Title

Interview with Clyde W. Summers

Authors

Irene Barbarena, University of Pennsylvania
Isaac Dwel, University of Pennsylvania
Clyde W. Summers, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Legal Oral History Project, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

Document Type

Video Recording

Publication Date

9-20-2000

Streaming Media

Abstract

Clyde Summers taught at Penn Law from 1975 to 2005, after having taught at Yale, the University of Buffalo, and the University of Toledo. His pathbreaking work in important areas of labor law—including individual worker rights, union democracy, unjust discharge, and the rights of public employees and non-union employees—made him a towering figure in that field. In addition to his scholarly work, Summers was an arbitrator in over 1,000 cases over 50 years, was the umpire for the anthracite coal industry for 20 years, and served as an expert witness and advisor to courts and government agencies for decades. He died in 2010.

Repository Citation

Barbarena, Irene; Dwel, Isaac; Summers, Clyde W.; and Legal Oral History Project, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, "Interview with Clyde W. Summers" (2000). Legal Oral History Project. 18.
https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/lohp/18