Biography
Elizabeth Ford, Associate Professor at Seattle University School of Law, primarily teaches the Workers’ Rights Clinic. In the Workers' Rights Clinic, students develop and enforce minimum standards by providing advice and legal representation to low wage workers, advocating for more equitable laws, and supporting collective action. The Clinic operates in partnership with a variety of community organizations, including the Fair Work Legal Clinic, which Professor Ford founded in 2015.
Prof. Ford publishes in the area of workplace minimum standards, clinical teaching, and public sector collective bargaining.
Before joining the academy, Prof. Ford was in private practice for 25 years representing unions and individual employees. In addition to her teaching and scholarship, Professor Ford serves frequently as a mediator and arbitrator in labor and employment disputes, and she is a Commissioner on the Washington's Public Employment Relations Commission.
