Labor Law Group Conference, continued

The Labor Law Group conference continued yesterday.  Topics:

Public Sector Labor Law, moderated by Martin Malin.  Ann Hodges, Ron James, and Joe Slater presented, though regretfully I missed this sesion because I attended . . .

Restatement on Employment Law, moderated by Catherine Fisk.  Michael Harper provided an update on the Restatement project, Pauline Kim criticized some of the proposed Restatement articles, and Matt Finkin criticized the entire Restatement project (arguing, among other things, that it would stifle development of the law).

New Issues in Employment Discrimination, moderated by Dianne Avery.  Camille Hebert, David Schwartz, and Michael Selmi presented, though regretfully I missed this sesion because I attended . . .

Dispute Resolution in the Workplace, moderated by Laura Cooper.  Peter Hurtgen provided an update on FMCS ADR projects, Rick Bales collected recent empirical work on employment arbitration, and Dennis Nolan described his experience with employment arbitration.

New Vehicles for Employee Representation and Voice, moderated by Deborah Malamud.  Peggie Smith described the recent organizing of home-based health care providers.  Michael Wishnie discussed immigration law as an integral part of labor and employment law, and discussed worker centers.  Alan Hyde discussed the future of worker center wage campaigns.  Wilma Liebman described, among other things, union attempts to bypass the NLRB due to frustration with delays, limited remedies, adverse decisions, etc.

Roundtable on Innovations in Teaching Labor and Employment Law, moderated by Joel Friedman.  Laura Cooper demonstrated creative ways to use PowerPoint.  Roberto Corrada described his use of simulations in his Labor Law class.  Raphael Gely demonstrated the use of "clickers" in the classroom.

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