New York Law School News, October 3, 2006, Tuesday

New York Law School News
October 3, 2006
Tuesday

New York Law School Welcomes New Faculty Members, Announces Promotions of Five Current Faculty
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Contact: Nancy Guida, 212.431.2325, nguida@nyls.edu

New York Law School Welcomes New Faculty Members,
Announces Promotions of Five Current Faculty

NEW YORK, October 3, 2006 --- New York Law School’s Associate Dean for Faculty Development, Stephen J. Ellmann, has announced promotions and appointments of new and existing faculty.

Promotions and Votes of Tenure
During the 2005–2006 academic year, the Law School Faculty and Board of Trustees voted tenure for Professor of Law Elizabeth Chambliss. Pamela Champine, Seth Harris, and Sadiq Reza were also voted tenure and each promoted to full Professor of Law. Kris Franklin was also voted a full Professor of Law and received a long-term contract.

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· Seth Harris, Professor and Director, Labor and Employment Law Program Professor
Seth Harris left his post as counselor to Alexis Herman, U.S. Secretary of Labor in the Clinton Administration, to join New York Law School’s faculty as an associate professor in 2000. Professor Harris had spent nearly seven years at the United States Department of Labor as a senior advisor to two secretaries of labor. While leaving government service, he did not abandon his involvement in legal policy issues affecting the workplace and American workers. Professor Harris teaches Employment Discrimination Law, Labor Relations Law, and Torts; and has published widely on law and economics, labor law, disabilities law and discrimination law. He enriches his teaching and legal scholarship with a real-world understanding of politics and public policy. He also produces policy-related programs for students, alumni, and the public, including the Tony Coelho Lecture in Disability Employment Law & Policy.

Education: Cornell University, School of Industrial & Labor Relations, B.S. 1983; New York University, J.D. 1990 cum laude (Review of Law and Social Change, Editor in Chief).
Law Clerk, the Honorable William Canby, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; Law Clerk; the Honorable Gene Carter, Chief Judge U.S. District Court, District of Maine.