 Ruben J. Garcia Associate Professor of Law
Visiting Associate Professor, Thurgood Marshall College, University of California, San Diego
LL.M. University of Wisconsin
J.D. University of California, Los Angeles
A.B. Stanford University
[honors, political science]
Courses Taught: Employment Discrimination, Employment Law, International Labor & Employment Law, Labor Law, NAFTA & Labor, Professional Responsibility; Dimensions of Culture: Justice (University of California, San Diego)
Professor Garcia joined the faculty at California Western in 2003 after teaching at the University of California, Davis School of Law and the University of Wisconsin Law School, where he was a William H. Hastie Fellow. Garcia's research focuses on labor and employment law, with particular attention to the effects of race, gender, immigration and globalization on the world of work. He teaches primarily in the Labor and Employment Law Concentration at California Western, as well as Professional Responsibility and a course in Constitutional Law at the University of California, San Diego.
Before teaching, Garcia specialized in labor and employment law while in private practice in Los Angeles. He now serves on the executive boards of the Labor Relations Section of the Association of American Law Schools and the Society of American Law Teachers. Garcia is also active in the Law and Society Association and the Labor and Employment Relations Association.
Professor Garcia's scholarly articles have been published in the Hastings Law Journal, the Florida Law Review, the Florida State University Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Labor and Employment Law, and the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, among other publications. He is currently writing a book for New York University Press, entitled Marginal Workers: How Legal Fault Lines Divide Workers and Leave Them Without Protection.
Selected Publications
- "Marginal Workers: How Legal Fault Lines Divide Workers and Leave Them Without Protection" (book in progress forthcoming 2010 from New York University Press)
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Against Legislation: Garcetti v. Ceballos and the Paradox of Statutory Protection for Public Employees, 7 First Amendment L. Rev. 22 (2008).
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Teaching Preventive Law and Problem-Solving Skills Through International Labour and Employment Law, 25 Int’l J. Comp. Labour L. Industrial Relations 15 (2009).
- "A Democratic Theory of Amicus Advocacy," 35 Florida State Univ. Law Review 315 (2008)
- "Act of Union" (Labor Day 2007) appeared in the Los Angeles Daily Journal on August 31, 2007
- "Labor as Property: Guestworkers, Trade Agreements and the Democracy Deficit," Journal of Gender, Race & Justice (Fall 2006)
- Labor's Fragile Freedom of Association Post-9/11," 8 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Labor & Employment Law 283 (2006)
- "Legal Reform: The Role of Public Institutions and Legal Culture," 35 California Western International Law Journal 266 (2005)
- "Transnationalism as a Social Movement Strategy: Actors, Institutions and Internation Labor Standards," 10 Journal of International Law & Policy 1 (2003)
- "Ghost Workers in an Interconnected World: Going Beyond the Dichotomies of Domestic Immigration and Labor Laws," 26 University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform 737 (2003)
- "Across the Borders: Immigrant Status and Identity in Law and LatCrit Theory," 55 Florida Law Review 511 (2003)
- "New Voices at Work: Race and Gender Identity Caucuses in The U.S. Labor Movement," 54 Hastings Law Journal 79 (2002)
Selected Presentations
- "Teaching with Conscience," Society of American Law Teachers Conference, University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, March 15, 2008
- "Neither Citizen nor Lawyer: Garcetti v Ceballos and the Government Lawyer as Public Citizen" at the First Amendment Law Review Symposium at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, on Feb. 22, 2008
- "Teaching Problem Solving and Prevention Through International Labor and Employment Law" at The Global Workplace Symposium, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, Feb. 15, 2008.
- Marginal Workers: How Gaps in Legal Protection Divide Workers, at American University College of Law, Washington, DC, June 1, 2007
- Labor as Property: NAFTA, Guestworkers and the Democracy Deficit, at the Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 5, 2005
- Labor as Property: NAFTA, Guestworkers and the Democracy Deficit, U. of Oregon Law School, Mar.31 - April. 1, 2005
- Labor's Fragile Freedom of Association Post-9/11, at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, CA, Oct. 28, 2004
- Labor's Fragile Freedom of Association Post-9/11, at St. Louis University School of Law, Oct. 4, 2004
Professor Garcia's Media Appearances - 2005, 2006
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rgarcia@cwsl.edu
619-525-1449
225 Cedar Street
San Diego, CA 92101
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