Faculty Presentations 2007-08
Summer 2008
May 2008
May 21: Paige Marta Skiba, "Law, Behavior and the Brain: Decision Making in Financial Markets," Gruter Institute Annual Conference at Squaw Valley, Olympic Valley, California
May 22: Margaret Blair, testimony before the House Science and Technology Committee to support its investigation of the effect of corporate governance rules and financial markets on technology development. Professor Blair's testimony addressed whether corporate law requires corporate managers and boards to "maximize shareholder value." Read Professor Blair's testimony.
May 30: Terry Maroney, "Emotional Common Sense," Law & Society Association, Montreal Canada
May 31: Richard Nagareda, “The Attorney-Client Relationship in the Mass Litigation Field,” ALI-ABA conference on “Mass Litigation,” Charleston, South Carolina
June 2008
June 10: Margaret Blair, panelist, "Shareowners and Stakeholders: Is there a conflict?" at the Yale Governance Forum, sponsored by the Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance at Yale University
June 13: Richard Nagareda, “Aggregate Litigation across the Atlantic and the Future of American Exceptionalism,” NYU-ALI conference on “Class Actions in Europe and North America,” Florence, Italy
June 14: D. Don Welch, “Law School Strategic Planning in the University Context,” American Bar Association Associate Dean’s Conference, Inglewood, Colorado
June 16: Ellen Wright Clayton, "Biobanking in the 21st Century: Lessons Learned from the HapMap and Other Projects about Navigating Turbulent Waters," Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy
July 2008
July 5, Margaret Blair, speaker, "Firms' New Frontiers," Aix-en-Provence Economic Forum, sponsored by Le Cercle des Economistes, Aix-en-Provence, France
July 7: Mike Newton, "The Anfal Genocide: Law, Legislation and Politics," T.M.C. Asser Institute in The Hague, Netherlands
July 30: D. Don Welch, “Writing Your Law School’s History,” Southeastern Association of Law Schools annual meeting, Palm Beach, Florida
Fall 2008
September 2008
September 17: W. Kip Viscusi, “How to Value a Life,” Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky
September 25-27: Jim Ely, "The History of Property Rights," Free Market Forum, Hillsdale College, Dearborn, Michigan.
October 2008
October 9: W. Kip Viscusi, “Punitive Damages,” Keynote Address, Research Symposium on Empirical Studies of Civil Liability, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois
October 17-18: Jim Ely, panelist, Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference, College of William and Mary
Fall 2007 - Spring 2008 Presentations
