Jessica L. Shinski
Symposium Editor,
Seton Hall Law Journal of Legislation and Public Policy
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Seton Hall Legislative Journal, Vol. 50 Symposium No. 2
The "Beyond the Cubicle: Privacy, Power, and Rights in the Modern Workplace " Symposium, hosted by the Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy, brings together legal scholars, practitioners, and advocates to examine how privacy and power operate in today’s workplaces and how the law must keep up with technological and social change. This in-person event will be hosted at Seton Hall University School of Law’s campus in Newark, NJ. CLE credits pending.
Friday, February 20, 2026 | 9:00 a.m. − 4:00 p.m. EST.
The Larson Auditorium
Seton Hall University School of Law
1109 Raymond Blvd, Newark, NJ 07102
Free for current Seton Hall Law students, faculty, staff, and others.
New Jersey: 5.5 CLE credits (All General)
New York: Reciprocity based on NJ credit allocation
Pennsylvania: 4.5 CLE credits (All Substantive)
8:00 - 9 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9 - 9:15 a.m.
Welcome Greetings
Jessica L. Shinski
Symposium Editor,
Seton Hall Law Journal of Legislation and Public Policy
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Ronald Weich
Dean and Professor of Law,
Seton Hall University School of Law
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9:15 - 10:05 a.m.
Panel 1: Foundations of Workplace Privacy
Matthew Bodie
Robins Kaplan Professor of Law,
University of Minnesota Law School
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Lisa M. Gingeleskie, Esq.
Partner,
Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper, P.C.
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19:05 - 10:35 a.m.
Keynote: Data Breaches in Employment Law
Julia Bover
Associate,
Jackson Lewis, P.C.
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10:35 - 10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45 - 11:45 a.m.
Panel 2: On the Clock and Under Watch: Surveillance and Monitoring in the Evolving Workplace
Michele Gilman
Venable Professor of Law,
University of Baltimore School of Law
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Liz Brown
Wilder Professor of Law,
St. John's University School of Law
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Anthony E. Russo
Associate,
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stuart
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11:45 - 12:45 p.m.
Lunch (Rodino Center Reading Room)
12:45 - 1:45 p.m.
Panel 3: Testing the Boundaries: Drug and Medical Testing in Employment
Robert I. Field
Professor of Law,
Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law
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Jay Sabin
Member,
Brach Eichler LLC
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Francis Kenny
Of Counsel,
Littler Mendelson P.C.
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1:45 - 2:00 p.m.
Break
2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Panel 4: Tweets, Protests, and Policies: Employee Speech and Expression and the Workplace
Stacy Hawkins
Professor of Law,
Rutgers Law School
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Kathleen McGarvey Hidy
Associate Professor of Legal Studies,
Xavier University
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Risa L. Lieberwitz
Professor of Labor and Employment Law,
Cornell University ILR School
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Mark F. Kluger
Partner,
Kluger Healey, LLC
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Nicole DeMuro,
Partner,
O' Tool Scrivo
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3:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Jessica L. Shinski
Symposium Editor,
Seton Hall Law Journal of Legislation and Public Policy
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Katherine Ryan
Editor-in-Chief,
Seton Hall Law Journal of Legislation and Public Policy
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