Fall 2013 MCLE Materials

MCLE MATERIALS / SUGGESTED READING


Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center

Your Legal Rights:  Fact Sheet on Sexual Harassment
http://las-elc.org/fact-sheets/sexual-harassment

Legal Services of Northern California

Kennedy, Sonnad & Hing, Putting Race Back on the Table:  Racial Impact Statements. Clearinghouse Review Journal of Poverty Law & Policy, May-June (2013), 154-162.

Kennedy, Fisher & Bailey, Framing in Race-Conscious, Anti-Poverty Advocacy: A Science-Based Guide to Delivering Your Most Persuasive Message. Clearinghouse Review Journal of Poverty Law & Policy, January-February (2010), 408-421.

Tawatao, Bailey, Smith & Kennedy, Instituting a Race-Conscious Practice in Legal Aid:  One Program’s Effect. Clearinghouse Review Journal of Poverty Law & Policy, May-June (2008), 48-60.

National Employment Law Project (NELP)

Wanted: Accurate FBI Background Checks for Employment
http://www.nelp.org/page/-/SCLP/2013/Report-Wanted-Accurate-FBI-Background-Checks-Employment.pdf?nocdn=1

65 Million “Need Not Apply”: The Case for Reforming Criminal Background Checks for Employment
http://www.nelp.org/page/-/SCLP/2011/65_Million_Need_Not_Apply.pdf?nocdn=1

Ban the Box: Major U.S. Cities and Counties Adopt Fair Hiring Policies to Remove Barriers to Employment of People with Criminal Records
http://nelp.3cdn.net/834261d211eee6922f_58m6brrp1.pdf

Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC-United)

The Great Service Divide:  Occupational Segregation & Inequality in the New York City Restaurant Industry
http://rocunited.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/reports_great-service-divide.pdf

Tipped Over the Edge:  Gender Inequality in the Restaurant Industry
http://rocunited.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ROC_GenderInequity_F1-1.pdf

Blacks in the Restaurant Industry Brief
http://rocunited.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/reports_blacks-in-the-industry_brief.pdf

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Tamayo, The EEOC and Immigrant Workers. 44 U.S.F.L. Rev. 253 (2009).

“Rape in the Fields” which in part highlights EEOC’s cases for farm workers.
http://video.pbs.org/video/2365022047/