Biography
Leora Eisenstadt is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Legal Studies at the Fox School of Business at Temple University. She teaches in both the Honors Program and in the Fox Undergraduate Program. Prior to joining the faculty at the Fox School, Professor Eisenstadt spent two years as a Freedman Teaching Fellow and Lecturer in Law at Temple University’s Beasley School of Law. Professor Eisenstadt’s areas of scholarship and interest include employment law, business law, law and linguistics, work-family conflict, sex discrimination, race and the law, and public policy.
Professor Eisenstadt received her J.D., cum laude from New York University School of Law and her B.A. in History, cum laude from Yale University. From 2003 to 2004, she was a Fulbright Fellow in Israel studying sex equality and the development of Israeli equal employment opportunity law. She served as a two-year law clerk to the Honorable R. Barclay Surrick in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and spent several years in the Labor & Employment Group at Dechert LLP litigating cases and counseling clients in employment discrimination issues, general employment matters, and Title IX-related litigation.
Research Interests
- Employment Law
- Business Law
- Law and Linguistics
- Work-family Conflict
- Sex Discrimination
- Race and the Law
- and Public Policy
Courses Taught
Number | Name | Level |
|---|---|---|
LGLS 3524 | Legal and Policy Issues in the Workplace | Undergraduate |
LGLS 3581 | Pre-Law Internship and Seminar | Undergraduate |
Selected Publications
Featured
Eisenstadt, L. & Geddes, D. (2018). SUPPRESSED ANGER, RETALIATION DOCTRINE, AND WORKPLACE CULTURE. University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business and Employment Law, 20(1), 101-163.
Eisenstadt, L. (2018). Enemy and ally: Religion in Loving v. Virginia and beyond. Fordham Law Review, 86(6), 2659-2669.
Eisenstadt, L. & Boles, J. (2016). Intent and liability in employment discrimination. American Business Law Journal, 53(4), 607-675. doi: 10.1111/ablj.12086.
Eisenstadt, L.F. Fluid Identity Discrimination. American Business Law Journal, 52(4), 789-857. Wiley. doi: 10.1111/ablj.12056.
Eisenstadt (2022). Causation in Context. Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law: a Continuation of Industrial Relations Law Journal, 36(1), 1-42.
Eisenstadt (2012). The N-Word at Work: Contextualizing Language in the Workplace. Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law, 33(2), 299-351.
Recent
Eisenstadt, L.F. #MeToo Bots and the Rise of the AI Workplace. Online.
Eisenstadt, L.F. #MeToo Bots and the Rise of the AI Workplace. Online.
Eisenstadt, L.F. #MeToo Bots and the Rise of the AI Workplace.
Boles, J.R., Eisenstadt, L., & Pacella, J. (2021). Whistleblowing in the Compliance Era. Georgia Law Review, 55(1). Retrieved from https://www.georgialawreview.org/article/18634-whistleblowing-in-the-compliance-era.
Eisenstadt, L.F. Whistleblowing in the Compliance Era.
Eisenstadt, L.F. & Brown, L. (2020). Losing your privacy will be the new normal. The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved from https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2020/07/16/losing-your-privacy-will-be-the-new-normal/.
Eisenstadt, L.F. (2020). Our work-from-home world is proving more job flexibility is possible. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved from https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-coronavirus-remote-working-20200508-s3ehs5x4tzhw3ctxvta2v4hl3m-story.html.
Data Analytics and the Erosion of the Work/Non-Work Divide. The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Eisenstadt, L.F. Data Analytics and the Erosion of the Work/Non-Work Divide. Philadelphia, PA.
Eisenstadt, L.F., Boles, J., & Pacella, J. (2019). When Compliance Exceeds Law.
Eisenstadt, L.F. & Boles, J. When Compliance Exceeds Law. Villanova, PA.
Eisenstadt, L. (2019). Data Analytics and the Erosion of the Work/Nonwork Divide. American Business Law Journal, 56(3), 445-506. doi: 10.1111/ablj.12146.
Eisenstadt, L. (2019). Employer or big brother? data analytics and incursions into workers’ personal lives. In Performance Appraisal in Modern Employment Relations: An Interdisciplinary Approach (pp. 165-190). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-26538-0_8.
Eisenstadt, L.F. (2018). Data Analytics and the Erosion of the Work/Non-Work Divide. Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Bloomington, Indiana.
Eisenstadt, L.F. & Brown, E. (2018). Employment Law & Policy. In Array, Law and Public Policy. Routledge.
Eisenstadt, L.F. Whistleblowers Need Not Apply. Portland, OR.
Eisenstadt, L.F. Data Analytics and the Erosion of the Work/Non-Work Divide. Portland, OR.
Eisenstadt, L.F. #MeToo Too: Employer Response to (Alleged) Off-Site Employee Sexual Misconduct. Portland, OR.
Eisenstadt, L. (2018). Data Analytics and the Erosion of the Work/Non-Work Divide. Fondazione Marco Biagi, Modena, Italy.
Eisenstadt, L. (2018). Data Analytics and the Erosion of the Work/Non-Work Divide. University of Florida, Warrington College of Business, Gainesville, FL.
Eisenstadt, L. (2017). Enemy and Ally: Religion in Loving v. Virginia. Fordham Law Review, Fordham Co-sponsored by the Center on Race, Law & Justice, White & Case, and Schulte Roth & Zabel., New York, NY.
Eisenstadt, L. & Pacella, J. (2017). Whistleblowers Need Not Apply: Legal Reform for Whistleblower Job Applicants.
Eisenstadt, L. & Geddes, D. (2017). Risk of Employer Retaliation Must be Removed for Workers Who Claim Discrimination.
Eisenstadt, L. & Geddes, D. (2017). Anger in the Workplace Will Grow Without Change in the Law.