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custom ORDER BY clause

How do I pass in parameters to customize the ORDER BY statement?

My attempt:

CREATE PROCEDURE UNAdmin.unsp_JOClassTypesList
(
	@OrderByColumn nvarchar(100),
	@OrderByType nvarchar(4)
)	
AS

	SELECT ID, 
		Name,
		Abbreviation,
		IsOnlineClass,
		IsActive
	FROM UNAdmin.TrainingClassTypes	
	ORDER BY CASE WHEN @OrderByColumn = 'EmployerName' AND @OrderByType = 'DESC' THEN EmployerName END DESC)
		CASE WHEN @OrderByColumn = 'EmployerName' AND @OrderByType = 'ASC' THEN EmployerName END)
	

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Just what I needed.  My knowledge of TSQL syntax is ... meh ...  : /