Professor Tippett’s new book, The Master-Servant Doctrine: How Old Legal Rules Haunt the Modern Workplace, will be released by UC Press in November. The culmination of seven years of research, the book reveals how modern employment law has been tainted by a centuries-old legal doctrine that gives employers tremendous power over workers. Historian Nell Irvin Painter described the book “important and compelling.” Legal scholar Orly Lobel called it “a must-read for anyone interested in contemporary employment relations.”
Professor Tippett’s research on employment law, law and technology, and legal ethics has been published in leading law reviews and peer reviewed journals, including the Southern California Law Review, Texas Law Review, Minnesota Law Review, the Yale Journal of Law and Technology, Drug Safety, and the Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law and Ethics.
Her research has been cited by various decisions by the United States Court of Appeals, including a Fourth Circuit decision upholding the constitutionality of state ethics regulation of drug injury advertisements. In 2017, Tippett testified before a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee about how these ads may affect patient decision-making. In 2018, Professor Tippett testified before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and its Select Task Force on the Study of Harassment in the Workplace.
At Oregon law, Professor Tippett teaches torts, employment law, negotiation, and alternative dispute resolution. She also oversees the Consumer Protection Research Grant program, which funds university research and organizes educational programming regarding consumer rights.
Before joining the faculty in 2012, Professor Tippett practiced employment law at the Silicon Valley based law firm, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. She graduated from Harvard Law School in 2006 and Harvard College in 2002. As a student, she spent several years working for the late Professor Roger Fisher, co-author of the bestselling negotiation book, Getting to Yes.
Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post, the Huffington Post, The New Republic, Fortune, Harvard Business Review, Newsweek, Fast Company, Salon, the LA Times, the Chicago Tribune, among others. She has also appeared on NPR, the BBC and other radio outlets in the US and abroad.
More information and media resources are available at Tippett’s blog.
