USD Law Professor Orly Lobel Selected to Deliver Annual Pemberton Lecture at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Professor Lobel Selected to Deliver Annual Pemberton Lecture at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Professor Orly Lobel

San Francisco (February 17, 2016) – University of San Diego (USD) School of Law Professor Orly Lobel was selected to deliver the annual Pemberton Lecture at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Lobel's current research focuses on regulation of evolving employment relationships in the sharing and networked economy. She will speak on the timely topic, "The Gig Economy and the Future of Employment and Labor Law."

For more information about the event and to register, visit the event website.

About Professor Lobel

An internationally acclaimed expert in the law and economics of human capital, Orly Lobel is the Don Weckstein Professor of Labor and Employment Law at the University of San Diego and founding faculty member of the Center for Intellectual Property and Markets. She teaches and writes in the areas of employment law, intellectual property law, regulatory and administrative law, torts, behavioral economics, health policy, consumer law and trade secrets. Her current research focuses on innovation policy and intellectual property. Lobel’s latest book is Talent Wants to be Free: Why We Should Learn to Love Leaks, Raids, and Free-Riding.

About the University of San Diego School of Law

The University of San Diego (USD) School of Law is recognized for the excellence of its faculty, depth of its curriculum, and strength of its clinical programs. Each year, USD educates approximately 900 Juris Doctor and graduate law students from throughout the United States and around the world. The law school is best known for its offerings in the areas of business and corporate law, constitutional law, intellectual property, international and comparative law, public interest and taxation.

USD School of Law is one of the 81 law schools elected to the Order of the Coif, a national honor society for law school graduates. The law school’s faculty is a strong group of outstanding scholars and teachers with national and international reputations and currently ranks 23rd worldwide in all-time faculty downloads on the Social Sciences Research Network (SSRN). The school is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. Founded in 1954, the law school is part of the University of San Diego, a private, nonprofit, independent, Roman Catholic university chartered in 1949.

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