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
It's become pretty terrible here. I allow myself 5 minutes to scroll *quickly* to get a sense of news and then promptly log off before my soul dies.
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 AM
It's become pretty terrible here. I allow myself 5 minutes to scroll *quickly* to get a sense of news and then promptly log off before my soul dies.
"I'm no stranger to the grape." My crim law prof.
October 30, 2025 at 10:17 PM
"I'm no stranger to the grape." My crim law prof.
Super helpful since this is not an area I usually follow. Thank you!
October 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Super helpful since this is not an area I usually follow. Thank you!
Can you elaborate?
October 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Can you elaborate?
I'd love to hear your thoughts if/when you do!
October 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I'd love to hear your thoughts if/when you do!
My thanks to @aratojulian.bsky.social, @justinauriburu.bsky.social and Luíza Leão Soares Pereira for the helpful comments!
October 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
My thanks to @aratojulian.bsky.social, @justinauriburu.bsky.social and Luíza Leão Soares Pereira for the helpful comments!
For more, see my latest over at EJIL Talk! www.ejiltalk.org/the-ilos-rig... End
The ILO’s Right to Strike: Distinguishing Non-Binding Principles from Binding Conventions at the ICJ
From 6-8 October, 2025, the International Court of Justice held public hearings in response to the International Labour Organization (ILO)’s request for an advisory opinion on the following question: ...
www.ejiltalk.org
October 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
For more, see my latest over at EJIL Talk! www.ejiltalk.org/the-ilos-rig... End
I agree that the Convention contains the right to strike through an evolutive interpretation, but disagree w/ a related argument that a legally-binding convention like Convention No. 87 must be interpreted to evolve in line with a non-binding convention, i.e., an ILO principle. 2/
October 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I agree that the Convention contains the right to strike through an evolutive interpretation, but disagree w/ a related argument that a legally-binding convention like Convention No. 87 must be interpreted to evolve in line with a non-binding convention, i.e., an ILO principle. 2/
For a (Chatham House rule-compliant) overview of a meeting I helped organize among labor leaders from Canada, the US, and Mexico this Summer, see this great write-up in Inside U.S. Trade insidetrade.com/daily-news/r... 2/2
RRM ‘black boxing’ spurs solidarity among tri-national labor reps | InsideTrade.com
Labor leaders’ desire for stronger implementation of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s novel rapid-response mechanism has sparked some early trinational dialogue to shed light on a process they say h...
insidetrade.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
For a (Chatham House rule-compliant) overview of a meeting I helped organize among labor leaders from Canada, the US, and Mexico this Summer, see this great write-up in Inside U.S. Trade insidetrade.com/daily-news/r... 2/2
The VLR was like, oh well this is no big deal but moving forward (i.e., no luck for you) we will ask our members to do a better job of due diligence. That was it.
September 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The VLR was like, oh well this is no big deal but moving forward (i.e., no luck for you) we will ask our members to do a better job of due diligence. That was it.
An interesting question. A couple of years back, a student note in the Virginia Law Review rewrote an article of mine (no acknowledgments). When I wrote to the editorial board and showed them my article, they said they wouldn't do anything about it b/c student notes don't count as scholarship.
September 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
An interesting question. A couple of years back, a student note in the Virginia Law Review rewrote an article of mine (no acknowledgments). When I wrote to the editorial board and showed them my article, they said they wouldn't do anything about it b/c student notes don't count as scholarship.