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By Mitchell H. Rubinstein

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Last Entry: April 01, 2011 at 01:00:00

Adjuncts are "mad as hell and they're not going to take this anymore!"

Posted on September 10, 2009
Just like Peter Finch's character Howard Beale in Network. the highly skilled and educated "working poor" that comprise 70% of all teachers in higher ed. have had enough and they're not going to take it anymore. They no longer want...

An ?at-will? employee given fair notice and an opportunity to be heard prior to dismissal has received the due process required by the 14th Amendment

Posted on September 09, 2009
Edward A. Biliski, v Red Clay Consolidated School District, USCA, 3rd Circuit, Docket No. 08-1742 [This decision is noted as "Precedential"] Edward A. Biliski, a computer technician was employed by the Red Clay Consolidated School District Board of Education...

Remember That Post You Wrote About Me on MySpace? You're fired.

Posted on September 09, 2009
Remember That Post You Wrote About Me on Myspace? Your fired is an interesting martindale.com article which discusses a New Jersey jury verdict for the plaintiff. The plaintiff's theory was that the employer violated his privacy and the federal Stored...

2009 Legal Educator Blog Census

Posted on September 09, 2009
Professor Colin Miller over at Evidence Law Prof Blog, one of 50 or so sister blogs that are members of the Law Professor Blog Network did a great job putting together a legal educator blog census. Here is the portion...

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LPN Not A Supervisor

Posted on September 09, 2009
Barker ex rel. NLRB v. Regal Health and Rehab Center, Inc., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 40863 (N.D. Ill. May 13, 2009), is an interesting court case concerning NLRB supervisory statuts. A federal court granted the NLRB?s request for an injunction...

Univ. of Calif. Profs To Walkout Over Furloughs

Posted on September 08, 2009
As it has been reported, the Univ. of California is requiring its employees to take between 11 to 26 furlough days -- amounting to a salary reduction of 4 to 10 percent. The Faculty Lounge has an excellent September 5,...

Adjunct Prof Gov. Spitzer's Salary

Posted on September 08, 2009
As reported on Adjunct Prof Blog, former Gov. Spitzer has accepted a position as an adjunct professor of political science at CUNY. The New York Times reported on Sep't. 3, 2009 that Gov. Spitzer is donating his entire salary back...

Article On Forest Grove IDEA Supreme Court Case

Posted on September 08, 2009
Phyllis Saxe's August 4, 2009 New York Law Journal Special Education column (registration required) is an excellent summary of Forest Grove School District v. T.A., 557 U.S.?, 129 S Ct 2484 (2009). In Forest Grove, the Court held held that...

Several educational experts offer advice to college students on how to get the most out of classes

Posted on September 08, 2009
The Opinion sectlon of the Sunday New York Times included advice from several leading educators to students about how to get the most out of the college experience. You might want to pass this along to your students or think...

AP Labor Day Piece Focuses On NLRB Delays And Appointments

Posted on September 07, 2009
In an AP article released on the eve of labor day, the grid lock at the NLRB is highlighted. The article highlights the fact that Obama's 3 appointments have not yet been confirmed and this has caused the 2 Member...

Smart Phone Text Books

Posted on September 06, 2009
You had to know it would be coming. There has been alot of discussion about e text books. In the law school environment, they could be very helpful. Full text of statutes and cases could be available with a click....

Irvine Law School

Posted on September 05, 2009
Irvine By Erwin is an interesting August 2009 ABA Journal article. Its about California's latest law school-Univ of Calif at Irving which just opened its doors. The article explains that the goal of this school is to become a top...

Students From Lower-Tier Schools Are Happier at BigLaw

Posted on September 05, 2009
Carolyn Elefant at Law.com reports on a new study that concludes students from lower-tier law schools are happier at large law firms. She writes: Great credentials may or may not make better lawyers, but apparently they don't make more satisfied...

Top 10 Law Movies

Posted on September 04, 2009
Well, we are about to start Labor Day weekend. Therefore, I thought that a post about law related movies was appropriate and I came across this one from Online Universities, a commercial web site. This site also has some interesting...

Conference on the future of law firms: "Law Firm Evolution: Brave New World or Business as Usual?"

Posted on September 04, 2009
The Georgetown Center for the Study of the Legal Profession will host the above conference on March 22-23, 2010. A description of the conference and a call for papers can be found here. Hat tip to the Legal Scholarship Blog....

Adjuncts, adjuncts everywhere but not a secure future in sight

Posted on September 04, 2009
Here's a poignant essay from Inside Higher Ed about adjuncts personifying the plight of so many during the Great Recession of '09, by living on the margins. Even more so in light of the recent story that many universities hide...

Florida bar examiners want to check-out applicants' Facebook & MySpace pages

Posted on September 03, 2009
You knew this was coming - bar examiners want to check the social networking homepages of bar applicants to determine if they meet the character fitness standards. Specifically, The Florida Board of Bar Examiners ("FBBE") Character and Fitness Committee recommended...

Court Invalidates California Furlough Plan

Posted on September 03, 2009
Another Furlough Plan Bites The Dust is an interesting September 1, 2009 National Law Journal article about a California decision which enjoined layoffs. The article is not particularly well written. It appears that the furlough was enjoined based upon California...

And speaking of "work-life" balance, this poll says it's incompatible with legal excellence

Posted on September 03, 2009
On the Adam Smith, Esq. blog, readers were asked in a poll to give their opinions about the viability of work-life balance in today's marketplace. Not surprisingly, the majority of those polled said that it's a pipe-dream in this economy....

A new blog called "Thriving in Law School"

Posted on September 03, 2009
I thought some of our readers might be interested in this blog recently brought to my attention called Thriving in Law School. It's part of the "humanizing law school" movement which is devoted to helping students (and lawyers) find happiness...

Universities accused of hiding from USNWR the number of adjuncts they use

Posted on September 03, 2009
A blog called Faculty and College Excellence is reporting that the American Federation of Teachers ("AFT") is claiming that several top universities misrepresent the number of adjunct professors they employ in order to manipulate the USNWR rankings. As part of...

The Importance Of State And Local Employment Law

Posted on September 02, 2009
The New York Civil Rights Restoration Act Grows Teeth is an important-very important July/August article from the New York State Bar Journal by attorneys Jyotin Hamid, Mary Beth Hogan and Alison Page. As readers of this blog all know, I...

Adjunct Professor Spitzer

Posted on September 02, 2009
Disgraced former Governor Elliot Spitzer starts a new job on Tuesday. He will be an adjunct professor of Political Science at CUNY. Lower Hudson carried the story here. I wonder if he applied to be a law professor. I'm guessing...

Breaking News! Is Justice Stevens Going To Retire Next Year??

Posted on September 02, 2009
The AP reported about 45 minutes ago that Justice Stevens only hired one law clerk. Justice Stevens is 89 years old and has been on the Court since 1975. He is the second longest serving Justice in the history of...

Universities help students experience the "good life" since they likely won't upon graduation

Posted on September 02, 2009
I'd previously reported on the Legal Writing Professor blog about several universities that now offer valet service for students running late to class (or who simply don't want to look for a parking space). Now comes this story from the...

3rd Holds Gay Man Can Pursue Sexual Sterotyping Claim

Posted on September 01, 2009
As most of my students are aware, Title VII does not outlaw discrimination on the basis of homosexuality- at least not yet. However, many plaintiffs have never-the-less been able to bring a claim based upon a claim of sexual sterotyping....

DOT reinstates rule requiring direct observation of urine testing

Posted on September 01, 2009
The Department of Transportation has reinstated a 2008 final rule mandating that transportation industry workers in safety-sensitive positions submit to direct-observation urine testing for all return-to-duty and follow-up drug tests. See Federal Register notice published July 30...

Smoke-free workplace rule does not interfere with employment at will

Posted on September 01, 2009
Here is a new one.In McNeil v Charlevoix County, ___Mich.___(Mich S.Ct, July 21, 2009), the court holds that a local regulation prohibiting an employer from discharging, refusing to hire, or otherwise retaliating against an employee for exercising the right to...

Rubinstein Quoted In Las Vegas Sun

Posted on September 01, 2009
One of the advantages of editing a blog is that you get to engage in self-promotion. The Las Vegas Sun recently interviewed me and included me my comments along side one of the giants in labor law, Bill Gould who...

Advice for aspiring law profs

Posted on September 01, 2009
Here's some very helpful advice from Professor Paul Caron via The Legal Blog Watch. If graduating top of your class from a top 10 law school before going on to clerk for the U.S. Supreme Court doesn't fit with your...

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