Learning OUtcomes & Coverage

Book Info

The only required text is Employment Discrimination Law by the Labor Law Group (Corrada et al., 11th or 10th editions)

Course Learning Outcomes

At the end of the class, students should be able to:

• Recognize when a factual scenario describes a potential violation of employment discrimination laws.

• Develop arguments using statutes, regulations, precedent, theory animating those sources of law, and contemporary and historical social evidence.

• Apply the appropriate proof structures to a factual scenario, recognizing that sometimes, more than one proof structure may be a possible route to liability

• Link appropriate defenses to each proof structure and identify the defenses that may be available for a factual scenario

• Explain how to pursue an employment discrimination claim, how to defend an employment discrimination claim, and how to prevent discrimination in the workplace.

Outline of coverage

I. Introduction and Overview

II. Theories of Discrimination and Analytical Paradigms

          A. Disparate Treatment

          B. Retaliation

          C. Disparate Impact

          D. Harassment

III. Issues related to protected classes

A. Race

B. National Origin

C. Sex

D. Religion

E. Age

F. Disability