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Labor and employment law

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Mar 15, 2017 5:56 pm

Hi,

I have an interview coming up with a labor and employment firm and would like to know if anyone has good resources for me to learn more about the area.

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Re: Labor and employment law

Post by JDanger007 » Wed Mar 15, 2017 6:14 pm

onlabor.org
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Re: Labor and employment law

Post by RaceJudicata » Wed Mar 15, 2017 8:16 pm

Know the difference between labor law and employment law. I made that mistake during my first l&e interview.

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Chambers associate good starting point. Also figure out what they do - big differences b/w FLSA and Title VII or ERISA.

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Re: Labor and employment law

Post by pml87 » Wed Mar 15, 2017 9:15 pm

Your question leads me to think that this interview is part of OCI. If so, any guide is only a starter. You would have to do the leg work at actually figuring out what the firm does. For employment, are they employer/employee side? Some firms have a visceral reaction to the opposite side, and all are zealous for their clients' cause. The same with labor, are they mostly representing unions or employers? The practices of employer/employee sides are widely different. Here is a guide I found to be helpful: http://hls.harvard.edu/content/uploads/ ... nt2012.pdf. But, again, it is only the start.

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Re: Labor and employment law

Post by tyroneslothrop1 » Thu Mar 16, 2017 12:42 pm

Why employment law? Well, there are two reasons: (1) employment is a complex and ever changing area of the law; and (2) employment work comes with a significant human component. The cases often boil down to people and the things that make people tick.


... or at least that is what I say during employment law lateral interviews.

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Re: Labor and employment law

Post by Anonymous User » Sun Apr 23, 2017 8:25 pm

This is a little off topic, but I was hoping that someone in this thread would be able to speak to the difference in the type of work that an associate does at a traditional labor and employment firm (Littler, Jackson Lewis) as opposed to a big law firm with a large L&E department (Morgan Lewis,Proskauer).

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