Resolving Labor and Employment Disputes

The Center for Labor and Employment Law is a program established at New York
University School of Law. Professor Samuel Estreicher, Dwight D. Opperman Professor
of Law at New York University and an internationally recognized expert on labor and
employment law, serves as the Center's director. The objectives of the Center are (a) to
promote workplace efficiency and productivity, while at the same time recognizing the
need for justice and safety in the workplace and respecting the dignity of work and
employees; (b) to promote independent, nonpartisan research that would improve
understanding of employment issues generally, with particular emphasis on the
connections between human resources decisions and organizational performance; (c)
to sponsor a graduate program for the next generation of law teachers and leading
practitioners in the fields; and (d) to provide a forum for bringing together leaders from
unions, employees, and companies, as well as representatives of plaintiff and defense
perspectives, for informal discussion exploring new frameworks for labor- management
relations, workplace justice, fair and efficient resolution of employment disputes,
and representation in the workplace.