The Relevance of Labor Unions in Present and Future Economies “The Role of Labor Unions in the 21st Century Economy” was the subject
of examination by the Journal of Labor and Employment Law in January.
Panels included: The Future of Organizing: Should We Return to the Policy
of the Wagner Act?; New Directions for Organizing: Professional, High
Technology, and Contingent Workers; and Unions and Globalization. Academics
and organizers from around the nation gathered to explore the continuing
relevance of unions in a de-industrialized, global economy.
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The
Inn at Penn was the setting for the 13th Annual Dr. Sadie Turner Mossell
Alexander Commemorative Dinner sponsored by the Black Law Students Association
at Penn. “Pioneering Women, Enduring Legacies” was the theme of the evening.
Patricia A. King, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center,
delivered the Keynote Address. She is the Carmack Waterhouse Professor
of Law, Medicine, Ethics, and Public Policy and the Director of the Center
for Applied Legal Studies. Among the evening’s honorees were Claire
Wallace L’95, Associate Director in Penn Law’s Career Planning & Professionalism
Office, and Niki T. Ingram L’79, a Member specializing in workman’s
compensation at Marshall Denehey Warner Coleman & Goggin in Philadelphia.
Sadie T. M. Alexander ED’18, GR’21, L’27, was the Law School’s first black
woman graduate and the first black woman to be admitted to the Pennsylvania
Bar. She served on President Harry Truman’s Committee on Civil Rights.
And,
If Their Day Jobs Don’t Work Out…
In
April, the Jewish Law Students Association (JLSA) sponsored a student
basketball tournament and faculty/staff free-throw competition in Penn’s
Hutchinson Gym to raise money for legal aid. All told, Dean Michael
A. Fitts, Assistant Dean Janice Austin, Professors Douglas
Frenkel, Alan Lerner, David Rudovsky and Cathie Struve
took shots in the competition. Showing an overhand finesse that proved
his success, Professor Lerner made the most baskets in his attempts -
7 out of 10. Over $1,000 was raised and designated for Community Legal
Services of Philadelphia.