Course Description
National Labor Relations Act, focusing on history and evolution of labor relations laws, union organizational activity, collective bargaining, economic weapons, the duty of fair representation, and federalism and labor relations.
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
Labor Law
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
The successful student should be able to: Understand the statutory structure of the NLRA and distinguish the statute from related federal (e.g., the Railway Labor Act) and state legislation; Appreciate judicial interpretations of U.S. labor law, including historical trends which have driven its development; Compare and contrast, both orally and in writing, competing societal and economic interests which buttress parties’ arguments over labor law; and Describe varying positions taken by the NLRB, with or without judicial approval, and fashion legal advice consistent with likely ultimate outcomes.
Topical Outline
Contact the instructor for topical outline for this course.