I know haiku poems traditionally are reserved for paying hommage to nature. But the following haiku came to me today that I share here in recognition of the Labor Day holiday.

The labor movement
Workers building our country
Honoring them all

I soon will teach a set of sessions on employment and labor law for The University of Tennessee’s Professional MBA program. I share some social and economic background on U.S. employment and labor with the class before heading into they core legal and regulatory principles I want them to know. Maybe I will share the haiku, too, in that spirit . . . ?

Regardless, I salute all those who built the United States into what it is today through their hard work.

Photo of Joan Heminway Joan Heminway

Professor Heminway brought nearly 15 years of corporate practice experience to the University of Tennessee College of Law when she joined the faculty in 2000. She practiced transactional business law (working in the areas of public offerings, private placements, mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, and…

Professor Heminway brought nearly 15 years of corporate practice experience to the University of Tennessee College of Law when she joined the faculty in 2000. She practiced transactional business law (working in the areas of public offerings, private placements, mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, and restructurings) in the Boston office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP from 1985 through 2000.

She has served as an expert witness and consultant on business entity and finance and federal and state securities law matters and is a frequent academic and continuing legal education presenter on business law issues. Professor Heminway also has represented pro bono clients on political asylum applications, landlord/tenant appeals, social security/disability cases, and not-for-profit incorporations and related business law issues. Read More

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