Emily Spieler is the Edwin W. Hadley Professor of Law at Northeastern University School of Law. From 2002 until 2012, she served as dean of the School of Law. During 2012-2013, Professor Spieler is on sabbatical and is a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Work and Employment Research, Sloan School of Management at MIT. She will return to teaching at Northeastern in 2013-2014.

Professor Spieler is an expert in labor and employment law. She currently serves as chair of the Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee, a federal advisory committee to the Secretary of Labor, and as chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Institute for Work and Health in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. During the winter of 2008-2009, she served on President Obama's transition team for the Department of Labor. She has also served on the National Academy of Social Insurance Steering Committee on Workers' Compensation; on the National Academies Committee on Health and Safety Needs of Older Workers; and as chair of the US Department of Energy Worker Advocacy Advisory Committee regarding implementation of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000.

Professor Spieler is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation and fellow and member of the board of governors of the College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers. Prior to coming to Northeastern School of Law, she practiced law in both Massachusetts and West Virginia, held several senior positions in West Virginia state government and was a member of the faculty at the West Virginia University College of Law.