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Michael Gaitley

Adjunct Professor

Bio

Mike Gaitley supervises the Workers’ Rights Clinic and directs our ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ Legal Services Program, where he has developed and nurtured a model for providing free legal services that has been emulated by numerous legal organizations.

Our clinics provide low-income workers with expert advice by engaging highly experienced local employment law specialists and carefully selected law students as volunteers.

Before joining Legal Aid at Work as a staff attorney, Mike was a sole practitioner focusing on employment-related litigation and related services. He also worked as a union official and attorney with Pan Am’s flight attendants union.

Mike graduated from the ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ of Michigan in 1979 and from Pace ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ Law School in 1984. He now serves as an adjunct professor at ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ of California, Hastings College of the Law, and at ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ of San Diego School of Law.

Education

  • Pace Law School
    J.D.
    1984

  • ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ of Michigan
    1979

Courses

  • Workers' Rights Clinic