Robert J. Rabin
Professor of Law
College of Law
Syracuse University
Biography:
A.B., Cornell University
LL.B., Harvard Law School
LL.M., New York University
A former Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties Fellow at New York University School of Law, Professor Rabin practiced labor law as a labor union counsel and as an associate with a New York firm. He remains active in the field as a labor
arbitrator, mediator, and fact-finder. He co-wrote a case book on labor law and a book on the rights of employees. He is the editor of the American Bar Association's The Labor Lawyer. Professor Rabin teaches courses in labor law, public law processes, contracts, conflict resolution, law firm, and employment discrimination.
Publications:
Books:
RABIN, SILVERSTEIN,SCHATZKI, AND DAU-SCHMIDT, LABOR AND
EMPLOYMENT LAW (3d Ed., West, 2002).
RABIN, SILVERSTEIN AND SCHATZKI (2D ED., WEST, 1995).
THE RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES AND UNION MEMBERS: THE BASIC ACLU
GUIDE TO TEH RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES AND UNION MEMBERS (1994).
(contributor)
THE RIGHTS OF UNION MEMBERS: AN AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
HANDBOOK (1979).(contributor)
Articles:
"Salting" the Workplace, in PROCEEDINGS OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
49TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON LABOR (Kluwer Law, 1997).
The Role of Government in Regulating the Workplace, 13 LAB. LAW. 1
(1997).
The Legal Future of Employee Representation, 10 LAB. LAW. 761 (1994)
(book reviews).
The Role of Unions in the Rights-Based Workplace, 25 U.S.F L. REV.
169 (1991).
Some Comments on Obscenities, Health and Safety, and Workplace
Values, 34 BUFF. L. REV. 725 (1985)
An Overview of the Chadha Case, 35 SYRACUSE L. REV. 703 (1984).
Management Prerogatives, Plant Closings, and the NLRA, 11 N.Y.U.
REV. L. & SOC. CHANGE 83 (1983). (Co-authors: James B. Atleson,
Staughton Lynd, Karl E. Klare, Edward Gary)
Fair Representation, the NLRB, and the Courts, 33 INDUS. & LAB. REL.
REV. 569 (1980) (book review).