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INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND THE WORKPLACE
The 26th annual
Kenneth M. Piper Lecture
Knowledge Workers in the New Economy: From Cliché
to Contract
Tuesday, April 20, 2004
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Lecture:
Catherine L. Fisk
University of Southern California Law School
Commentary:
Greg W. Castle
Castle and Associates
Julia A. Clark
International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers,
AFL-CIO & CLC
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Illinois Institute of Technology
565 West Adams
Chicago, IL 60661-3691
(312) 906-5090 for more information
The public is cordially invited to attend the lecture. No registration
is required.
Knowledge Workers in the New Economy: From Cliché to
Contract
The concepts of knowledge work and the new economy moved rapidly
from novelty to cliché. The new characteristics of labor
markets and business practices which they represent are yet to be
established in American labor and employment law. Changes in legal
doctrine and legal process, as well as the changes in business and
labor institutions and practices, need to address the demands of
firms and workers for fairness as well as efficiency. The widely
documented shift from internal to external labor markets, the transformation
of many remaining internal labor markets from ladders to tournaments,
the increased emphasis on shareholder primacy in corporate law and
capital markets, and many other developments, call for new legal
doctrine and new ways of resolving legal disputes. All these changes
demand a new way of thinking about the nature, function, interpretation,
and enforcement of employment contracts.
CATHERINE L. FISK
Professor of Law
University of Southern California Law School
Catherine Fisk is professor of law at the University of Southern California.
She received her A.B. (summa cum laude) from Princeton University
and her J.D. from University of California, Berkeley, where she was
elected to the Order of the Coif and was a founding editor of the
Berkeley Women’s Law Journal. After graduation she practiced
law in Washington, D.C. and clerked on the United States Court of
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Prior to joining the USC faculty, she
taught at Duke Law School, UCLA Law School, and Loyola Law School
in Los Angeles. Professor Fisk's primary interests are in labor and
employment law, civil dispute resolution, and civil rights. Her recent
published works include a series of articles on ownership of intellectual
property rights in the context of the employment relationship, several
articles on union organizing among immigrant janitors, and a number
of articles on civil rights. Professor Fisk is editor of a forthcoming
book, Labor Law Stories (Foundation Press) and is writing a
book on the legal history of intellectual property rights in the employment
relationship. She has been an invited speaker at several federal and
state appellate judicial education programs. Professor Fisk is vice
president of the ACLU of Southern California, serves as an arbitrator
under the Writers Guild of America agreement, and has briefed and
argued numerous cases in the federal courts of appeals.
GREG W. CASTLE
President
Castle and Associates
Greg Castle is president of Castle and Associates, a management
consulting firm specializing in human resources and labor relations
strategic planning and management. He has over twenty years of management
experience in both human resources and labor relations. Prior to
his current role, Mr. Castle has held various senior executive human
resources and labor relations positions. He served as an officer
and vice president of human resources for two years at Orius Corporation,
a telecom and construction company. Mr. Castle held the position
of vice president, human resources and labor relations at Commonwealth
Edison for two years. He served as vice president of labor relations
at Ameritech for five years. Mr. Castle also held the top labor
relations corporate position at Morton International for eight years
and various labor relations and human resources positions at the
Chicago Board of Education for ten years. He has a Ph.D. from Northwestern
University and a J.D. from Loyola University School of Law (Chicago).
JULIA A. CLARK
General Counsel
International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers,
AFL-CIO & CLC
Julia Akins Clark serves as general counsel of the International Federation
of Professional and Technical Engineers, AFL-CIO & CLC (IFPTE).
The union represents engineers, scientists and technicians employed
by private, federal and public employers in the United States and
Canada, primarily engaged in the aircraft, aerospace, airline, defense
and energy sectors of the economy. Ms. Clark received her B.A. (summa
cum laude) in political science from Oklahoma Baptist University,
and her J.D. from American University, Washington College of Law,
in Washington, D.C. Following graduation, she served as a trial attorney
in the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, specializing
in the banking, finance and communications industries. In 1985, Ms.
Clark joined the private antitrust practice of Blumenfeld & Cohen.
In 1987, she became counsel for the National Coalition for the Homeless,
which she had previously represented on a pro bono basis. In 1988,
Ms. Clark became counsel for federal labor relations and legislation
for the IFPTE, and was named general counsel of the union in 1995.
Ms. Clark serves on the Lawyers Advisory Panel of the AFL-CIO, is
a member of the AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee, and is admitted
to practice in the District of Columbia, State of Maryland, and the
United States Courts of Appeal for the First, Ninth, District of Columbia
and Federal Circuits.
The Kenneth M. Piper Endowment
This lecture series is funded by the Kenneth M. Piper Endowment, established
by a gift from Mrs. Kenneth M. Piper in memory of her husband.
Mr. Piper was a distinguished executive with Motorola, Inc., and
Bausch & Lomb, Inc., who made important contributions in human
resources and labor relations for more than two decades. Major programs
in labor law are presented each year at Chicago-Kent College of
Law, as part of the Piper Lecture series.
The Kenneth M. Piper Endowment Advisory Board
Patricia A. Collins
Asher, Gittler, Greenfield, & D’Alba, Ltd.
Elaine S. Fox
Seyfarth Shaw
Marisel A. Hernandez
Jacobs, Burns, Orlove, Stanton & Hernandez
Harold A. Katz
Katz, Friedman, Eagle, Eisenstein & Johnson, Chtd.
Elizabeth Kinney
Mediator
Michael McAuley
National Treasury Employees Union
Edward B. Miller
Arbitrator/Mediator
Lisa B. Moss
Carmell, Charone, Widmer, Mathews & Moss
Richard Pincus
Holland & Knight, LLP
Patricia Costello Slovak
Schiff Hardin & Waite
K. Bruce Stickler
Stickler & Nelson
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