Work For Workplace Justice

Thursday, February 6th, 2014

The second of ten 2014 regional workshops is scheduled for Monday, February 10 at Rutgers School of Law in Newark, NJ. Work for Workplace Justice provides law students with the opportunity to learn about PBF Summer Fellowships and what it's like practicing law for a union, worker center, union-side law firm or government agency.

Work for Workplace Justice

·         Learn about the Peggy Browning Fund’s Summer Fellowships

·         Hear what’s it is like practicing law for a union legal department, a workers’ rights center, a law firm representing unions and workers, or a government agency regulating the workplace

·         Find out how to get a job promoting workplace justice

Monday, February 10, 2014
4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. (refreshments will be served)

Rutgers School of Law - Newark

123 Washington Street, Baker Trial Courtroom, Room 125

Free admission to law school students.

RSVP to: LELSatRutgers@gmail.com

Panelists:

·         Gwynne A. Wilcox, Rutgers Law, '78; Levy Ratner, P.C.; Member, Board of Directors, Peggy Browning Fund – Moderator

·         James Gray Pope, J.D., Harvard; Ph.D., Princeton; Professor of Law and Sidney Reitman Scholar, Rutgers School of Law-Newark

·         Megann McManus, Rutgers Law, '14; 2013 Peggy Browning Fellow

·         Arnold Shep Cohen, Rutgers Law, '76; LL.M., New York University; Oxfeld Cohen, P.C.; Adjunct Professor, Rutgers School of Law-Newark

·         Eric B. Sposito, Rutgers Law, '11; Field Attorney, Region 22, National Labor Relations Board

The panel discussion will begin at 4:30p.m.  From 5:30p.m. to 6:30p.m., there will be a networking reception with panelists and students.

Many thanks to the Labor and Employment Law Society, Student Bar Association, Eric Neisser Public Interest Program and the Office of Career Services, Rutgers School of Law-Newark for co-sponsoring this event.

Through fellowships, workers’ rights conferences, networking and other programs, the Peggy Browning Fund provides unique opportunities for law students to work for economic and social justice. For more information visit dev.peggybrowningfund.org.