The best Labor & Employment Law books: Reddit reviews

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This book is a bit dated at this point but is a pretty good resource. It profiles about 30 practice areas and contains interviews from practicing attorneys in each area. You can pick up a used copy on Amazon or Ebay for very cheap.

Science, engineering + patent bar -> intellectual property

Psychology, child development, etc. -> Family Law, Mediation

Accounting -> Tax, Business organization

Foreign Language -> international law, immigration

Math + computer science + foreign language -> criminal law

Look at the Official Guide to Legal Specialties and see what you like.

It's an extremely stupid and myopic (or malicious) argument. Corey Robin has written a bit on this, referencing the book Private Government by Elizabeth Anderson.

Doesn't need to be 0L; take advantage of 1L. Get this book. Always be asking for someone's opinion or advice, and at the end of a conversation, ask who else you should talk to. Touch back with someone after you have a good conversation with somebody they recommended. Email folks every now and then when you have updates to share (e.g., particularly good grades, a job lined up, getting on law review, getting published, or seeing an article that reminds you of them) but there's no need to force it. Send LinkedIn invites, 'cause why not.

My condolences for getting a job there.

Remember this one thing. Not all govt agencies suck as bad as the FBI does. Trust me. Get your 52 weeks in and look for another job in another agency.

https://casetext.com/case/montoya-v-fed-bureau-of-investigation

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09HFVCMM6

Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don’t Talk about It) by Elizabeth Anderson > One in four American workers says their workplace is a “dictatorship.” Yet that number almost certainly would be higher if we recognized employers for what they are―private governments with sweeping authoritarian power over our lives. Many employers minutely regulate workers’ speech, clothing, and manners on the job, and employers often extend their authority to the off-duty lives of workers, who can be fired for their political speech, recreational activities, diet, and almost anything else employers care to govern. In this compelling book, Elizabeth Anderson examines why, despite all this, we continue to talk as if free markets make workers free, and she proposes a better way to think about the workplace, opening up space for discovering how workers can enjoy real freedom.

This book (chapter 2) is instructive:

Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don’t Talk about It) by Elizabeth Anderson > One in four American workers says their workplace is a “dictatorship.” Yet that number almost certainly would be higher if we recognized employers for what they are―private governments with sweeping authoritarian power over our lives. Many employers minutely regulate workers’ speech, clothing, and manners on the job, and employers often extend their authority to the off-duty lives of workers, who can be fired for their political speech, recreational activities, diet, and almost anything else employers care to govern. In this compelling book, Elizabeth Anderson examines why, despite all this, we continue to talk as if free markets make workers free, and she proposes a better way to think about the workplace, opening up space for discovering how workers can enjoy real freedom.

Here's a book you should read, buddy. https://www.amazon.com.au/Private-Government-Employers-Lives-about/dp/0691192243/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=private+government%5D&qid=1632303610&sr=8-1

> It's the equivalent of mandating that diabetics take insulin... Seriously.

That's a horribly slippery slope right there. You need to have very good reasons and a rigorous process to justify taking away someone's autonomy and self determination. Allowing it to be done will nilly by someone's decision at the top is allowing creeping authoritarianism.

yes, that is force. You are forced to get a job, otherwise your starve. You are forced to specialise in a particular style of job. The industry is talking about mandating vaccines: therefore, anyone in that industry will be forced to get one. Here's a book for you https://www.amazon.com.au/Private-Government-Employers-Lives-about/dp/0691192243

Its called private government I believe (see this book). Turn over large functions of the government and social programs to companies and suddenly your rights are gone.

<em>Private Government</em> by Elizabeth Anderson was a pretty good contemporary read, though it's more of a criticism of the lack of workplace democracy than advocacy for workplace democracy itself.

https://www.amazon.com/Guerrilla-Tactics-Getting-Legal-Dreams/dp/0314176772

Gads, don't pay that price. Career services or your law school law library will have a copy. Interlibrary loan at your public library is another option. Career services should have something published more recently - which would be more relevant for job app online issues...might be an issue is your looking for State or Federal jobs. But the Walton book has good practical advice - and it's an easy read.

Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don’t Talk about It) >One in four American workers says their workplace is a “dictatorship.” Yet that number almost certainly would be higher if we recognized employers for what they are―private governments with sweeping authoritarian power over our lives. Many employers minutely regulate workers’ speech, clothing, and manners on the job, and employers often extend their authority to the off-duty lives of workers, who can be fired for their political speech, recreational activities, diet, and almost anything else employers care to govern. In this compelling book, Elizabeth Anderson examines why, despite all this, we continue to talk as if free markets make workers free, and she proposes a better way to think about the workplace, opening up space for discovering how workers can enjoy real freedom.

What about private governments?

https://www.amazon.com/Private-Government-Employers-University-Center/dp/0691176515

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I'm not a con law lawyer, but I have a decent fundamental understanding and I can try to clarify any questions you have. But that book is a great primer on con law, it summarizes the case law book written by the foremost scholar on con law, Chemerinsky.

I would be interested in where that's from. It doesn't mesh with my personal experience.

Plus, there are a lot of highly recommended books which talk about how important those little things are for experience, networking and so on. For example, the book <em>Guerrilla Tactics for Getting the Legal Job of Your Dreams</em> has for a long time been a widely recommended book, with a strong track record, and basically discusses how important networking, internships, and similar considerations are. This is for a professional degree, yet there are plenty for graduate and undergraduate considerations too.

This is starting to get a bit dated, but perhaps you will find it useful.

Guerrilla Tactics for Getting the Legal Job of Your Dreams

This is an excellent book, the principles in which I used to hustle my way into a job at a top firm in my target market after I struck out at OCI. You should find it equally useful in your search.

Try not to sweat the quality of your internships at this time. Far and away the most important factor in law school admissions is the LSAT. GPA is second. Third is probably a tie between (a) personal statements and (b) a resume that shows a baseline level of involvement and initiative. Things that take your resume above this baseline level provide diminishing returns.

Good luck. PM me if you have any questions that I might be able to help with. (I'm currently a 2L and was pretty heavily involved with Mock Trial and other law-related activities during undergrad, and I did several legal internships.)