Law Concentration
On Campus
On Campus
Workplace law deals with such issues as employment discrimination, sexual harassment, labor negotiations, unemployment and wage disputes. This concentration prepares you to navigate these and other legal issues that emerge in the workplace.
Workplace law is a dynamic and challenging field that affects about 140 million civilian workers and their employers. Specializing in this field opens the door to working with large government agencies, such as the U.S. Department of Labor, the Commission on Human Rights and the National Labor Relations Board. You’ll also build the legal foundation you need to represent unions or corporations or to start a private practice.
A substantial component of workplace law involves settling disputes, and Quinnipiac is uniquely positioned to ensure that you have a competitive advantage in that area. Our Center on Dispute Resolution's training and its Quinnipiac/Yale Workshop on Dispute Resolution are both valuable assets for our law students. The center holds workshops, sponsors prominent speaking events on campus and offers opportunities to train with lawyers in the field. You also can gain practical experience participating in national and regional mock trial and dispute resolution competitions.
In our Civil Justice Clinic, you’ll have opportunities to represent real clients with cases relating to unemployment and unpaid wages. And in our employment and labor externship program, you’ll perform the work that workplace lawyers do, whether you choose a law firm, a government agency, or work in-house at a corporation. Because this concentration offers a wide variety of courses, you can choose to focus on a specific area in workplace law that interests you, such as mediation and arbitration, discrimination law or workers’ compensation.
Students gain real-world experience working with attorneys in corporations, government, non-profits and private practice.
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LAWS 572: Immigration and Naturalization Law
This foundational course explores the legal framework governing immigration and naturalization in the United States. Students will gain an understanding of immigration policies, procedures, and the roles of federal agencies involved in immigration law enforcement and adjudication.
LAWS 677: Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions
This course will explore the intersection of criminal and immigration law, and specifically, the consequences of criminal conduct, arrests and convictions, on individuals seeking to normalize their immigration status in the United States. The course will primarily explore what constitutes a conviction under U.S. immigration law, what are criminal grounds for inadmissibility to, and deportability from, the United States, and when a particular offense can trigger removability or bar relief from removal.
LAWS 713: Asylum Law
This course will supplement your education in the immigration and nationality discipline by focusing on law relating to persons coming to the United States after fleeing persecution in their home countries. Asylum law is based on a complex statutory and regulatory framework, nuanced administrative and judicial case law and international obligations.
Learn more about the prerequisites, required coursework and recommended electives on our Academic Catalog. Please note that course schedules are updated annually.
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