Faculty Directory
Karl E. Klare
George J. and Kathleen Waters Matthews Distinguished University Professor of LawColumbia University, BA 1967
Yale University, MA 1968
Harvard University, JD 1975
Mail: 400 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Tel: (617) 373-3290
Fax: (617) 373-5056
E-mail: k.klare@neu.edu
Professor Klare focuses on labor and employment law and legal theory, fields in which he has written and lectured extensively. In 1993, he was named Matthews Distinguished University Professor, one of Northeastern’s highest honors. He has taught as a visitor at the universities of British Columbia, Michigan, Toronto and Cape Town, and held a senior Fulbright chair at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.
During the 1960s, Professor Klare participated in the civil rights, antiwar and student movements. His activism and writing now focus on workplace issues and human rights. In recent years, he has worked on numerous projects with lawyers in South Africa. He was an active participant in the Critical Legal Studies movement, a founder of the International Network on Transformative Employment and Labor Law (INTELL) and is currently active in the International Social and Economic Rights Project (ISERP).
Fields of Expertise
- Employment Law
- Labor Law
