Management Lawyers’ Colloquium - School of Law Alumni Discuss Careers and Issues in Labor and Employment Law

The St. John’s University School of Law Labor Relations and Employment Law Society and the Office of Career Services sponsored the 13th Annual Management Lawyers’ Colloquium on September 21, 2009.  The Colloquium was moderated by Professor David Gregory, the faculty advisor to the St. John’s Labor Relations and Employment Law Society since 1982, and it featured several St. John’s Law School alumni currently working in management-side labor and employment law. These distinguished attorneys traced their professional journeys as labor and employment lawyers from their days as St. John’s students to their present positions.  Each provided students with their invaluable advice on networking, interviewing, coursework, and labor and employment law advocacy.   

Jackson Lewis LLP, a nation-wide law firm representing management in labor and employment law issues, sponsors a partial tuition merit scholarship in honor of Alan Becker, a Jackson Lewis partner of beloved memory who distinguished himself for his excellence as a labor and employment lawyer and for his selfless commitment to his colleagues.  Established in 2006, the $5000 scholarship has been awarded to a St. John’s law student each year, and was presented this year to second year student Lauren Stulmaker at the close of the event.

Many law students attended the event, as well as other labor and employment lawyers, who with the distinguished speakers spoke with the students for several hours after the scholarship presentation.