Workers' Rights Institute
Launched in the summer of 2019, the Workers’ Rights Institute (WRI) conducts research, education, and advocacy to support and expand legal protections, collective self-determination, and organizing for traditionally underserved and diverse populations of low-income workers.
The Workers’ Rights Institute (WRI) was made possible in part due to the generous support of Georgetown Law alumnus Stephen Bruce (L’79), a D.C. based employment law attorney and authority on the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
Workers organize and participate in a wide range of activities to shift power, including traditional labor reforms, independent unions, and worker-owned cooperatives. In this colloquium, we will critically examine these approaches while exploring the relationship between political and economic democracy.
The WRI Team and Advisors at the 2025 Georgetown Law Journal Symposium “The Labor Movement & Civil Rights in the Modern Era” [photo by Allyson Rosenblum]
Faculty Director: Jamillah Bowman Williams, Professor of LawSenior Fellow: Gabrielle Rejouis
Law Fellow: Patrick Engle
Director of Research and Programs: AT Gebrekidan
Senior Advisor: Mark Gaston Pearce
Faculty Advisors:
Llezlie Green | Professor of Law, Georgetown Law
Brishen Rogers | Professor of Law, Georgetown Law
Soyica Diggs Colbert | Interim Provost, Vice President for Interdisciplinary Initiatives and Idol Family Professor, Professor of Black Studies and Performing Arts, Georgetown University
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