National Labor Relations Board – Washington, D.C.

Summer 2007 Fellow: Mary Ho
Summer 2007 Fellow email: maryho@stanford.edu

Faculty Mentor: William Gould, Charles A. Beardsley Professor of Law, Emeritus
Faculty Mentor email: wbgould@stanford.edu

Office Description:

NLRB is an independent Federal agency established by the Congress to administer the National Labor Relations Act. The NLRB accomplishes its statutory objective by encouraging collective bargaining between representatives of employees and employers.

Office Website: http://www.nlrb.gov/

Projects Fellows Have Worked on in the Past:

• Unfair labor practice cases: The fellow researched NLRB decisions and legal precedent, prepared memos making her recommendations and met with the Chairman of the Board to present her cases and recommendations.

Desired Personal Qualities:

• Willingness to work on legal cases that involve substantial research and paper work
• Interest in and passion for law, particularly labor law and willingness to learn about labor relations
• Hard worker and team player

Desired Skills, Experience, and Coursework:

• Experience working in a professional workplace
• Ability to perform research thoroughly and efficiently
• Comfort speaking and presenting work publicly
• Strong reading comprehension and writing skills
• Familiarity with legal concepts, reading and writing style
• Recommended coursework- Introduction to American Law

Main Fellowship Disciplines:

• Public Policy
• Economics
• Political Science

Languages:

All work done in English