School of Law Launches Center for Employment & Labor Policy (CELP) to Provide a Hub for Employment Law Research, Education & Policy Impact

The University of San Diego (USD) is launching the Center for Employment Law and Policy (CELP). Orly Lobel, Warren Distinguished Professor of Law at USD, will serve as the Center’s director. CELP will be a hub for employment law activity, with a goal of bringing together experts in the field, locally and nationally. The Center’s programs will work to elevate research, policy impact, and teaching in the field while highlighting the employment law expertise of local practitioners; and providing a forum for engagement and debate on employment-related topics.

By providing rigorous research and learning about human capital, ethical work environments, and best practices in employment relations, CELP will strive to support San Diego’s economic growth in the biotech, pharma, tech, military, health, arts, entertainment, hospitality, sports, education, and other sectors and industries, all of which present dynamic frontiers of employment issues. The Center will sponsor speakers, workshops, roundtables, visitors and fellows, and provide opportunities for collaborative research by USD faculty, USD students, policymakers, and practitioners locally and nationally.

The University of San Diego School of Law has been a longtime leader in teaching, researching, and connecting communities in the field of employment and labor law and policy. Pre-Law Magazine named USD Law among the top seven Employment and Labor law Programs in 2019. 

Professor Orly Lobel is an award winning author, expert, and impactful scholar in the fields of employment law, innovation policy, and law and technology. She has recently been recognized as one of the most cited employment and labor law scholars in the country and among the top cited legal scholars at large.  She has advised the federal administration on issues concerning worker mobility, labor market competition, and pay equity.   Her next book is coming out in October 2022, The Equality Machine: Harnessing Digital Technology for a Brighter, More Inclusive Future (PublicAffairs). 

About the University of San Diego

Strengthened by the Catholic intellectual tradition, we confront humanity’s challenges by fostering peace, working for justice and leading with love. With more than 8,000 students from 75 countries and 44 states, USD is the youngest independent institution on the U.S. News & World Report list of top 100 universities in the United States. USD’s eight academic divisions include the College of Arts and Sciences, the Knauss School of Business, the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering, the School of Law, the School of Leadership and Education Sciences, the Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science, the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies, and the Division of Professional and Continuing Education. In 2021, USD was named a “Laudato Si’ University” by the Vatican with a seven-year commitment to address humanity’s urgent challenges by working together to take care of our common home.