AS II.B: Outreach
Develop outreach opportunities in the legal, labor relations and alternative dispute resolution communities. Other Information:
Strategy: To meet this goal the members of the Office of Legal Affairs actively participate in conferences sponsored by the
American Bar Association, American Law Institute, and the Association of Labor Relations Agencies. OLA also regularly participates
in intra-governmental initiatives with other federal agencies such as the Department of Labor, National Labor Relations Board,
and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. The General Counsel serves as a Senior Editor on the Railway Labor Act
treatise published by the Bureau of National Affairs. A second edition of this book will be published in 2003/2004. In July,
2003, the NMB and the W. J. Usery Center for the Workplace at Georgia State University announced their academic partnership.
The mission of this partnership is to develop and present research, educational programs, and training programs pertaining
to labor and employment relations and dispute resolution in the railway and airline industries. OLA is actively involved in
developing course work and continuing legal education programs on the Railway Labor Act in conjunction with the Usery Center
and the Georgia State University Law School.
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