Risa L. Lieberwitz

People/Faculty
Professor of Labor & Employment Law
Global Labor and Work
Director of the Worker Institute
Worker Institute
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133 Statler Dr
361 Ives Hall Faculty Wing
Ithaca, NY 14853
United States

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+1 (607) 255-3289
CV
lieberwitz-cv-nov-2024.pdf
Overview

Risa L. Lieberwitz is a Professor of Labor and Employment Law in the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR), where she has been a professor since 1982. She is Academic Director in the Worker Institute at Cornell and a co-director of the Cornell University Law and Society minor.

Professor Lieberwitz held an appointment as General Counsel of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) from 2014 - 2024. She also serves as a member of AAUP Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure.

Professor Lieberwitz teaches a wide range of courses, including Labor and Employment Law, Constitutional Aspects of Labor and Employment Law, Employment Discrimination Law, Arbitration, Theories of Equality and Their Application in the Workplace, and The Changing Nature of the University. Her research addresses these areas, with a current focus on academic freedom in higher education.

Teaching Statement

Professor Lieberwitz teaches a wide range of courses, including Labor and Employment Law, Constitutional Aspects of Labor and Employment Law, Employment Discrimination Law, Arbitration, Theories of Equality and Their Application in the Workplace, and The Changing Nature of the University.

Research Statement

Professor Lieberwitz's publications include articles on academic freedom in the university, as well as articles on labor law and on constitutional issues of freedom of speech, due process, and search and seizure in the employment setting. Her current research focuses on the "corporatization" of the university and the implications of these developments on academic freedom and the role of higher education in a democratic society. Ongoing research projects include a study of collective bargaining to protect academic freedom and faculty governance in higher education. Her research projects also include a comparative study of “research assessment” and academic freedom in the U.S. and U.K.

Service Statement

Risa Lieberwitz has long been active in faculty governance at Cornell University, including membership in the Cornell Faculty Senate and the University Faculty Committee of the Faculty Senate. She held an appointment as General Counsel of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) from 2014 - 2024. She also serves as a member of AAUP Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure.

Areas of Expertise

Affirmative action
Alternative dispute resolution
Arbitration
Discrimination
Dispute resolution
Employment law and policy
Fair employment practices
Gender and families
Governance
Harassment prevention
Human Rights and Workplace Practices
Labor law
Labor rights
Law and policies
National Labor Relations Act/Board
Rights of working people
Union leadership
Women and labor unions
Women in the workplace
Work and families
Workplace democracy

Other expertise

Academic Freedom, Employment Discrimination Law, Worker and Union Member Rights, National Labor Relations Board, Freedom of Speech and Due Process

Publications

Book Chapters

  • . . Corporatization of Higher Education: A Crisis of Labor and Democracy. In THE CAMBRIDGE HANDBOOK OF LABOR AND DEMOCRACY. (pp. page numbers: 318-333). Cambridge University Press.
  • , & . . Introduction: A framework for employment and equity. In Employment and Equity. (pp. 1-10). International Labor Organization.
  • , & . . The relationship between collective and individual rights to achieve equity in employment. In Employment and Equity. (pp. 61-78). International Labor Organization.
  • . . New Technologies and Working Relationships in the United States. In Tecnologias de la informacion y la comunicacion en relaciones de trabajo: Nuevas dimensiones del conflicto jurídico. (pp. 499-520). Eolas ediciones.
  • . . Higher Education and Social Policy: The Case of the United States. In Labor and Employment Relations in a Globalized World: New Perspectives on Work, Social Policy, and Labor Market Implications. Springer.
  • . . University-Industry Relations in the U.S.: Serving Private Interests. In Academic Freedom In Conflict: The Struggle Over Free Speech Rights in the University. Lorimer.
  • , , , , , & . . Developing and Globalising Women's Union Leadership via a Cross-National Exchange Programme. In Gendering and Diversifying Trade Union Leadership. (pp. 202-221). Routledge.
  • . . La question de travailleurs pauvres et le poids de l’idéologie aux Etats-Unis d’Amérique (French translation of "The Working Poor : A Report on the United States.". In Droit social et travailleurs pauvres (Social Law and the Working Poor). (pp. 223-248). Bruylant.
  • . . University Science Research Funding: Privatizing Policy and Practice. In Science and the University. University of Wisconsin Press.
  • . . Contingent Labor: Ideology in Practice. In Feminism Confronts Homo Economicus. Cornell University Press.
  • . . Quelle Responsabilité Sociale Pour L’Entreprise? Un Regard Américain. In Quelle Responsabilité Sociale Pour L’Entreprise? Approches Juridiques Nationales et Comparatives: Les Actes du Seminaire de Droit Compare du Travail, des Relations Professionnelles et de la Securite Sociale. Centre de Droit Comparé du Travail et de la Sécurité Sociale de l’Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV.
  • . . La Représentation Collective en Droit du Travail Américain: La Nécessité d’une Réforme. In La Representation Collective en Droit Social: Les Actes du Seminare de Droit Compare du Travail, des Relations Professionnelles et de la Securite Sociale. Centre de Droit Comparé du Travail et de la Sécurité Sociale de l’Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV.
  • . . Current Trends in U.S. Labor Law: The Report of the Commission on the Future of Worker-Management Relations. In International Symposium on the New Trends of Labor Laws in Selected Countries. (pp. 115-169 (English); 1-37 (translated into Korean)). Korea Labor Institute.
  • . . Constitutional and Statutory Treatment of Drug Testing in the United States. In Drug Testing in the Workplace: Research Advances in Alcohol and Drug Problems. Plenum Press.
  • . . The Use of Criminal Conspiracy Prosecutions to Restrict Freedom of Speech: The Haymarket Trial. In In the Shadow of the Statue of Liberty. University of Illinois Press.

Journal Articles

  • . . The Changing Nature of Technology, Work and Social Relations. Revista Derecho Social y Empresa, La Incidencia de Las Nuevas Tecnologias en Las Relaciones Laborales: Economia Digita, Teletrabajo y Desconexion Digital (II)(Number 15, July 2021), page numbers 84-100. (DOI:10.14679/1191)
  • . . Vulnerability Theory and Higher Education. The Law Teacher, Vol. 55(No. 1), page numbers: 5-23. (DOI:10.1080/03069400.2021.1872863 )
  • . . Navigating Troubled Waters at the NLRB. Academe, 99(6), 10-15.
  • . . Developments in Labor and Employment Law In the United States (October 2008–October 2009). Bulletin de Droit Compare du Travail et de la Securite Sociale, 2009, 272-275.
  • . . Developments in Labor and Employment Law In the United States (October 2007–October 2008). Bulletin de Droit Compare du Travail et de la Securite Sociale, 2008.
  • . . Developments in Labor and Employment Law In the United States (October 2006–October 2007). Bulletin de Droit Compare du Travail et de la Securite Sociale, 2007, 264-269.
  • . . Linking Professional Academic Freedom, Free Speech, and Racial and Gender Equality. Loyola Law Review, 53(2), 165-176.
  • . . Faculty in the Corporate University: Professional Identity, Law, and Collective Action. Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, 16(2), 263-330.
  • . . Developments in Labor and Employment Law In the United States (October 2005–October 2006). Bulletin de Droit Compare du Travail et de la Securite Sociale, 2006, 244-250.
  • . . Linking Trade and Labor Standards: Prioritizing the Right of Association. Cornell International Law Journal, 39(3), 641-?.
  • . . Confronting the Privatization and Commercialization of Academic Research: An Analysis of Social Implications at the Local, National, and Global Levels. Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies, 12(1), 109-152.
  • . . Developments in Labor and Employment Law In the United States (October 2004–October 2005). Bulletin de Droit Compare du Travail et de la Securite Sociale, 2005, 256-260.
  • . . The Corporatization of Academic Research: Whose Interests Are Served?. Akron Law Review, 38(4), 759-770.
  • . . Developments in Labor and Employment Law In the United States (October 2003–October 2004). Bulletin de Droit Compare du Travail et de la Securite Sociale, 2004, 265-268.
  • . . Labor Law in the United States: The Continuing Need for Reform. Managerial Law, 46(4/5), 53-70.
  • . . Developments in Labor and Employment Law In the United States (October 2002–October 2003). Bulletin de Droit Compare du Travail et de la Securite Sociale, 2003, 205-208.
  • . . Developments in Labor and Employment Law In the United States (October 2001–October 2002). Bulletin de Droit Compare du Travail et de la Securite Sociale, 2002, 274-279.
  • . . The Corporatization of the University: Distance Learning at the Cost of Academic Freedom?. Boston University Public Interest Law Journal, 12(1), 73-135.
  • . . Developments in Labor and Employment Law In the United States (October 2000–October 2001). Bulletin de Droit Compare du Travail et de la Securite Sociale, 2001, 226-229.
  • . . Developments in Labor and Employment Law In the United States (October 1999–October 2000). Bulletin de Droit Compare du Travail et de la Securite Sociale, 2000, 215-221.
  • . . Due Process and the LMRDA: An Analysis of Democratic Rights in the Union and at the Workplace. Boston College Law Review, 29(1), 21-64.
  • . . Freedom of Speech in Public Sector Employment: The Deconstitutionalization of the Public Sector Workplace. U.C. Davis Law Review, 19, 597-?.
  • . . Attorneys' Fees, The NLRB and the Equal Access to Justice Act: From Bad to Worse. Hofstra Labor Law Journal, 2, 1-?.
  • , & . . Secondary Consumer Picketing: The First Amendment Questions Remain. Mercer Law Review, 32(3), 815-831.
  • . . Case Comment, Criminal Procedure: Expanding Disclosure of Presentence Investigation Reports. University of Florida Law Review, 29(4), 769-777.

Conference Proceedings

  • . . Expanding Global Access to Knowledge: The Role of The University.
  • . . Universities and Markets: The Ownership of Knowledge?.

Book Reviews

  • . . The Marketing of Higher Education: The Price of the University’s Soul (review of 'Universities in the Marketplace: The Commercialization of Higher Education' by Dekek Bok).

Books

  • . . Selected Employment Law Statutes 2003-2004 Edition (co-editor). West Group.
  • . . Selected Employment Law Statutes 2001-2002 Edition (co-editor). West Group.
  • . . Selected Employment Law Statutes 2000-2001 Edition (co-editor). West Group.
  • , , & . . Employment Discrimination Law, Second Edition. West Publishing Company.
  • , , & . . Employment Discrimination Law. West Publishing Company.

Professional activities

  • NA. Presented to ILR Alumni Association NYC Chapter. On-line. 2022.
  • The 'Corporatization' of the University: Threats to Principles and Practice of Academic Freedom. Presented to Comparative and International Education Society. Washington, D.C.. 2015.
  • Privatizing and Corporatizing the University: A U.S. and UK Comparison. Presented to Queen Mary University of London, School of Business and Management. Queen Mary University of London, UK. 2015.
  • The Corporate University. Presented to Democratizing Knowledge Project and THE General Body, Syracuse University. Syracuse University. 2015.
  • “Corporatization” vs. Academic Freedom: Can Faculty Shared Governance Be Saved?. Presented to AAUP-WSU and Wright State University administration. Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. 2015.
  • Labor Rights as Fundamental Rights in U.S. Law: Potential and Limits. Presented to University of Vigo. Vigo, Spain. 2014.
  • Unionization by University Faculty: Collective Interests of Academic Labor. Presented to Feminism and Legal Theory Project, Emory University School of Law. Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia. 2014.
  • New Technologies and Working Relationships in the United States. Presented to Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales. Madrid, Spain. 2013.
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