ILRLR 6020

The Practice of Labor Arbitration

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2019-2020.

This course is designed to be an advanced seminar for graduate and undergraduate students who have a serious interest in the practice and profession of labor arbitration. Classroom discussions, group exercise and readings will focus on the role of the labor arbitrator in the public and private sectors. During the first part of the course, topics will include the backgrounds, training, and certifications needed to establish a labor arbitration practice. In addition to focusing on how arbitrators manage hearings, the course will also cover the institutional and administrative arrangements that support the use of labor arbitration. How arbitrators are admitted to rosters and receive appointments from such "providers" as the American Arbitration Association, the Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service, the New York State Public Employment Relations Board, the Cornell's ADR Services, etc.) will be examined.  Detailed coverage of the standards of contract interpretation, discipline and the role of evidence will be provided.  All case examples will be drawn from actual disputes successfully arbitrated by the course's instructor.  

When Offered Fall, Spring.

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