
Labor and Employment Relations Certificate Programs (LER)
LEARN offers 18 courses per academic year which contribute to three separate labor relations certificate programs. The three program areas are:
- Labor and Employment Law Certificate Program
- Public Sector Labor Relations Certificate Program
- Negotiation, Arbitration and Conflict Resolution Certificate Program
New Jersey Continuing Legal Education (NJCLE)
LEARN offers many courses that fulfill the requirements for New Jersey’s continuing legal education program. Learn more about NJCLE.
Union Leadership Academy (ULA)
For more than 50 years the ULA has provided union-focused curriculum designed to equip new and emerging leaders with the knowledge and skills needed to be effective leaders in their organizations and in their communities. Learn more about the ULA.
LEARN 18 courses: Public Sector Labor Relations, Labor and Employment Law, and Negotiation, Arbitration and Conflict Resolution
Faculty/Instructor | Public Sector Labor Relations | Date of Course |
Leonard Schiro | Public Sector Labor Law: An Overview | Friday, September 29, 2023 |
Anthony Bagliore | Public Sector Collective Bargaining | Thursday, November 2, 2023 |
Joseph Blaney and Marisa Koz | PERC Policies and Procedures | Thursday, December 7, 2023 |
Joyce Klein | Public Sector Grievance Handling & Discipline | Thursday, January 18, 2024 |
Christine Lucarelli-Carneiro | Scope of Public Sector Negotiations | Friday, March 1, 2024 |
Joan Parker | Grievance Arbitration I | Thursday, March 21, 2024 |
Joan Parker | Grievance Arbitration II | Thursday, April 11, 2024 |
Steven Weissman | Public Sector Contract Interpretation | Friday, May 3, 2024 |
Labor and Employment Law | ||
Tamara Lee | Labor and Employment Law: An Overview | Friday, September 22, 2023 |
Melanie Lipomanis | Employment Relationships from Start to Finish | Friday, October 27, 2023 |
James Cooney | Constitutional Rights and the Workplace | Friday, November 17, 2023 |
Rosemarie Cipparulo | Leave and Absence Workshop | Thursday, December 14, 2023 |
Akhila Naik *staff | Bias, Harassment and Discrimination | Thursday, January 25, 2024 |
Carla Katz | Workplace Investigations and Interviews | Thursday, February 22, 2024 |
James Cooney | Workers' Compensation | Friday, March 22, 2024 |
Negotiation, Arbitration and Conflict Resolution | ||
Rebecca Givan | Fundamentals of Collective Bargaining | Thursday, September 28, 2023 |
Saul Rubinstein | Conflict Resolution at the Workplace | Thursday, October 19, 2023 |
James Cooney | Countering & Preventing Harassment | Friday, December 1, 2023 |
William Dwyer | Interest-Based Bargaining | Friday, January 26, 2024 |
William Dwyer | Strategic Grievance Handling & Contract Enforcement | Friday, February 23, 2024 |
Joan Parker | Grievance Arbitration I | Thursday, March 21, 2024 |
Joan Parker | Grievance Arbitration II | Thursday, April 11, 2024 |
UNION LEADERSHIP ACADEMY | ||
Rutgers Professors Naomi R Williams, Will Brucher, Dan Sidorick, and Todd E. Vachon |
US Labor History, 1776-2023 | September, 11- October 16, 2023 |
Djar Horn (and special guests) | Building Strong Unions: The Role of the Shop Steward | Nov. 1 – Dec. 13, 2023 |
Contact Us
Todd Vachon
Director
todd.vachon@rutgers.edu
Djar Horn
Labor Education Specialist
djar.horn@rutgers.edu
LaToshia Wells
Program Coordinator
latoshia@smlr.rutgers.edu
Email: learn@work.rutgers.edu