Karin participates in International Work-Life Perspectives Panel

Marcy Karin, Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Work-Life Policy Unit of the Civil Justice Clinic, participated in a panel at 2010 Work Life Conference, "Leading in the 'New Normal' Economy: How Employers and Employees Can Thrive Now and in the Future," co-sponsored by The Conference Board and Families and Work Institute.

Karin moderated a panel on March 23 which explored lessons that can be learned from work-life efforts under way around the world. Panelists analyzed how public policy is, and could be, used to promote flexible work arrangements and other workplace flexibility programs in Australia, China, India, Brazil, Russia, Sweden and the United States. Experts from these countries, Boston College and Georgetown University Law Center joined Karin on the panel, "International Perspectives on Work Life."

Karin supervises and instructs student attorneys working on behalf of clients in the Civil Justice Clinic. Her research interests include workplace law, policy, and practice, civil justice and litigation, and women's legal history. Karin is an active member of the national work-life law and policy community. She is regularly invited to speak about the role of thoughtful public policy in this area, and is listed in the Sloan Network's Who's Who in Work and Family.

Janie Magruder, Jane.Magruder@asu.edu
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Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law