The Center draws upon the full resources of Saint Louis University as well as the School of Law in staffing its academic programs. The School of Law is generally recognized for its friendly and supportive atmosphere, and a full-time Center faculty rich in academic and practical experience is available on a daily basis to administer to the needs of the students. The St. Louis metropolitan area affords an ideal location for the operations of the Center, encompassing both an impressive number of large corporate employers and a range of medium and small businesses. Virtually the entire spectrum of legal issues involving employment is reflected in the city and surrounding suburbs. These programs address current employment law issues including, for example, the impact of Congressional budget decisions on the National Labor Relations Board, sexual harassment, sports law, and workers' compensation.
Additional programs feature local attorneys discussing the practice of labor and employment law.
The Center and the Employment Law Association also hold a number of social gatherings. The first-year student confronts a bewildering array of apparently disconnected courses. A persistent complaint of a beginning law student is the lack of cohesion to the studies. While much of the confusion and trauma are inevitable in any attempt to master a new area of knowledge, the William C. Wefel Center for Employment Law offers a point of orientation for a student to help him or her plot an approach to the study of the law. To achieve the Certificate in Employment Law, a student is required to complete eleven hours of course work in the employment field as part of the curriculum of study leading to the Juris Doctor degree and to submit a paper of publishable quality on a topic related to Employment Law.