Elizabeth A. Rodgers

Elizabeth is a frequent lecturer, panelist and author on employment law, litigation and ethics, and she is regularly sought for her thoughts and opinions. Below is a selection of recent appearances:

“20th Annual Employment Law Conference,” Faculty, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (May 24, 2018) (View Program)

“Strategic Lessons from Retaliation Cases and Broadway Plays” (National Employment Lawyers’ Association, Regional Seminar “Reining In Retaliation & Winning Whistleblower Cases” April 8–9, 2016)

“Motive, Mosaic and Mistake-Heffernan and the Expansion of Circumstantial Evidence in Proving Employer Motivation” (presentation to Oregon Trial Lawyers Association September 16, 2016)

“Challenging Conversations in Employment Law” (presentation at 2015 National Employment Lawyers’ Association, Annual Convention, Atlanta GA, June 24–27, 2015)

Below is a selection of recent publications:

Elizabeth A. Rodgers (Co-Author), MCLE: Massachusetts Employment Law (MCLE 2008-2017)

Elizabeth A. Rodgers (Co-Author), MCLE: Massachusetts Wage And Hour Treatise (MCLE 2008-2017)

Significant Appellate Tort Decisions in 2010: From Alice In Wonderland And Tramping Through Ice And Snow, Tort Law Lessons For Employment Lawyers (MCLE, Nov. 2010)

“Is your Client Ready for this? Not your Mother’s Traditional Employment law update”; (Mass. Bar Association, Annual Conference, Plenary presentation, Spring 2010, pp. 251-257).

“Alternative Dispute Resolution: What Lawyers and Neutrals Love/Hate About Each Other” Plenary presentation (MCLE, October 26, 2009)

Surviving Summary Judgment in Employment Litigation, NELA October 23-24, Boston, 2009

“Adverse Actions in Retaliation Cases After Burlington Northern & Sante Fe Ry. V. White”, updated. (National Employment Lawyers’ Association, Fall Conference, Conf. Boston October, 2009, 320-340).

“Avoiding Summary Judgment-or defeating it if necessary” (National Employment Lawyers’ Association, Fall Conference, Conf. Boston October, 2009, 780-812).

“Ten Tools of Mediation, Plaintiff’s Vision” (MCLE, Boston, October 2009)

“Adverse Actions in Retaliation Cases After Burlington Northern & Sante Fe Ry. V. White”

“Using Mediation and other Strategies to Resolve Employment Claims” (NELA Annual Conference, Atlanta 2008)

“Retaliation by Circuit” (Mass. Bar Association, May, 2008)

“Illustrative Emotional Distress Awards in Contract and Tort Actions,” Elizabeth A. Rodgers, Mass. Bar Association: June, 2007 (Materials only)

“Retaliation after Burlington-Northern”, Adverse actions; Massachusetts Bar Association, September, 2006.

“Wage and Hour Class Actions” at Suffolk University Department of Continuing Education, -moderator and chair, Wage and Hour Class Actions. April, 2006.

“Plaintiff’s Perspective for University Counsel,” University Counsel Section, Boston Bar Association, Invited guest speaker, August, 2006.

“Taxation of Emotional Distress Damages- Murphy & Laveille v. IRS,” Mass. Lawyers’ Weekly, article, September 2006.

“Significant Employment Law Decisions of the Massachusetts Appellate Courts: April 2003-2004,” Massachusetts Bar Association 25th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference, April 2004.

The Crimson, Meg P. Berhard, “Former Professor Suing University Granted Tenure at Tufts” (April 3, 2015) (View Article)

Boston Globe, Justine Hofherr, “Low Income Managers May Start Getting Paid for Overtime” (February 19, 2015) (View Article)

Boston Globe, Marcella Bombardieri, “Harvard Professor Challenges School’s Denial of Tenure” (June 13, 2014) (View Article)

ABC Boston, Karen Anderson, “Harvard University Professor Sues Over Denied Tenure” (April 29, 2014) (View Article)

Huffington Post, Tyler Kingkade, “Harvard Accused of Retaliating Against Professor Who Defended Sexual Assault Survivors” (April 17, 2014) (View Article)