Faculty & Staff Directory
Michael LeRoy
Professor, School of Labor & Employment Relations
and College of Law
In Brief
- J.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1986
- Master of Arts in Labor and Industrial Relations, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1983
- Master of Arts in Political Science, University of Illinois, 1981
- Bachelor Arts in Political Science, University of Illinois, 1978
- Winner of the LER Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, 1999, 2007, 2010
Teaching Philosophy
"I use two basic methods. In courses such as employment law, where an expert body of knowledge must be conveyed, I like the ‘sage from the stage’ approach. Even though this involves a traditional lecture format, I assign case materials rather than texts. Why? This enables students to learn how to analyze case materials for themselves. Other courses, such as collective bargaining, benefit from more student interaction. Here I use ‘the guide on the side,’ leading students through a series of bargaining, mediation, and arbitration simulations."
Research Interests
Professor Michael LeRoy has published extensively on strikes and lockouts, including labor disputes in the NFL, NBA, and MLB; voluntary and mandatory arbitration; death and injury benefits for soldiers and contractors in Afghanistan and Iraq; and employment and labor law implications stemming from 9/11 and domestic terrorism. He is currently writing a legal casebook, Collective Bargaining in Sports and Entertainment.
Professor LeRoy has testified before the full U.S. Senate Committee on labor and human resources; consulted at the request of the President's Council of Economic Advisers in connection with the Taft-Hartley labor dispute involving Pacific Maritime Association and International Longshore and Warehouse Union; and served as an advisor to the President's Commission on the United States Postal Service. This bi-partisan commission adopted Professor LeRoy's recommendations to Congress for the use of final offer interest arbitration in place of conventional arbitration in contract impasses with various postal worker unions. His research has been cited as authority by two federal appeals courts and the Minnesota Supreme Court. Recent research publications appear in Northwestern University Law Review, UCLA Law Review, Iowa Law Review Southern California Law Review, Emory Law Journal, and Stanford Law & Policy Review. He recently presented his research at Yale Law School and Stanford Law School.
Courses Taught
- LER 522: Government Regulation
- LER 542: Collective Bargaining
- LER 490E: Government Regulation & Employment Law
OTHER
Current research featured in Inside Illinois
To reach Professor LeRoy:
247 C LER Building, MC-504
504 E. Armory Avenue, Champaign, IL 61820-6297
(217)244-4092; (217)244-9290 fax
email: m-Leroy@illinois.edu