Course Description
Examination of the intersection of immigration, labor, and employment issues from law and business perspectives. Introduces major areas of labor and employment law and explores the rights of immigrant workers under each area of law.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate law students will not be doing any extra work beyond
that required of the Juris Doctor students. J.D. students are
post-baccalaureate students and the workload expected of them is
the same workload expected of post-baccalaureate graduate
students. Law students are professional students, not
undergraduate students. Graduate law students are primarily
international lawyers seeking expertise in the American legal
system. This expertise is gained through exposure to Juris
Doctor courses.
Athena Title
Business Immigration Law
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
To familiarize students with the range of issues affecting business immigration. Students should be able to correctly spot legal issues and successfully analyze them in clear legal writing.
Topical Outline
1. Labor and employment laws regarding the rights of immigrants and obligations of businesses 2. Business immigration rules, including visas available to skilled and unskilled foreign workers 3. Employers’ obligations to verify workers’ immigration status 4. Issues relating to the international labor supply and demand from the perspectives of workers and employers
Syllabus
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