Jessica K. Fink
Associate Professor
J.D., Harvard Law School
B.A., University of Michigan
[political science, with Highest Distinction]
Course Taught: Remedies, Employment Law, Employment Discrimination and Constitutional Law I
Jessica Fink is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Michigan with a B.A. in political science. She received her law degree from Harvard Law School. After graduating from law school, Fink spent five years practicing with the Chicago firm of Sidley Austin LLP as a member of the labor and employment practice group, where she litigated a wide variety of employment-related matters in state and federal court and before administrative tribunals, including discrimination, wrongful termination, ERISA and wage and hour claims. Fink also counseled businesses of all sizes with respect to a broad range of employment-related issues, and she provided training to employers and their workforces regarding legally appropriate employment practices. Professor Fink’s research focuses on employment law and employment discrimination. Fink previously was a Teaching Fellow in California Western’s Aspiring Legal Scholars program. She became an Assistant Professor in 2007 and an Associate Professor in 2010. She has been involved in a number of pro bono activities and is a member of the Balance Campaign Committee of The Lawyers Club of San Diego.
Selected Publications
A Crumbling Pyramid: How the Evolving Jurisprudence Defining "Employee" Under the ADEA Threatens the Basic Structure of the Modern Large Law Firm, 6 HASTINGS BUS. L.J. 35 (2010)
Unintended Consequences: How Antidiscrimination Litigation Increases Group Bias in Employer-Defendants, 38 NEW MEXICO LAW REVIEW 333 (2008)
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jfink@cwsl.edu
619-525-1452
225 Cedar Street
San Diego, CA 92101
Publications
Concentration
in Labor & Employment Law
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