The Third Annual Colloquium on Current Scholarship in Labor & Employment Law will take place in San Diego from October 23 to October 25, 2008.   This year's colloquium will be co-hosted by California Western School of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, and the University of San Diego School of Law.  The annual colloquium, which was first held in 2006 at Marquette University Law School, has become an eagerly anticipated forum for American labor and employment law scholars to present and obtain feedback on works-in-progress.  The timing of the colloquium, close to the beginning of the academic year, allows professors to float or try out new ideas in the presence of supportive colleagues.

We are honored to welcome Professor Harry Arthurs as our keynote speaker.  Arthurs is University Professor at Osgoode Hall, York University in Toronto Canada.  Profesor Arthurs is the former dean of Osgoode Hall.  He has served as the Commissioner reviewing Canada's labour standards legislation (2004-2006) and as Commissioner reviewing Ontario's pension legislation (2006-2008). Arthurs's publications range widely over the areas of legal education and the legal profession, legal history and legal theory, labour and administrative law, globalization and - in recent years - constitutionalism.  His academic contributions have been recognized by his election as an Associate of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. In 2002, he was awarded the Canada Council's Killam Prize for his lifetime contributions to the social sciences as well as the Bora Laskin Prize for his contributions to labour law.

This year's event, which promises two days of exciting panels,  begins on the evening of Thursday, October 23, 2008, with the keynote address and welcoming reception at Thomas Jefferson School of Law.  Panels will be held on the following two days at University of San Diego and California Western Schools of Law.

Conference Abstract List & Schedule of Sessions

Schedule Overview:

• Thursday evening 10/23:  Welcome Reception and keynote speaker Professor Harry Arthurs  at Thomas Jefferson School of Law See Flyer - RSVP to cbecker@tjsl.edu
• Friday 10/24: Full day program at the University of San Diego School of Law
• Saturday 10/25:  Full day program at California Western School of Law

 A web site to accept registration and abstracts is here.  Hotel information is here. In the meantime, if you have any questions, you can send an e-mail to lec@cwsl.edu

Traveler’s Information:

Traveler’s Information

The conference is being organized by: Susan Bisom-Rapp at Thomas Jefferson, Ruben Garcia at Caiifornia Western, and Orly Lobel at USD Law.