Employment Discrimination Law, Co-Sponsored by Labor Relations and Employment Law

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Session Type: Section Programs

Session Capacity: N/A

Location: Marriott Marquis Washington, DC

Room: Liberty Salon I

Floor: Level M4

Fifty years ago, in McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, the U.S. Supreme Court created a framework for plaintiffs to prove employment discrimination using indirect evidence under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Since then, McDonnell Douglas has been both celebrated and maligned by scholars, judges, attorneys, and the workers and employers they represent. This panel will explore the watershed McDonnell Douglas opinion and its impact on employment discrimination law in the wake of its 50th anniversary in 2023.