Curriculum

Concentration

Labor & Employment Law

—no total published

Three core courses, two skills courses, a three-credit externship and two electives. It publishes no total credit figure, and it does not appear in the Academic Rules alongside the other six, so confirm its status before you enroll.

Enrol by October 1 (January graduates) / February 1 (May graduates) · completion form November 1 (January graduates) / March 1 (May graduates)

Plan around these

Courses listed by a concentration but absent from the 2026-27 catalog may be on a multi-year rotation, renamed, or discontinued. Verify with Academic Services.

  • Core, spring only: Employment Discrimination Law
  • Listed but not running in 2026–27: One (1) of the courses from the following list: Employment Law, Employment Law: Lawyering Approach, Group 1 - Advanced Legal Writing Courses Advanced Legal Writing, Group 2 - Negotiation/Mediation Courses Mediation, Group 3 - Practice Courses Compliance Practice Seminar, E-Discovery Law, ERISA and Retirement Plans, Interviewing, Counseling and Negotiation, Labor and Employment Arbitration, Externship in a Labor or Employment Law Placement

What it takes

  • The three (3) required, core courses, as listed under the Concentration’s Courses section;
  • At least two (2) Concentration skills courses, as listed under the Concentration’s Courses section;
  • An externship in an approved, three (3) credit externship in some area of labor and employment law, or an exemption from the externship requirement, as granted by the Concentration Director(s) and/or the Administrative Director of Concentrations;
  • At least two (2) Concentration elective courses, as listed in the Concentration’s Courses section;
  • Periodically reviewing the student's progress in attaining the requisite grade point averages with one of the Concentration Faculty Director(s) and/or the Assistant Dean for Academic Services.
  • Obtaining the Concentration Faculty Directors' approval of the student's plan for completing the Concentration's writing requirement.

Suffolk's requirements page · its course list · Academic Rules

Courses that count

28 listed, 13 running this year.

A. Core Courses

One (1) of the courses from the following list: Employment Law3 crNot offered 2026-27
Employment Law: Lawyering Approach4 crNot offered 2026-27
Employment Discrimination Law3 crSpring only

Naiara Souto

Labor Law3 crFall only

Katie Lev, Thomas Henry

B. Skills Courses

Group 1 - Advanced Legal Writing Courses Advanced Legal Writing3 crNot offered 2026-27
Group 2 - Negotiation/Mediation Courses Mediation3 crNot offered 2026-27
Negotiation2 crBoth terms

Darren Braham, Diana Chiang, Gabriel Teninbaum

Group 3 - Practice Courses Compliance Practice Seminar2 crNot offered 2026-27
E-Discovery Law2 crNot offered 2026-27
ERISA and Retirement Plans2 crNot offered 2026-27
Interviewing and Counseling2 crBoth terms

Cara Libman, Martsyl Joseph, Richard Pizzano

Interviewing, Counseling and Negotiation4 crNot offered 2026-27
Labor and Employment Arbitration3 crNot offered 2026-27
Pre-Trial Civil Litigation3 crFall only

Brian Kelly

Trial Advocacy2 crBoth terms

Donald Cabell, Linda Giles, Michael Bolden

Trial Advocacy Intensive3 crSpring only

Christopher Dearborn

C. Externship

Externship in a Labor or Employment Law Placement3 crNot offered 2026-27

D. Electives

Administration Law3 crBoth terms

Erin Braatz, Renee Landers

Basic Federal Income Taxation4 crBoth terms

Anthony Polito, Erika Isabella Scuderi, Meredith Conway

Concentration Thesis2 crNot offered 2026-27
Directed Study on a Labor or Employment Law Topic2 crNot offered 2026-27
Education Law3 crSpring only

Tiffani Darden

Government Lawyer: Legislation2 crSpring only

Anne Landry

Health Law3 crBoth terms

Marc Rodwin

Immigration Law3 crFall only

Alexandra Peredo Carroll

Public Interest Law Seminar2 crNot offered 2026-27
Statutory Interpretation2 crNot offered 2026-27
Workers' Compensation2 crNot offered 2026-27

Verified 2026-08-27. Confirm with Academic Services before you plan around it.