Workers' Rights Conference

 

 

The 29th Annual National Law Students Workers' Rights Conference is returning to Baltimore!  

For 2026, we're happy to return to the Maritime Conference Center, right outside of Baltimore, MD! The 2026 NLSWRC will bring together a community of progressive and like-minded law students, lawyers, and organizers together to explore the future of workers’ rights and workplace justice lawyering. We can't wait to see you there! 

For more information on sponsoring, attending, or presenting at the NLSWRC, view our links below, or contact the PBF Team at Info@PeggyBrowningFund.org.  

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Frequently Asked Questions

 

When:  Friday & Saturday October 16 & 17, 2026

Where: Maritime Conference Center, 692 Maritime Blvd, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090 
            
With multiple substantive workshops, networking breakout rooms, and plenary session, the conference will give each participant additional insight into becoming an advocate for workers and their families. Students will: 

• gain a greater understanding of the current and upcoming labor issues facing American workers; 
• supplement their labor and workers' rights courses with in-depth information on worker and union-side labor law; and 
• network with fellow law students, top labor attorneys, professors, nonprofit practitioners and others. 

Conference Sponsors

2026 Conference Sponsors

 

Program Sponsor
IUE-CWA
Pitta LLP
 
Session Sponsor
LIUNA Local 2

Workshop Sponsor
Gary Witlen
 
Tote Bag Sponsor
Air Line Pilots Association, International ALPA
Gilbert and Sackman
Kraw Law Group
USW District 4
USW Local 675
Willig Williams Davidson
 
Sponsor-A-Student
Bricklayers Local 1 of DC, VA, MD 
Catherine Fisk
Diomedes Tsitouras
Eisner Dictor & Lamadrid, P.C.
Eugene Eisner
George Driesen
Hicks Swanson
Homer C. La Rue
ILWU Local 47
IUOE Local 825
LIUNA Local One
Livingston, Adler, Pulda, Meiklejohn & Kelly P.C.
Northeastern Illinois Federation of Labor
Orrin Baird
Phillips, Richard Rind, P.A
Ruben Garcia
Satter Ruhlen Law Firm, PLLC
Teamsters Local 122
Teamsters Local 572
Teamsters Local 70
Teamsters Local 703
United Steelworkers District 1 Education Fund
Willig Williams Davidson
Wohlner Kaplon Cutler Rosenfeld & Levy

Additional SupportersAbato Rubenstein & Abato P.A.
CWA Local 1180
IAM Local 126
IATSE Local 16
IBEW Local 43
IUOE Local 891
Kazan McClain Partners' Foundation
Ken Shapiro
Michael Goldberg
National Postal Mail Handlers Union Local 306 
Sugarman and Susskind
Teamsters Local 896
UFCW Local 1546
United Association
USW District 8
Walter A. Kamiat 
 
 

For further information contact our team at Info@PeggyBrowningFund.org.