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Brian Broughman, Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Law & Business Program, focuses his research on corporate governance and financial contracting, particularly in startup firms financed by venture capital. Professor Broughman entered the legal academy after earning his Ph.D. in jurisprudence and social policy at the University of California, Berkeley, where his dissertation examined how governance arrangements mitigate the risk of opportunistic conduct between business founders and venture capital investors.

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Amanda Rose
Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Law

Amanda Rose is an expert on corporate and securities law and the institutional design of enforcement regimes. After graduating first in her law school class at the University of California at Berkeley, Professor Rose was a law clerk for Judge William Fletcher on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She then served as a litigation associate with Gibson Dunn & Crutcher in San Francisco for five years, where her practice included the defense of state regulatory proceedings, SEC enforcement actions, and state and federal class action and derivative litigation. She also played an integral role in briefing appeals before numerous state and federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court.

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