Cynthia Estlund
Encyclopedia
Cynthia Estlund is the Catherine A. Rein Professor of Law
at the New York University School of Law
.
She teaches Labor Law, Employment Law, and Property Law
and has published numerous articles on the subject of Labor and Employment. In her book Working Together: How Workplace Bonds Strengthen a Diverse Democracy (Oxford University Press
2003), she argued that the workplace is a site of both comparatively successful integration and intense cooperation and sociability, and explored the implications for democratic theory and for labor and employment law. She has over twenty publications in peer-reviewed journals, including the leading law reviews.
Cynthia Estlund graduated from Lawrence University
with a B.A. in Government, summa cum laude, 1978. She then studied government programs for working parents in Sweden as a Thomas J. Watson Fellow. She earned her J.D. at the Yale Law School in 1983, and was a Notes Editor for the Yale Law Journal
. After a judicial clerkship with Judge Patricia M. Wald on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Estlund reported on the prosecution of human rights abuses in Argentina as a J. Roderick MacArthur Fellow. She practiced law for several years, primarily with the labor law firm of Bredhoff & Kaiser.
Estlund joined the University of Texas School of Law
faculty in 1989, and was Regents Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. She subsequently joined the Columbia Law School
faculty in 1999, where she was the Isidore and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law and additionally the Vice Dean for Research, Columbia Law School, until her move to NYU in 2006.
Her husband Samuel Issacharoff
is also a professor at New York University School of Law
.
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
at the New York University School of Law
New York University School of Law
The New York University School of Law is the law school of New York University. Established in 1835, the school offers the J.D., LL.M., and J.S.D. degrees in law, and is located in Greenwich Village, in the New York City borough of Manhattan....
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She teaches Labor Law, Employment Law, and Property Law
Property law
Property law is the area of law that governs the various forms of ownership in real property and in personal property, within the common law legal system. In the civil law system, there is a division between movable and immovable property...
and has published numerous articles on the subject of Labor and Employment. In her book Working Together: How Workplace Bonds Strengthen a Diverse Democracy (Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press
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2003), she argued that the workplace is a site of both comparatively successful integration and intense cooperation and sociability, and explored the implications for democratic theory and for labor and employment law. She has over twenty publications in peer-reviewed journals, including the leading law reviews.
Cynthia Estlund graduated from Lawrence University
Lawrence University
Lawrence University is a selective, private liberal arts college with a nationally recognized conservatory of music, in Appleton, Wisconsin. Lawrence University is known for its rigorous academic environment. Founded in 1847, the first classes were held on November 12, 1849...
with a B.A. in Government, summa cum laude, 1978. She then studied government programs for working parents in Sweden as a Thomas J. Watson Fellow. She earned her J.D. at the Yale Law School in 1983, and was a Notes Editor for the Yale Law Journal
Yale Law Journal
The Yale Law Journal is a student-run law review affiliated with the Yale Law School. Published continuously since 1891, it is the most widely known of the eight law reviews published by students at Yale Law School...
. After a judicial clerkship with Judge Patricia M. Wald on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Estlund reported on the prosecution of human rights abuses in Argentina as a J. Roderick MacArthur Fellow. She practiced law for several years, primarily with the labor law firm of Bredhoff & Kaiser.
Estlund joined the University of Texas School of Law
University of Texas School of Law
The University of Texas School of Law, also known as UT Law, is an ABA-certified American law school located on the University of Texas at Austin campus. The law school has been in operation since the founding of the University in 1883. It was one of only two schools at the University when it was...
faculty in 1989, and was Regents Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. She subsequently joined the Columbia Law School
Columbia Law School
Columbia Law School, founded in 1858, is one of the oldest and most prestigious law schools in the United States. A member of the Ivy League, Columbia Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Columbia University in New York City. It offers the J.D., LL.M., and J.S.D. degrees in...
faculty in 1999, where she was the Isidore and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law and additionally the Vice Dean for Research, Columbia Law School, until her move to NYU in 2006.
Her husband Samuel Issacharoff
Samuel Issacharoff
Samuel Issacharoff is an American law professor, whose scholarly work focuses on voting rights and civil procedure. He is currently the Bonnie and Richard Reiss Professor of Constitutional Law at New York University School of Law. He served as a visiting professor at Harvard Law School for the...
is also a professor at New York University School of Law
New York University School of Law
The New York University School of Law is the law school of New York University. Established in 1835, the school offers the J.D., LL.M., and J.S.D. degrees in law, and is located in Greenwich Village, in the New York City borough of Manhattan....
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General Publications
- Working Together: How Workplace Bonds Strengthen a Diverse Democracy (2003)
Academic Publications
("Harmonizing Work and Citizenship: A Due Process Solution to a First Amendment Problem," 2005 Supreme Court Review -- (forthcoming)- "The Story of Washington Aluminum," in Employment Law Stories (Samuel Estreicher and Gillian Lester, ed., Foundation Press, forthcoming)
- "Between Rights and Contract: Arbitration Agreements and Non-Compete Covenants as a Hybrid Form of Employment Law," 155 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 379 (2007)
- "The Story of Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins," in Employment Discrimination Stories (Joel Friedman, ed., Foundation Press, 2006)
- "Rebuilding the Law of the Workplace in an Era of Self-Regulation," 105 Columbia Law Review 319 (2005)
- "Putting Grutter to Work: Diversity, Integration, and Affirmative Action in the Workplace," 14 Berkeley Journal of Employment & Labor Law 1 (2005)
- "Working Together: Crossing Color Lines at Work," 46 Labor History 77 (2005)
- "An American Perspective on Fundamental Labor Rights," in Social and Labour Rights in a Global Context (Robert Hepple, ed., Cambridge University Press, 2002)
- "The Ossification of American Labor Law," 102 Columbia Law Review 1527 (2002)
- "How Wrong Are Employees About Their Rights, and Why Does It Matter?," 77 New York University Law Review 6 (2002)
- "Working Together: The Workplace, Civil Society, and the Law," 89 Georgetown Law Journal 1 (2000)
- "Harassment Law and the First Amendment: A Window on the Role of the Workplace in a Democratic Society," in Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: Proceedings of New York University 51st Annual Conference on Labor (Samuel Estreicher, ed., Kluwer Press, 1999)
- "Freedom of Expression in the Workplace and the Problem of Discriminatory Harassment," 75 Texas Law Review 687 (1997)
- "Wrongful Discharge Protections in an At-Will World," 74 Texas Law Review 1655 (1996)
- "Free Speech and Due Process in the Workplace," 71 Indiana Law Journal 101 (1995)
- "Labor, Property, and Sovereignty after Lechmere," 46 Stanford Law Review 305 (1994)
- "Economic Rationality and Union Avoidance: Misunderstanding the National Labor Relations Act," 71 Texas Law Review 921 (1993)
- "What Do Workers Want? Employee Interests, Public Interests, and Freedom of Expression Under the National Labor Relations Act," 140 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 921 (1992)
- "Speech on Matters of Public Concern: The Perils of an Emerging First Amendment Category," 59 George Washington University Law Review 1 (1990)