michael geraghty and his wife lived in anchorage for 30 years and have five children. we are going to have the same format we did in the last panel. then for 15 minutes, pose some questions and open up to the audience for questions. esta bigler, you want to begin? >> i will begin. good morning, everyone. i can't tell you how thrilled i am to be here but i feel little bit like diana duck out of water. as the only employment lawyer on the panel went perhaps the only labor employment lawyer in the room is a little intimidating. i grew up in new york city and i take the subway all by myself at night. but i have been the victim of being mugged twice and having my house broken into twice. i live in portland and i am always very worried when my sons are out late at night. i come to this subject having been a traditional labour employment lawyer but when i moved over to cornell one of the things that came of interest to me was the use of social science research in labor and employment law. and how the two come together. how do lawyers use social science research and how indust