I. Introductory Course.
- Labor Relations I (Law 745)
Taught once a year in the fall semester and is required for the
Concentration.
II. Basic Courses. The school
offers three basic courses, which are offered every year. Students
seeking the Concentration must take at least two of these courses:
- Labor Relations II (Law 745) --focuses on union organizing and
collective bargaining.
- Equal Employment Law (Law 765) --focuses on a variety of statutes
prohibiting employment discrimination.
- Protective Labor Laws (Law 747) (3 credits) --focuses on
statutory protections, including wage and hour law, workers
compensation, safety and health, and employee benefit
protection.
III. Advanced Courses.
Students seeking the Labor Law Concentration must take their
remaining credits (11-14) from this list. A maximum of 5 credits
may be from one or more of the externship programs.
- Public Sector Labor Law
- Sports Law
- NLRB Seminar
- Collective Bargaining seminar
- Arbitration Seminar
- Mock Labor Arbitration Competition
- Clinical externship at either the NLRB in Milwaukee or the WERC
in Madison
- Clinical externship at the EEOC in Milwaukee
- Clinical externship at the Department of Labor in Chicago
- Clinical externship at the Employment Section, WI Atty.
General’s Office, Madison
- ERISA
- Employee Benefits
- Worker Compensation Law
- Employment Law Counseling
- International Labor Standards
- with permission of the Labor Law Concentration Coordinator:
Administrative Law; Insurance Law; or European Union Law.
Student earning a 3.5 cumulative average in courses fulfilling Labor & Employment Law Concentration requirements will receive Honors in the Concentration. (Note: the Concentration Honors level for December 2008 and May 2009 graduates will be 3.3.)