Certificate in Labor and Employment Law

Application for Certificate

Requirements

To be eligible for a Certificate in Labor & Employment Law, a student must satisfy all the requirements listed below.

A.   A student must complete all of the following Labor & Employment Law Core Courses:

1.	Labor Law
2.	Employment Law
3.	Employment Discrimination
4.	Administrative Law

B.   A student must complete at least one of the following Labor & Employment Law Related courses:

1.	Public Sector Labor Law
2.	Pension & Employee Benefits
3.	Advanced Topics in Employment Law
4.	Negotiation and Settlement
5.	College of Law externship placement dealing directly with Labor or Employment Law, subject to the advanced joint approval of the Director of the Externship Program and the Faculty Coordinator.

C.  A student must complete one of the following Research and Writing Components:

1.	Any Advanced Topics/Seminar in Employment or Labor Law, subject to the advanced approval of the paper topic/project by the Faculty Coordinator, provided that an Advanced Topics/Seminar applied towards satisfaction of the Research and Writing Component in Labor or Employment Law may not be applied towards satisfaction of the Labor & Employment Law Related Course requirement.
2.	Independent Research (with paper) in Labor or Employment Law, subject to the advanced approval of the paper topic/project by the Faculty Coordinator
3.	Service on the Law Review, including the submission of a final draft Note or Article on Labor or Employment Law for publication, if the Faculty Coordinator accepts the final draft of the Note or Article as sufficient in length and quality to be counted as completion of a Certificate Research and Writing Component
4.	Participation in a Moot Court competition in which Labor or Employment Law is the central subject, if the Faculty Coordinator determines that the amount and quality of student's participation has been sufficient to be counted as completion of a Certificate Research and Writing Component

D.   A student must have a 3.0 cumulative grade point average in all Labor and Employment Law Core and Related Courses completed, except that a course graded only on a pass/fail basis shall not be included in the grade point average computation.