Legal Research Guides by Course - Employment Discrimination

Course Description

This course offers an introduction to the federal law dealing with discrimination in the employment context because of one’s race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability. The course is designed to explore both the meaning of, and proof of, employment discrimination under Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act and amendments to three statutes. Other related federal statutes may be considered. (2 credits)

Faculty Who Teach This Course

Rona Kaufman Kitchen (Assistant Professor of Law)
Honorable Maureen Lally-Green (Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania & adjunct professor)
Terrence M. Lewis (adjunct professor)
Joseph Mack (adjunct professor)
Kirk W. Junker (adjunct professor)

Subject Covered Presently in Collection by:

Print Collection

KF3464-KF3470.5 Discrimination in Employment
KFP334.5.D5 Pennsylvania Discrimination in Employment

Legal Research Databases

Bloomberg BNA Online - Labor & Employment Law Library
CCH Library - Intelliconnect
Westlaw and Lexis
Bloomberg Law
Hein Online
LoisLaw - Treatise Library - Employment Discrimination Law Library
CALI - Employment Discrimination - http://www.cali.org/category/cali-topics/2l-3l-upper-level-lesson-topics/employment-discrimination
Legal Scholarship Network
Employment Discrimination (LII) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/employment_discrimination
Employment Discrimination Law (hg.org) - http://www.hg.org/employment-discrimination-law.html
Employment Discrimination (FindLaw) - http://employment.findlaw.com/employment-discrimination/
EEOC - http://www.eeoc.com/
Equal Employment Opportunity - U.S. Dept. of Labor - http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/discrimination/index.htm
Employment Discrimination (Pa Human Relations Commission) - http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/phrc_home/18970/employment_discrimination/707816
Your Rights Against Workplace Discrimination & Harassment (Nolo) - http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/workplace-rights
Sex Discrimination, Age Discrimination, Family Responsibilities Discrimination? (Forbes, 9/10/12) - http://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2012/09/10/sex-discrimination-age-discrimination-family-responsibilities-discrimination/
Workplace Fairness - http://www.workplacefairness.org/
AARP - Work and Retirement - http://www.aarp.org/work/
National Women's Law Center - http://www.nwlc.org/
Human Rights Campaign - http://www.hrc.org/
Employment Rights Group - http://www.employmentrightsgroup.com/Discrimination/

DCLI Webpage Links

Primary Legal Research: Case Law, Statutory Law, Administrative Law (contains quick links to our federal and state statutes, our federal and state administrative codes, and federal and state case law)
Legal Research Guides: Labor and Employment Law

rev 10/17/2012
Patricia Horvath