James B. Atleson,
Values and Assumptions in American Labor Law:
A 25th Anniversary Retrospective
September 19, 2008
University at Buffalo Law School, The State University of New York
509 O’Brian Hall,North Campus, Buffalo, New York
University at Buffalo Law Faculty Moderators and Conference Organizers:
Dianne Avery•Fred Konefsky•Rob Steinfeld•Jim Wooten
8:00 am Coffee and pastries at Baldy Conference Center
8:30 amPanel I: Praxis
Moderator: Fred Konefsky, UB Law School
Wilma B. Liebman, Member, National Labor Relations Board
Values and Assumptions of the Bush NLRB: Trumping Workers’ Rights
Virginia Seitz, Sidley & Austin, Washington, D.C.
The Value of “Values and Assumptions” to the Practice of Law, or Incorrect Assumptions about the Relationship of Scholarship and Praxis
Commentator: Robert J. Rabin, Syracuse UniversityCollege of Law
10:00 am Break
10:15 am Panel II: Ideology
Moderator: Dianne Avery, UB Law School
Marion Crain, Washington University School of Law, St. Louis
Free to Quit? – Corporate Branding and the Longing to Belong
Michael Fischl, University of Connecticut, School of Law
Pedagogy and Critique: “Values and Assumptions” in the Classroom
Howard Wial, Brookings Institution
Productive Insubordination in Labor and EmploymentLaw
Commentator: Karl Klare, Northeastern University, School of Law
12:30 pmLunch
1:45 pm Panel III: History
Moderator: Robert J. Steinfeld, UB Law School
Joseph A. McCartin, Georgetown University, History
Unexpected Convergence: Values and Assumptions in Public Sector Labor Law, 1959-81
James Pope, Rutgers School of Law, Newark
Class Conflicts of Law I: Unilateral Employer and Worker Lawmaking in the U.S. Workplace
Commentator: John Witt, Columbia Law School
3:15 pm Break
3:30 pmPanel IV: Transnational Legal Norms
Moderator: James Wooten, UB Law School
Harry Arthurs, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
The Hollowing Out of Corporate Canada: Implications for IndustrialRelations and Labour Law
Lance Compa, Cornell University, ILR School
Still Unjaded: Jim Atleson’s 21st-Century Turn to International Labor Law
William B. Gould IV, Stanford Law School and Former Chairman, National Labor Relations Board
International Labor Standards, the Privatization of Public Law, and the Employee Free Choice Act of 2009
Commentator: Kerry Rittich, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law
Response: James B. Atleson
Free and open to all
See conference Web site at registration and program details
Jointly sponsored by
University at Buffalo School of Law
Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy
Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy
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