Jeffrey Hirsch
Associate Professor of Law
B.A., 1992, University of Virginia
M.P.P., 1995, William & Mary
J.D., 1998, New York University
Jeffrey Hirsch
Courses Taught
- Employment Discrimination Law
- Labor Relations Law
- Law of the Workplace
- Federal Courts
About
Professor Hirsch joined the UT law faculty in August 2004 after working in the Appellate Court Branch of the National Labor Relations Board in Washington, D.C. and serving as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Haldane R. Mayer on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Honorable Robert R. Beezer on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. His practice experience focused on labor and employment law and he currently writes and teaches in this area, as well as federal courts. He also regularly speaks on various aspects of labor and employment law.
Professor Hirsch’s scholarship has been published in numerous law journals, including those at Boston College, Florida State, Fordham, George Washington, and Maryland; his essays have been published in the online journals at Virginia and Yale. He also is the co-author of a book on employment law and a contributing editor for the Workplace Prof Blog.
Professor Hirsch is currently Chair of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools’ New Scholars Committee. He is also a Research Fellow and Recent Graduate Advisor at the New York University Center for Labor and Employment Law, and is admitted to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fourth Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, D.C., and Federal Circuits.
While in law school, Professor Hirsch received the ABA/BNA Prize for excellence in labor and employment law and the Seymour M. Goldstein Prize for academic excellence in labor relations. In 2006, he received the Marilyn V. Yarbrough Faculty Award for Writing Excellence for his article “Taking State Property Rights Out of Federal Labor Law,” and his article “Regulatory Pragmatism at Work” was selected for the 2008 Seton Hall Annual Labor & Employment Law Scholars’ Forum.