February 10-11, 2012
Faculty Conference Center
The George Washington University Law School
GW’s Center for Law, Economics & Finance (C-LEAF) will host its second annual Junior Faculty Business and Financial Law Workshop and Junior Faculty Scholarship Prizes. The workshop supports and recognizes the work of young legal scholars in accounting, banking, bankruptcy, corporations, economics, finance, and securities, while promoting interaction among them and selected senior faculty. By providing a forum for the exchange of creative ideas in these areas, C-LEAF also aims to encourage new and innovative scholarship.
In response to the call for papers, C-LEAF received over 80 paper submissions for the workshop, representing junior scholars from around the nation, as well as scholars from six international schools. In total, 12 papers were selected for presentation at the workshop. The authors of the selected papers (along with their school affiliation) are: Afra Afsharipour (UC Davis); Dan Awrey (Oxford); co-authors Mathew Cain (Notre Dame) and Steven Davidoff (Ohio State); Mira Ganor (Texas); Zack Gubler (Arizona State); Tom Lin (Florida); Mohsen Manesh (Oregon); Tanya Marsh (Wake Forest); Mary-Hunter McDonnell (Northwestern); Alicia Plerhoples (UC Hastings); Tess Wilkinson-Ryan (University of Pennsylvania); and Urska Velikonja (Maryland).
At the workshop, one or more senior scholars will comment on each paper, followed by a general discussion of each paper among all participants. The workshop audience will include invited young scholars, faculty from GW’s Law School and Business School, faculty from other institutions, and invited guests. At the conclusion of the workshop, up to three papers will be awarded Junior Faculty Scholarship Prizes, of $3,000, $2,000, and $1,000, respectively.
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, one of the leading law firms serving the financial services industry and known for its premier practice in the area of private investment funds and private equity M&A, generously sponsors the Junior Faculty Scholarship Workshop and Prizes and provides other financial assistance to C-LEAF.
2011 Junior Faculty Workshop Recap