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Joel Wm. Friedman

Jack M. Gordon Professor of Procedural Law & Jurisdiction and Director of Tulane-ITESM Ph.D. Program

BS, 1972, Cornell University; JD, 1975, Yale University

E-mail:  jfriedman@tulane.edu
Telephone:  504.865.5985
Office:  Weinmann Hall, Room 355-C


Biography:

Professor Friedman's undergraduate degree is from Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He teaches in the areas of employment discrimination law, labor law, mediation, and civil procedure.  He is the author of Friedman's The Law of Employment Discrimination; Employment Discrimination: Examples & Explanations; co-author of The Law of Civil Procedure: Cases and Materials; and editor of Employment Discrimination Stories.  He has also published law review articles in the fields of employment discrimination and labor law.  An avid runner, scuba diver, and squash player, Professor Friedman was formerly the drummer for “The Walking Dogs,” a New Orleans rock-and-roll band, and has appeared in the New Orleans Opera Association production of “Aida.”  In addition, Professor Friedman has served as a consultant to the Louisiana legislature on equal employment opportunity, child abuse, and gender-neutral insurance rating.  He is an expert in computer-assisted legal instruction who has lectured throughout the country on how law schools can integrate developing technologies into legal education.  Professor Friedman is a past recipient of the Felix Frankfurter Teaching Award, conferred each year by the graduating class. His biography of the late Judge John Minor Wisdom, Champion of Civil Rights, was published by LSU Press in January, 2009.
 

Courses:
Fall 2012 - Civil Procedure I; Employment Discrimination
Spring 2013 - Labor Law
Other courses - Evidence; Employment Discrimination Seminar



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Articles

Gender Nonconformity and the Unfulfilled Promise of Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins, 14 DUKE J. GEND. L. & POL. 2005 (2007)

Judge John Minor Wisdom - The Noblest Tulanian of Them All, 74 TUL. L. REV. 1 (1999)
John Minor Wisdom, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION (1999)
Judge Wisdom and the 1952 Republican National Convention: Ensuring Victory for Eisenhower and a Two-Party System for Louisiana, 53 WASH. & LEE L. REV. 33 (1996)
Look Behind at the Tulane Law School of John Minor Wisdom's Era, 70 TUL. L. REV. 2091 (1996)
John Minor Wisdom's Battle Against the Political Bosses to Create a Two-Party System in Louisiana, 69 TUL. L. REV. 1439 (1995)
Affirmative Action - The American Experience, 1 LAB. L. NEWS & CT. REP. # 10 (p. 1) (May) (1992)
Rethinking Equality in American Antidiscrimination Law, 8 WASEDA (JAPAN BULL. COMP. L.) ___ (1989)
A U.S. Supreme Court Constitutional Quandary: Affirmative Action in Employment, 40 CHUO U. (Japan) Comp. L.J. ___ (1989)
Constitutional Equality and Affirmative Action in Employment: A Search for Standards, 1986 DET. C. L. REV. 1113
Redefining Equality, Discrimination, and Affirmative Action Under Title VII: The Access Principle, 65 TEX. L. REV. 41 (1986)
Fair Employment Legislation in Louisiana: A Critique of the 1983 Act, 58 TUL. L. REV. 444 (1983)
Israeli Equal Employment Opportunity Statutory Law: An Appraisal from an American Perspective, 6 TEL AVIV UNIV. STUDIES IN LAW 155 (1983)
Congress, The Courts and Employment Discrimination in Higher Education: A Tale of Two Titles, 34 VAND. L. REV. 37 (1981)
The Burger Court and the Prima Facie Case in Employment Discrimination Litigation, 65 CORN. L. REV. 1 (1979)
Constitutional and Statutory Challenges to Discrimination in Employment Based on Sexual Orientation, 64 IOWA L. REV. 527 (1979)
Individual Rights in Grievance Arbitration, 27 ARB. J. 252 (1972)

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