10.2190/8EFN-NV1Q-BX34-907P 8EFNNV1QBX34907P 4 "The Future of Employment Discrimination Law as the United States of America Enters the 21st Century" 307 313 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 8EFNNV1QBX34907P.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=8EFNNV1QBX34907P 4 Robert B. Fitzpatrick Esq. Universal Building North, Washington, D.C. This speech presents the author's personal views on the future development of U.S. employment law. It emphasizes that today employees and employers are confronted by a maze of laws and overburdened institutions that were established to enforce same. Meanwhile, a veritable war is going on in the workplace over employee rights and the American dilemma of a racial underclass remains unresolved. The author suggests a need for new approaches to persistent problems including alternative dispute resolution and a just cause standard for all terminations.