This seminar focuses on selected developments in employment law as seen from the perspective of a practitioner. Topics include exceptions to the at-will doctrine, privacy and free speech in the workplace, expanding tort theories of job protection, and discrimination based on a protected status such as age, sex, race, religion and disability. The grade for the course will be based on weekly comments to problems, a paper and class participation.
Prerequisite: A prior course in labor or employment law, or permission of the instructor, is required.
LIMITED WRITING REQUIREMENT OPTION: A limited number of students may be permitted to satisfy the upper-class writing requirement with the approval of the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.
A student who fails to attend the initial meeting of a seminar (designated by an (S) in the title), or to obtain permission to be absent from either the instructor or the Registrar, may be administratively dropped from the seminar. Students who are on a wait list for a seminar are required to attend the first seminar meeting to be considered for enrollment.
