Desiree LeClercq
@desireelc.bsky.social
A/Prof at University of Georgia School of Law. I study and teach international labor law, trade law, international economic law, and US labor law.
Former USTR, ILO, NLRB
SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2447202
Former USTR, ILO, NLRB
SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2447202
Teaching 1L contracts has been SUCH a joy this Fall, but could not have done it w/o support from our Dean! Today's Brooklyn Bridge hypo brought her into the class, and the students had a lot of fun figuring out whether they could revoke before she crossed the bridge. 😂 @ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Teaching 1L contracts has been SUCH a joy this Fall, but could not have done it w/o support from our Dean! Today's Brooklyn Bridge hypo brought her into the class, and the students had a lot of fun figuring out whether they could revoke before she crossed the bridge. 😂 @ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social
Talking death taxes, tariffs, and Georgia football with the great @taxlawprof.bsky.social @ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social
September 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Talking death taxes, tariffs, and Georgia football with the great @taxlawprof.bsky.social @ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social
I have a paper on this. Both administrations -- Biden and Trump -- touted their trade policies as helping workers in the United States while trying to accomplish other objectives. Trump's policy is just particularly egregious given that not only will it fail to help those workers, it will cost them.
August 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I have a paper on this. Both administrations -- Biden and Trump -- touted their trade policies as helping workers in the United States while trying to accomplish other objectives. Trump's policy is just particularly egregious given that not only will it fail to help those workers, it will cost them.
Loving the realization among the Financial Times group that liberalized trade (without appropriate domestic policies in place) left workers vulnerable to job losses, unemployment, and declining standards of living. Looking forward to the revived conversations coming out of all this.
August 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Loving the realization among the Financial Times group that liberalized trade (without appropriate domestic policies in place) left workers vulnerable to job losses, unemployment, and declining standards of living. Looking forward to the revived conversations coming out of all this.
Where in the world … are Desiree and @sarahquinnezz.bsky.social?? First three @universityofga.bsky.social UGA law students to correctly answer win a prize! If you’re one of my students whom I’ve told, please 🤫 @deanruskintlaw.bsky.social
July 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Where in the world … are Desiree and @sarahquinnezz.bsky.social?? First three @universityofga.bsky.social UGA law students to correctly answer win a prize! If you’re one of my students whom I’ve told, please 🤫 @deanruskintlaw.bsky.social
The draft US-Indonesia Framework for Reciprocal Trade includes commitments to internationally recognized labor rights, a prohibition on the importation of goods produced by forced labor, de jure protection of freedom of association and collective bargaining, and enhanced labor law enforcement.
July 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The draft US-Indonesia Framework for Reciprocal Trade includes commitments to internationally recognized labor rights, a prohibition on the importation of goods produced by forced labor, de jure protection of freedom of association and collective bargaining, and enhanced labor law enforcement.
📣📣 HIRING 📣📣
See below for the full announcement. The University of Georgia School of Law hiring link is here: www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/439...
See below for the full announcement. The University of Georgia School of Law hiring link is here: www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/439...
July 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
📣📣 HIRING 📣📣
See below for the full announcement. The University of Georgia School of Law hiring link is here: www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/439...
See below for the full announcement. The University of Georgia School of Law hiring link is here: www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/439...
When you forgot to include attachments in your email but it’s the 1960s…
June 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
When you forgot to include attachments in your email but it’s the 1960s…
Had a great time interacting with Tim Springett (ICS) and @sekblu7.bsky.social for a discussion of my paper, Gender-Based Violence at Sea (papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....) for the Gender Justice and Harassment Working Group of the Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law.
June 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Had a great time interacting with Tim Springett (ICS) and @sekblu7.bsky.social for a discussion of my paper, Gender-Based Violence at Sea (papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....) for the Gender Justice and Harassment Working Group of the Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law.
Congrats @trangmae.bsky.social for your well-deserved award for the outstanding junior paper at #ComplianceNet2025!
May 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Congrats @trangmae.bsky.social for your well-deserved award for the outstanding junior paper at #ComplianceNet2025!
This was a great talk by @katmacfarlane.bsky.social on “The Fundamental Alternation Fallacy: Higher Ed and the ADA.” Sooo relevant and timely and generated a lot of thinking around the winners and losers of high ed political economy. #ComplianceNet2025
May 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This was a great talk by @katmacfarlane.bsky.social on “The Fundamental Alternation Fallacy: Higher Ed and the ADA.” Sooo relevant and timely and generated a lot of thinking around the winners and losers of high ed political economy. #ComplianceNet2025
Fun Fact: When the negotiators decided that fair labour standards should be protected in international trade, the UK joined Czech in complaining they should be able to continue using forced labor, and wanted to except that standard.
May 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Fun Fact: When the negotiators decided that fair labour standards should be protected in international trade, the UK joined Czech in complaining they should be able to continue using forced labor, and wanted to except that standard.
Everything is fine
May 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Everything is fine
Accepting a luxury carrier from a foreign government to use as Air Force One. What a marvelous idea. Apart from the obvious sinking-into-the-depths-of-bribery bit, I cannot think of a single thing that could go wrong.
May 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Accepting a luxury carrier from a foreign government to use as Air Force One. What a marvelous idea. Apart from the obvious sinking-into-the-depths-of-bribery bit, I cannot think of a single thing that could go wrong.
Glad to see that the International Labor Organization has finally agreed to amend the Maritime Labor Convention to prohibit the sexual violence on vessels. Its failure to do so until now, however, unnecessarily subjected numerous women to abuse. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
April 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Glad to see that the International Labor Organization has finally agreed to amend the Maritime Labor Convention to prohibit the sexual violence on vessels. Its failure to do so until now, however, unnecessarily subjected numerous women to abuse. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Idealism versus reality
April 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Idealism versus reality
The Havana Charter negotiators knew better
March 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The Havana Charter negotiators knew better
The vestiges of greed and stupidity. We should not support tariffs, full stop, but some industries think they can beat history. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/b...
March 14, 2025 at 9:39 AM
The vestiges of greed and stupidity. We should not support tariffs, full stop, but some industries think they can beat history. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/b...
Shawn Fain (UAW) is a stain on the labor movement. To join the President's efforts to dismantle the power of labor through division is to support the undoing of the American labor movement and the growth of centralized authority. www.cnbc.com/2025/03/10/t...
March 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Shawn Fain (UAW) is a stain on the labor movement. To join the President's efforts to dismantle the power of labor through division is to support the undoing of the American labor movement and the growth of centralized authority. www.cnbc.com/2025/03/10/t...
Perhaps it's time to admit I'm a little depressed at the state of global economic affairs and basic human rights...
March 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Perhaps it's time to admit I'm a little depressed at the state of global economic affairs and basic human rights...
Americans did not support Trump I's agenda, and neither did his appointed judges.
February 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Americans did not support Trump I's agenda, and neither did his appointed judges.
There is a way these states can organize around their opposition to the federal government:
February 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
There is a way these states can organize around their opposition to the federal government:
It was an honor to be invited by @jessicacweiss.bsky.social to participate in this report on US-China relations. My contribution focuses on US-China labor tensions. After describing them, I propose each government use the International Labor Organization (ILO) to mediate.
February 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
It was an honor to be invited by @jessicacweiss.bsky.social to participate in this report on US-China relations. My contribution focuses on US-China labor tensions. After describing them, I propose each government use the International Labor Organization (ILO) to mediate.
These strategic decisions around resistance is also applicable to states (which I'm writing about right now!), let's not give up on them.
January 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
These strategic decisions around resistance is also applicable to states (which I'm writing about right now!), let's not give up on them.