About LELSA
The Labor and Employment Law Students Association is a community of law students focused on employees and their legal relationship with their employers. Our organization also focuses on providing resources and development in three core areas: academics, career placement, and community involvement.

• What is Labor and Employment Law? This area of law addresses the relationship between employers and their employees. Labor and employment attorneys work in big firms and small firms, government agencies, and as in-house counsel. They often specialize in a particular client group like representing companies, workers, or labor unions; or a particular practice area like employment discrimination, employee benefits, workers compensation, or wage-and-hour claims.

• What does LELSA do? We are a group of law students with diverse interests in labor and employment law. We plan professional, academic, and social events; and help connect interested students with practitioners for networking and internship opportunities.

• How can I get involved? LELSA is going through a renaissance this year, and is looking for many creative members to help chart our future. If you want to make a meaningful contribution during your time at USF and want to be actively involved in a professionally-focused organization, we want you.

• Contact: The LELSA President is Devin Kinyon.  To get involved, email Devin at djkinyonATusfca.edu.

• Stay in touch: Sign-up for LELSA's email list. We'll email out information about upcoming activities, LELSA events, and other information of interest to our members.  (And the list is moderated, so don't worry about spam.)

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LELSA Events

September 22, 2010 12:30pm First General Meeting Kendrick 102 Supplement Sale October 29, 30, and November 6, 7, 2010 Program on immigration and migrant workers October/November 2010 Law in Motion Halloween Trick-or-Treating October 2010 Brownbag Lunch Faculty Roundtable Series November 2010 Labor and Employment career programming February 2011 LELSA community service activity February 2011 Pemberton Lecture March 2011 LELSA Bar Night March 2011 Supplement Sale March/April 2011 Elections Meeting April 2011 Labor and Employment Year-End Celebration April 2011 For USF events, visit the Law School's online calendar.

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Studying Labor and Employment Law at USF
We are very fortunate to have an active labor and employment faculty at USF, with regular course offerings in Employment Law, Labor Law, and Employment Discrimination, and two-semester Employment Mediation Clinic.  USF faculty members who teach labor and employment courses include:

• Professor Constance de la Vega

• Professor Bill Ong Hing

• Professor Maria Linda Ontiveros, Co-Director of USF's Labor & Employment Program

• Professor Robert Talbot

• Professor Michelle Travis, Co-Director of USF's Labor & Employment Program

• Visiting Professor Tristin Green

• Adjunct Professor Donald Carroll

• 2010 Pemberton Lecture - Learning From Troubled Times: Pursuing Equality Outside An Anti-Discrimination Law Frame by ReThinking the Promotion of Safe Work During The Bush Administration

• 2009 Pemberton Lecture - And Deliver Us From Evil: Constitutional Themes and the Perpetuation of Servitude (held in conjunction with the USF Law Review's symposium on immigrant labor)

• 2007 Pemberton Lecture - The Great American Makeover: The Sexing Up and Dumbing Down of Female Workers After Jespersen

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Resources

• ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law

• California Bar Labor and Employment Law Section

• Labor and Employment Laws Across the US (compiled by the Cornell Legal Information Institute)

• The Office of Career Planning has developed a practice area guide on Labor and Employment Law (log on to USFLaw Link and go to the Document Library)

• Professor Travis' Employment Law Resources

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