Michael Z. Green
Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Faculty Research & Development
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Courses: ADR in the Workplace Seminar, Arbitration, Dispute Resolution, Employment Discrimination, Employment Law, Evidence, and Labor Law
Professor Michael Green has been a member of the faculty at Texas Wesleyan University School of Law since 2003. He previously served as an associate professor at Florida Coastal School of Law. Professor Green has also visited as a professor at Florida State University College of Law and taught as an adjunct professor in graduate programs at SMU and Loyola Chicago and in the Hamline University School of Law’s Summer Dispute Resolution Program. Professor Green also taught at the University of Wisconsin School of Law as part of his duties as a recipient of the prestigious Hastie Teaching Fellowship. He practiced law in Chicago where he was an of counsel and associate at the firm of Franczek Sullivan P.C. and an associate at the firm, Lord, Bissell & Brook. He also worked as an associate in Louisville, Kentucky for the firm, Brown, Todd & Heyburn. His legal practice experience focused on representing clients in labor and employment disputes.
Professor Green’s scholarship focuses on labor and employment disputes and the intersection of race and alternatives to the court resolution process. Among his other professional activities, Professor Green serves as a member of the American Arbitration Association’s National Labor Arbitration panel, and he is the co-chair of the Subcommittee on ADR for the American Bar Association Labor and Employment Section’s Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility. Professor Green, elected as a member of the American Law Institute in October 2006, serves on the Consultative Group on the Restatement Third of Employment Law. A frequently requested speaker, Professor Green has presented at dozens of conferences on matters pertaining to labor and employment law and dispute resolution.
Professor Green holds a LL.M. from the University of Wisconsin School of Law, a J.D., cum laude, from Loyola Chicago, an M.B.A. from California Lutheran, and B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California.
Selected Publications
Measures to Encourage and Reward Post-Dispute Agreements to Arbitrate Employment Discrimination Claims, 8 NEV. L.J. 58 ( 2007).
Ruminations About the EEOC’s Policy Regarding Arbitration, 11 EMPLOY. RTS & EMP. POL’Y J. 154-204 (2007) (from Dispute Resolution in Action: Examining the Reality of Employment Discrimination Cases: Proceedings of the 2007 Annual Meeting, Association of American Law Schools Sections on Employment Discrimination and Alternative Dispute Resolution).
Ethical Incentives for Employers in Adopting Legal Service Plans to Handle Employment Disputes, 44 BRANDEIS L.J. 395 (2006).
Tackling Employment Discrimination With ADR: Does Mediation Offer A Shield for the Haves or Real Opportunity for the Have-Nots?, 26 BERKELEY J. EMP. & LAB. L. 321 (2005).
Addressing Race Discrimination Under Title VII After Forty Years: The Promise of ADR as Interest-Convergence, 48 HOWARD L.J. 937 (2005)
An Essay Challenging the Racially Biased Selection of Arbitrators for Employment Discrimination Claims, 4 J. OF AMER. ARB. 1 (2005)
Finding Lawyers for Employees in Discrimination Disputes as a Critical Prescription for Unions to Embrace Racial Justice, 7 U. PA. J. LAB. & EMP. L. 55 (2004)
Opposing Excessive Use of Employer Bargaining Power in Mandatory Arbitration Agreements Through Collective Employee Actions, 10 TEXAS WESLEYAN L. REV. 77 (2003)
Proposing A New Paradigm For EEOC Enforcement After Thirty Five Years: Outsourcing Charge Processing By Mandatory Mediation, 105 DICKINSON L. REV. 305 (2001)
Debunking The Myth of Employer Advantage From Using Mandatory Arbitration For Employment Discrimination Claims, 31 RUTGERS L.J. 399 (2000)
Preempting Justice Through Binding Arbitration of Future Disputes: Mere Adhesion Contracts or A Trap for the Unwary Consumer?, 5 LOY. CONSUMER L. REP. 112 (1993).
More details about Professor Green’s background may be found by clicking onto his faculty webpage.