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The
American Bar Association (ABA),
the largest voluntary professional association in the world, provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education,
information about the law, programs to assist lawyers and judges in their work, and initiatives to improve the legal system
for the public. ABA also provides a number of useful resources on its website. Below are descriptions of and links to some
of those resources:
- Labor and Employment Law (LEL):
One of many sections within ABA, LEL represents all perspectives of labor
and employment law: employer, union, employee, public, and neutral.
- LEL Documents Library:
Some Section publications are accessible to non-members in full-text PDF format. The
Labor Lawyer,
the Section’s law review (published three times annually), is available from 1999 to present and the
Labor Law Newsletter
is available from 2001 to present. Under the heading
“Special Documents”,
non-members can also access all of the titles listed, including Department of Labor Index of FLSA Opinion Letters (spring 1999)
and Due Process Protocol for Mediation and Arbitration of Statutory Disputes Arising Out of the Employment Relationship.
- Practice and Procedure Under the NLRA (“P&P”) –
Committee Newsletter:
The committee focuses on practice before the NLRB, with the objective of developing a labor-management consensus of dealing
with the various procedural and policy issues faced by practitioners. Included in the current issue is
“The NLRA at Seventy: Where It Is and Where It Should Go”,
a conference co-sponsored by the American Bar Association, Section of Labor and Employment Law and New York State Bar Association,
Labor and Employment Law Section.
- Supreme Court Preview:
Intended to provide “expert analysis of the issues, arguments, background and significance of every case slated for oral argument
in the Supreme Court”, it includes resources from the most current term as well as the previous term.
Merit briefs
are accessible either by case name (listed alphabetically) or argument date (by month and year).
Case Highlights
are arranged both by case name and topical area and include the vote breakdown and an excerpt from the majority or plurality opinion.
Cases at a Glance
offers continually updated links in each case and previews of case highlights as well as the full-text of the Court's decisions.
Cases at a Glance for previous terms are also available beginning with the Fall 1999 – Spring 2000 term.
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