March 17-18, 2005

Workshop on Employment Law for Federal Judges

Co-sponsored by the Federal Judicial Center and The Center for Labor and Employment Law at NYU School of Law

All sessions will be held in Lipton Hall, D'Agostino Hall, NYU School of Law, 108 West Third Street.

Proposed Agenda Thursday, March 17 8:00-8:25 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:25-8:30 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks 8:30-9:55 a.m. Case Management Issues (pro se cases, summary judgment, class actions) Faculty: Hon. John Gleeson (U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York); Joseph D. Garrison, Esq. (Garrison, Levin-Epstein, Chimes & Richardson, P.C.); and Kathleen McKenna, Esq.* (Proskauer Rose, LLP) 10-11:05 a.m. Sex Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Law and Theory (threshold for severe or pervasive harassment, sex stereotyping, employer liability for harassment by supervisors, adequacy of anti-harassment policies, employer response and employee mitigation) Faculty: Hon. Rosemary Barkett (U.S. Court of Appeals-11th Circuit); Anne Clark, Esq. (Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & Engelhard); and Holly Weiss Esq. * (Schulte Roth) 11:15-a.m. 12:15 p.m. Electronic Discovery Faculty: Theodore O. Rogers, Jr., Esq. * (Sullivan & Cromwell) and Darnley D. Stewart, Esq. (Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann) 12:30-1:30 p.m. Luncheon Talk: Federal Rule-Making Developments Speaker: Hon. Shira A. Scheindlin (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York) 1:40-2:15 p.m. Wage Hour Litigation Faculty: Adam Klein, Esq. * (Outten & Golden); Pat Rodenhausen Esq. (U.S. Department of Labor); and Stanley Weiner, Esq. (Jones Day) 2:30-3:45 p.m. Evidence Issues/Use of Experts (stray remarks, comparators, statistics, direct evidence, prior bad acts, Rule 412, mental health experts, economists and CPAs on damages, "social framework" testimony, statistical proof of discrimination) Faculty: Hon. Denny Chin (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York); Robert B. Fitzpatrick, Esq. (Robert B. Fitzpatrick, PLLC) and Robert S. Whitman, Esq.* (Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe) 4:00-5:15 p.m. Mediation of Employment Disputes Faculty: Hon. Loretta A. Preska (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York); Zachary Fasman, Esq. (Paul Hastings); Daniel J. Kaiser, Esq. (Kaiser Saurborn & Mair, P.C.); and Donna Malin, Esq. * (Johnson & Johnson) Friday, March 18 8:30-9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast 9:00-10:30 a.m. Age and Disability Discrimination Law and Theory (what is “age discrimination”?, relationship to state law of “wrongful discharge,” disparate impact challenges, role of statistics, ADEA class actions, downsizing and age bias claims, “qualified” individuals with disabilities, “reasonable accommodation,” insurance discrimination, relationship to workers’ compensation/SSI) Faculty: Hon. P. Kevin Castel (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York) ; Mindy G. Farber, Esq. (Farber Taylor, LLC); and Jerome Kauff, Esq.* (Kauff, McClain & McGuire LLP) 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Jury Instructions Faculty: Hon. David G. Trager (U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York); Frederick D. Braid, Esq.* (Holland & Knight LLP); Jeffrey Kohn, Esq. (O’Melveny & Myers LLP); and Richard Seymour, Esq. (Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP) 12:00-1:00 p.m. Luncheon

* denotes coordinator