Nancy M. Modesitt
Associate Professor
Law
The University of Baltimore
United States of America
Biography
Modesitt joined the faculty in fall 2007 as an assistant professor. From 2003 to 2007 she worked at the American University, Washington College of Law, teaching Contracts, Labor and Employment Law, and Legal Rhetoric. Modesitt was the academic coordinator of the Legal Rhetoric Program in 2005-06, and an adjunct professor in that program in 2002-03. While in practice, Modesitt worked for several large law firms as well as for the U.S. Department of Justice. Her practice focused on employment litigation and counseling, including handling matters ranging from defending employers in employment discrimination lawsuits to negotiating and drafting employee intellectual property agreements.
Research Interest
Employment Law Lawyering Skills Torts
Publications
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Why Whistleblowers Lose: An Empirical and Qualitative Analysis of State Court Cases, 62 U. Kan. L. Rev. 165 (2013).
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Whistleblowing: The Law of Retaliatory Discharge , Nancy Modesitt, Janie Schulmann, and Daniel Westman (3d Ed. Bloomberg 2015) .
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Causation in Whistleblowing Claims, 50 U. Rich. L. Rev. 1193 (2016)
