'Best Practices' Courses Headline Wolf Institute's Fall Semester; Course Topics Include Harassment, Hiring and Performance Management.

Business Editors/Legal Writers

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 11, 2000

Three "Best Practices" courses will kick off The Wolf Institute's Fall 2000 semester offerings.

The three opening courses, created for Human Resources policymakers, will be held on successive weeks: Best Practices in Hiring Programs on September 13; Best Practices in Performance Management on September 21; and Best Practices in Harassment Prevention on September 27.

"These are seminars ideally suited to the more senior HR professional who has a basic understanding of the topics but would benefit from the ability to balance business objectives with risk management," said Jonathan A. Segal, co-author of the courses and a principal in The Wolf Institute. "Our overall philosophy is built on the premise that the HR executive's job is to achieve corporate goals without being paralyzed by the laws that govern the employer-employee relationship."

The Wolf Institute is a freestanding professional education and training facility, an extension of Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP (Wolf Block), one of the region's preeminent law firms. It provides a wide range of pragmatic employment-related training to CEOs, general counsel, managers, human resource staff and employees in a lively, interactive classroom setting.

Each course is taught by the attorneys and human resource professionals of Wolf Block's Employment Services practice group, each of whom understands both the human resource challenges and legal ramifications surrounding sexual and other forms of harassment, effective hiring and firing and claims investigation.

Courses begin September 13, and classroom space is limited. Course topics include:

-- Harassment in the workplace;

-- Terminating employment;

-- Investigating employee misconduct;

-- Protecting intellectual capital;

-- Performance management;

-- Hiring programs and practices.

For more information, a course catalog or to enroll in a Wolf Institute training program, contact Rita Hunter, Director of Administration, at 215-977-2007 or visit www.wolfinstitute.com.

Founded in Philadelphia in 1903, Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP has more than 250 lawyers practicing in the firm's six East Coast offices. Wolf, Block has18 practice groups ranging from litigation to employment law, from personal planning to information technology and consumer law, from intellectual property to venture capital counseling and international transactions.

Considered a leader in the legal profession, many of the firm's lawyers have held major leadership positions in the American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association and local bar associations.