LAW 650LEC - Employment Discr Law

Many people have experienced discrimination on the job, but do you know what legal rights you have? Are you aware of which types of employment discrimination Title VII of the Civil Rights of Act 1964 and other laws prohibit and the laws? limitations? Do you know if you are protected against discrimination on the basis of your gender identity, your race, your age, your friends, your political party? How would you bring a successful discrimination claim? Learn the answers to all these questions, and more, in this course. You will also learn to apply the law you have learned to real scenarios by doing problems in most classes. Guest speakers will include practitioners in the field. Students will write one short (5 to 8 pages) non-research paper in lieu of a midterm exam and there will be an open-book final examination at the end of the semester during the final exam period.

Credits: 3