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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Jul. 14, 2007

Legal Maze

Employment Column - By Melanie M. Poturica and David A. Urban - Employment lawyers who work with public employees better start versing themselves in constitutional law if they hope to remain effective.

EMPLOYMENT COLUMN

By Melanie M. Poturica and David A. Urban

      Many lawyers remember constitutional law from college, law school and the Bar Exam. If they are civil lawyers, they probably work closely on constitutional issues fewer than a dozen times in the span of a career. In general, the U.S. and state constitutions regulate governments, not the private individuals and businesses whom civil lawyers typically represent. The sam...

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