societal (and their own) attitudes about race, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, and disabilities. While familiarity with civil rights issues is a plus, it is not a requirement. Volunteers include graduate students and persons from various professions and occupations. You will meet with the same high school class once a week (for 40 minutes) every week for the duration of the school semester. With travel and preparation time, estimated time is from 2 to 3 hours per week. Training—which is required prior to acceptance and placement—starts in September. For registration information, and to reserve a place at a training session, contact Sean at 212-563-5636; by email, sgilrein@nycivilrights.org. The New York Civil Rights Coalition is a non-governmental, non-partisan, not-for-profit organization. For additional information on any JAC event, please contact the Center by e-mail at jac@nyls.edu or at 212-431-2314. |
