Employment Law include all areas of the law that touch upon the employee-employer relationship, including discrimination law and traditional labor law.
Andrew Elmore
Andrew Elmore joined the BU Law faculty in 2025 as Professor of Law and Barreca Labor Relations Scholar. A leading expert in labor and employment law, his scholarship examines the failure of the state to effectively regulate low-wage workplaces and the efforts of worker movements to generate new legal frameworks to protect workers’ rights and […]
Michael C. Harper
Michael Harper is a leading authority in the areas of labor law, employment law, and employment discrimination law. Professor Harper has been engaged by the study of these fields since joining the faculty in 1978. He stresses that the law governing employment is critical to the organization of society and the setting of social priorities. […]
Keith N. Hylton
Keith Hylton, a William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor of Boston University and Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law, joined the BU Law faculty in 1995 after teaching for six years and receiving tenure at Northwestern University School of Law. He is a prolific scholar who is widely recognized for his work across […]
Maria O’Brien
Maria O’Brien is the Paul M. Siskind Scholar and Professor of Law at Boston University where she began teaching after several years in private practice. She has taught at the University of Chicago Law School, DePaul Law School and Boston College Law School. While in law school Professor O’Brien served as an editor of the […]
Angela Onwuachi-Willig
Angela Onwuachi-Willig is dean and Ryan Roth Gallo Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law. A renowned legal scholar and expert in critical race theory, employment discrimination, and family law, she joined the law school as dean in August 2018. Before joining the School of Law, Dean Onwuachi-Willig served as Chancellor’s Professor of Law […]
Benjamin David Pyle
Benjamin Pyle teaches and writes in empirical legal studies, employment law, and criminal law, with a particular focus on how the law influences employment prospects and post-conviction opportunities for people with criminal records. He has published work in law reviews and peer-reviewed journals, including the Notre Dame Law Review and the International Review of Law […]
Katharine B. Silbaugh
Katharine Silbaugh is widely recognized for her pioneering work on gender, family and household labor, and adolescent interaction with the legal system. Her research highlights the economic and social value of work done within households; the complex relationship between families and institutions, such as employers, schools, and commercial entities; and the inadequacy of the legal […]