ALSB NEWSLETTER

A Publication of the American Business Law Association, Inc. d/b/a

Academy of Legal Studies in Business

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Winter 2020 Office of the ALSB Executive Secretary

P.O. Box 208 - Oxford OH 45056

www.alsb.org herron3652@gmail.com

ALSB 2020 ANNUAL CONFERENCE: PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND

“Managing Disruption” is the Conference Theme August 5- 8, 2020

From Robert Bird, ALSB President-Elect and 2020 Program Chairperson:

Here comes

Providence! I am

looking forward to

welcoming you to the

2020 annual

conference of the

Academy of Legal

Studies in Business.

Providence, Rhode

Island, is a city rich in

history, culture, and culinary delights. Distinctive

neighborhoods give Providence big city amenities

while maintaining its small-town character. Iconic

Federal Hill has a historic ‘Little Italy’ with

delicious pizzerias, Italian cuisine, and seafood.

Artistic Hope Street offers a variety of unique shops

offering locally crafted clothing, jewelry, and art.

Thayer Street is home to Brown University and has

a youthful and global vibe (for more information,

see http://GoProvidence.com/Neighborhoods).

These are a few of the reasons why Providence was

named “America’s Coolest City” by GQ Magazine

in 2015 and “America’s Favorite City” by Travel +

Leisure Magazine.

Providence 2020 will have much to offer! Some

highlights:

Conference Theme: I am pleased to announce this

year’s conference theme: “Managing Disruption.”

Disruption is any innovation or change that creates

a new standard, policy, or market that disturb an

established order in business. Technological

change, financial crises, globalization, and legal,

ethical, and social issues are changing at an ever-

increasing pace. Disruption has replaced stability as

the new normal in law, business, and society.

Disruptive forces are a powerful opportunity to

assert the importance of business law as a critical

part of the business school curriculum and its

research portfolio. Social media, the gig economy,

#metoo, and artificial intelligence are just a few of

the issues in which the legal environment of

business will have a profound impact on society.

Every new technology, social change, or other

disruptive force will have implications for the legal

and ethical environment in which companies

operate. Our research, teaching, and outreach to

stakeholders should account for these increasingly continued on next page

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rapid changes, and this conference theme will

address how we can best navigate future legal,

ethical, and social challenges that business and

society will encounter. I encourage all prospective

attendees to actively participate in the ‘managing

disruption’ theme through innovative panels,

papers, and pedagogical methods.

Preconference Summit on Excellence in Business

Law: Please join us for a special pre-conference

summit on excellence in the discipline on the

morning of Tuesday, August 4. This summit will

disseminate best practices from academy thought

leaders on how to better develop teaching, research,

and service initiatives, as well as how to better

respond to the needs and expectations of internal

and external stakeholders. The summit will feature

an address from the ALSB 2020 Executive in

Residence Lawrence Wiseman: Global Head of FX,

Commodities, Complex Derivatives and Retail

Markets Surveillance at HSBC. Lawrence is a

barrister, magistrate, certified arbitrator, and an

expert on the intersection of law and business.

Plenary Panels: On August 5th, the conference will

feature special plenary panels led by thought leaders

in the academy. These panels will examine issues of

academy-wide importance to the discipline and

reinforce the conference theme of managing

disruption. Anticipated panels are: 1) Managing

Disruption in Business and Higher Education, 2)

The Role of Business Law in Managing Disruption,

3) Transformative Teaching in Disruptive Times:

How Business Law Generates Intellectual Agility,

Creativity, and Contextual Thinking for Business

Students, and 4) Celebrating A Century of

Disruption: Women, Work, and the (Centennial)

100th Year Anniversary of the Ratification of a

Woman’s Right to Vote. I hope you will join us in

exploring these important topics in Providence.

Social Event: Our annual social event will take

place off-site at elegant and historical Marble House

in Newport, RI. Marble House was a gilded age

summer home for William Vanderbilt and his

family. At Marble House we will be able to explore

the home and its gardens, as well as have a beautiful

view of Long Island Sound. Docents will be

available on the second floor of Marble House to

share information about the history, art, and

architecture of this incredible home. Don’t miss this

opportunity to explore one of the most important

Gilded Age mansions in the United States.

Plenary Speaker: I am

pleased to announce that

our plenary speaker will

be John A. Elliott, Chair

of the Board of Directors

of AACSB. John is the

Interim Provost of the

University of

Connecticut and formerly

the Dean of the UConn

School of Business. He

was also the founding

President of the Financial

Accounting and Reporting Section of the American

Accounting Association (AAA) and served on the

AAA Financial Accounting Standards Committee,

which responds to FASB exposure drafts and

requests for comment. John will discuss the present

and future direction of AACSB, important trends

and challenges for business schools in a disruptive

business environment, as well as the role of legal

studies in business education. John’s address will be

delivered in the form of a ‘fireside chat’ with Caryn

Beck-Dudley, Dean of the Leavey School of

Business at Santa Clara University and former

Chair of the Board of Directors of AACSB.

Sponsorship: These and other conference events are

supported in part by the generous sponsorship of the

University of Connecticut School of Business.

Founded in 1941, the UConn School of Business

has evolved into one of the most comprehensive

business schools in the nation, offering academic

programs at the bachelors, masters, doctorate and

advanced certificate levels, and having a strong

reputation for high quality research, teaching,

collaboration and outreach. Our mission statement

is “Real World, Real Learning, Real Impact,” and to

be a globally recognized provider of exceptional

managerial and business leadership through

innovative experiential learning in a dynamic global

business context.

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President’s Message:

Eric YordyAs we begin a new year (and arguably a new

decade), I am grateful to be a part of such an

amazing group of colleagues as the ALSB! I

also am grateful to see business law making

the news with a lot of discussion about the

importance of writing 2020 on documents

instead of shortening it to 20 and the legal

risks you take if you shorten it. I think

several of us can talk about this in class!

(See

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyu

k/2020/01/04/heres-why-you-should-never-

shorten-2020-to-20-on-legal-

documents/#5d0e433f477e). In addition to

the contractual issues related to the new

year, the news continues to be full of rich

material for our classes. As you run across

interesting stories, please share them on

Twitter account (tag @ALSB_Law) or

through our listservs.

The ALSB mission statement reads, “The

Academy of Legal Studies in Business

advances legal studies in business

education and is the professional home for

legal studies researchers and educators . . .

The Academy promotes knowledge of law,

ethical behaviors, and an appreciation for

justice, in research and teaching. . .” (see the

full mission online at https://alsb.org/alsb-

strategic-plan/) To further this mission, the

Executive Committee also approved a very

thoughtful proposal for a new section – the

Teaching and Pedagogy Section. This new

section will assist our Master Teacher with

the planning and execution of the Master

Teacher Competition, will work to recruit

teaching-focused faculty to our organization,

and will provide some focus on the

scholarship of teaching and learning in our

discipline. I believe that this new section

will provide an amazing structure for all of

us who are interested in improving our

teaching just as our other sections provide

such structure for

those who are

interested in

specializing in (or

learning more about) a

particular subject area

within law.

The Academy continues to support our

mission and your professional careers

though our scholarly journals. Our two

official journals, the American Business

Law Journal (ABLJ) and the Journal of

Legal Studies Education (JLSE) both are in

great hands with the current editorial boards

and are working hard to finalize the most

recent issues. Thank you to all of you who

serve as reviewers and journal staff. Other

journals, including our fairly new online

Journal of Business Law and Ethics

Pedagogy, our section journals, and our

regional journals continue to produce high-

quality scholarly work with the potential for

great influence. May we all work to get

those academic papers in front of

government and business leaders.

The Executive Committee continues to work

to streamline conference registration and

other processes. We will be meeting in San

Antonio during the Southern Academy of

Legal Studies in Business (SALSB) meeting

this March to continue our discussions, a

review of the strategic plan, planning for

Providence in 2020, and Minneapolis in

2021, as well as finalizing locations and start

planning for 2022 and our centennial

meeting in 2024.

While our discipline may be making the

news, the Executive Committee, our

regional leaders, our sectional leaders, and

really many of our members still are

working to continue to support the discipline

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within business schools as different

organizations look to create more flexibility

for business schools and thus create more

risk for disciplines to be eliminated or

minimized. For example, the CPA exam is

likely to expand coverage of data analytics

and technology and reduce the coverage of

law on the exam. We know they recognize

the importance of law, but we also hear that

there is a sense that law can be a subject of

continuing professional education and is not

as necessary for new CPA’s as the

knowledge of technology. In addition, the

AACSB has put out a draft of new standards

that is more general and eliminates specific

mention of disciplines and simply refers to

“traditional business subjects. Given this

environment, it is crucial for us all to

demonstrate the relevance and importance of

business law. Please share your

achievements, publications, citations in

legislative histories, citations in judicial

opinions, testimonies in front of government

bodies, and other impacts that your scholarly

work has. You can send those directly to me

at Eric.Yordy@nau.edu. Your amazing

work will help us all bolster the recognition

and appreciation of our discipline.

Again, I am grateful to be a part of this

amazing organization and wish you all a

wonderful spring term.

Eric

Eric.Yordy@nau.edu

Twitter: @EricYordy

Conference Welcomes 2020 ALSB Executive in Residence Lawrence Wiseman

This year our ALSB Executive in Residence is Lawrence Wiseman. Lawrence is the Global

Head of FX, Commodities, Complex Derivatives and Retail Markets Surveillance at HSBC,

where he runs a global team responsible for transaction, conduct and communications

monitoring, investigations and reviews across a wide range of market abuse and professional

misconduct matters. He has led multi-jurisdictional investigations and regulatory engagements

in jurisdictions including the UK, USA, China (both mainland and Hong Kong SAR), Mexico,

Nigeria, South Africa and Ghana. Sitting at the intersection of quantitative forensic analysis and

strategic regulatory engagement, his role offers a unique opportunity to deal with cutting-edge

professional conduct challenges in financial services.

After graduating with a BA in environmental science at Washington University in St Louis,

Lawrence received his law degree and LLM at Queen Mary College, University of

London. Lawrence then joined PwC’s Forensic Services practice, where he dual qualified as an

ICAEW chartered accountant and a New York qualified attorney. He subsequently held roles

within compliance teams at HSBC, Deutsche Bank and BP.

Lawrence has appeared in hearings across matters ranging from EPA Clean Air Act hearings,

various UK tribunals, and as an expert witness and arbitrator in ADR matters. Since 2011,

Lawrence has sat as a criminal courts’ magistrate, covering general matters and specialising in

Proceeds of Crime Act and domestic violence cases. From 2012-2017, Lawrence was a Fellow

of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, where he sat on their faculty and was primary editor on

two core textbooks. In 2018, Lawrence was named Young Compliance Officer of the Year at the

annual Compliance Platinum Awards.

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Lawrence will be participating in a variety of events throughout the conference, including the

pre-conference summit on excellence in business law, multiple panels, and as the keynote

speaker for the Interdisciplinary Section of the ALSB. More information about Lawrence is

available at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrencewiseman/.

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From our AACSB Liaison….Janine Hiller Colleagues: As you’ll recall from previous communications, the AACSB accreditation standards are being revised. You can read the draft and view more information here: https://www.aacsb.edu/accreditation/business-accreditation-task-force/exposure-draft. The first discussion draft is now closed for comments; a second draft will be forthcoming on February 3, 2020. In short, curriculum is defined with respect to competencies that a school defines based on the degree, and the basis for review states that: “Normally, undergraduate business degree programs at the

bachelor’s level include learning experiences that address fundamental core competencies characteristic of a successful business graduate of an AACSB-accredited school, as well as traditional business subjects.” There is no longer any reference to particular subject matter, per se. Secondly, the JD is clearly listed, along with other terminal degrees, as an appropriate qualification: “[F]aculty who have normally attained a terminal degree in a field related to the area of teaching and who sustain currency and relevance through scholarship and related activities. For

these purposes a terminal degree includes PhD or DBA,

MST, LLM, or JD.” (bolding added). As a discipline we have much to discuss in relation to these new proposed standards, and I hope that everyone will take a close look at the draft. Regardless of accreditation, the standards will affect the future of the discipline as a whole. Please let me or anyone on the EC know if you have any feedback, information, or concerns. Janine Hiller AACSB Liaison

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2019-20 Executive Committee

President

Eric D. Yordy

Northern Arizona University eric.yordy@nau.edu

President-Elect/Program Chair

Robert Bird

University of Connecticut

robert.bird@uconn.edu

Vice President

Jamie Prenkert

Indiana University

japrenke@indiana.edu

Secretary-Treasurer

Matthew Phillips

Wake Forest University

phillimt@wfu.edu

Immediate Past President

Marisa Pagnattaro

University of Georgia

pagnatta@uga.edu

AACSB International Liaison

Janine Hiller

Virginia Tech

jhiller@vt.edu

Editor: American Business Law

Journal

Gideon Mark

University of Maryland

gem13@ymail.com

Editor: Journal of Legal Studies

Education

Adam Epstein

Central Michigan University

adam.epstein@cmich.edu

Chief Accounting Officer

Linda Christiansen

Indiana University-Southeast

lchristi@iu.edu

Executive Secretary

Daniel J. Herron

Western Carolina University

herron3653@gmail.com

From the Executive Secretary….

Dear Colleagues,

As I sat with Robert Bird in the Providence RI Omni Hotel, the site

of our 2020 annual conference, he began talking to me about

“disruption.” The image above is what immediately came to my

mind…..I wasn’t too far off. As Robert explains in the lead article in

this newsletter, “disruption” is the unforeseen, unprepared for, and

generally completely surprising turn of events that “upset the order of

things.” In other words, business as usual. ALSB Past President

Caryn Beck-Dudley, AACSB accreditation committee member and

past chair, and Dean of the Leavey School at Santa Clara, has been

writing on this topic for several years. Her admonition is that we are

not preparing our students in the skills of “managing disruption,”

either through the traditional schools of business curriculum nor

pedagogy. How do we teach our future business managers to be

agile, creative, and innovative decision-makers?

At my age—66—and after 30 ALSB conferences, not a whole lot

really gets me excited. This topic does. (So do my grandchildren and

listening to Boston on youtube (More Than a Feeling, Don’t Look

Back, et al), which I am doing with headphones on as I write this).

This newsletters launches the “Conference Year” with as much

information as we currently have on the conference. The website is

up with the conference schedule, hotel reservation link, conference

registration etc. We will adding more and more as we move from

winter to spring to summer. And, I will send out information notices

on ALSBNEWS. Good winter to you (summer, if you’re are one of

our Australian/New Zealand members). Please don’t hesitate to

contact me with questions.

Best Wishes,

Dan

Daniel J. Herron, ALSB Executive Secretary

herron3653@gmail.com

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A View From the Top

Featured Guest Columnist: University of Georgia

President Jere Morehead, ALSB Member

I was honored to be asked to share some thoughts

on being the president of a major university with the

members of the ALSB, my fellow educators in the

field of business law. I have been part of higher

education for most of my life, and my views on its

value have evolved as I have taken on various roles,

from student to professor to Provost and now

President. At the same time, each perspective has

continued to inform my priorities and decisions.

Throughout all of my career, I have benefited from

the training and perspective gained as a lawyer and

a legal studies faculty member, and I remain

grateful for the community I have found in the

ALSB.

The Value of Higher Education

When I returned to the University of Georgia in

1986 after serving six years as an Assistant United

States Attorney, my understanding of higher

education centered on the shaping and expansion of

young minds. There are few things more rewarding

than seeing a lightbulb go on for a student during a

class discussion or watching students develop

intellectually over the course of a semester or their

college careers. At the same time, I have always

learned as much from my students as they have

learned from me, which is one of the reasons I

continue to teach a freshman seminar every fall.

Student learning remained central to my focus as I

progressed in my career to Associate Provost and

Director of the Honors Program, Vice Provost for

Academic Affairs, and Vice President for

Instruction. As Vice Provost in 2004, I co-chaired a

task force on general education and student

learning, and with the benefits of that effort in

mind, I created a presidential task force on student

learning and success in 2017 to revisit the important

topic of undergraduate education. The emphasis

that UGA has placed on teaching and learning in the

past 20 plus years, from establishing the Teaching

Academy for faculty in 1999 to transforming

traditional classrooms into active learning spaces

today, has led to significant gains in student

learning and success. The six-year completion rate

at UGA is now 87%, and the four-year completion

rate is now 69%, which places our institution well

ahead of many of our peers.

When I became Senior Vice President for Academic

Affairs and Provost in 2010, my purview expanded

to include a focus on the research and public service

activities of my institution, among other additional

areas. From this higher organizational vantage

point, I could better see how symbiotic the

relationships are among the university’s teaching,

research, and service missions and how essential

they are to addressing the challenges facing our

world. Engaging faculty and students in working

with communities to identify needs and address

them through research and outreach programs is one

example of this kind of relationship—and a vital

way for any university to remain relevant.

Now, in my seventh year as President of the

University of Georgia, I am more certain than ever Continued on page 8

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that the future of our world rests with higher

education. The value of our endeavor is greater

than ever as no organization or industry is better

equipped to adapt and respond to today’s complex

problems and prepare the leaders of tomorrow.

Although my experiences have been rooted in a

public, land- and sea-grant institution, I would

argue that every college and university has a role to

play in securing a brighter future for the generations

to come.

Achieving Our Potential

In order for higher education to achieve its full

potential, however, its leaders must keep several

things in mind as we enter the new decade. First,

we must first do a better job of using data to drive

our decisions. This imperative takes on many

different forms. It means asking ourselves how we

will define and measure student learning and

success and then studying the outcomes. It means

looking at student-level data to identify at-risk

students and developing evidence-based

interventions to meet our students’ needs. It means

examining space utilization data to create efficient,

usable spaces on our campuses that facilitate

learning. It means looking at returns on

investments in faculty, staff, research, and

infrastructure. In all areas of our institutions, we

should be leveraging data to understand

opportunities for growth and identify places where

improvement and adaptation to changing

circumstances may be needed. We also need to

equip our students with data literacy skills so that

they can become critical thinkers who are able to

use the information generated by emerging

technologies in their lives and careers.

Second, we must continue to find new ways to

collaborate across academic disciplines,

departmental lines, institutional boundaries, and

state and national borders to address complex

challenges, from food insecurity to chronic disease.

At UGA, we have designed new research facilities,

such as the Center for Molecular Medicine and the

Interdisciplinary STEM Research Facility, to

enhance interdisciplinary collaboration among

faculty and students. We have launched hiring

initiatives to recruit faculty within interdisciplinary

cluster areas, such as bioinformatics, and

established new institutes and centers to create on-

campus synergies. In addition, we have provided

interdisciplinary seed grants to foster research

partnerships among faculty at UGA and other

institutions that cross academic boundaries to

generate new external funding for projects that will

improve health, strengthen communities, and secure

our future. The Innovation District, which

continues to take shape at UGA, also is helping to

build new bridges between our research programs

and industry partners.

Third, we must align the cultures of our institutions

with our goals. The University of Georgia recently

created a new strategic plan that provides a roadmap

for the next five years in the mission-centered

directions of (1) promoting excellence in teaching

and learning; (2) growing research, innovation, and

entrepreneurship; and (3) strengthening partnerships

with communities across Georgia and around the

world. In order to achieve this collective vision for

our university, we must ensure that our values and

reward systems—from top to bottom—support

these priorities. In addition to guidelines for

promotion and tenure, professional development

and mentorship programs as well as honors and

awards can go a long way to encourage and

strengthen an institution’s culture. UGA will be

announcing new programs in these areas in the

coming days. Cultural alignment is a complex and

fluid process that takes time and commitment, but it

is well worth the effort and, indeed, is critical to our

success.

Conclusion

In a plenary session at the 2014 ALSB annual

conference, I stated that legal studies and business

law faculty are perfectly positioned to provide

university leadership in key roles, and I am more

confident than ever that this is true. There is nuance

to every issue and challenge on a college campus,

and the members of our discipline appreciate this

complexity. Being a law professor in a business

school allows us to transcend multiple disciplines

and relate to a wide range of faculty and ways of

thinking. Legal studies and business law faculty

therefore offer a broad-based approach to analyzing

and reviewing institutional issues. The business and

law training together instills problem solving as part

of our basic nature. We understand the need in a

business world to look for compromise and

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resolution to the problem at hand, and this

understanding translates into good leadership in any

institutional setting. Further, we are trained to make

judicious decisions based on evidence, reason, and

potential consequences.

I can say with certainty that my own background as

a lawyer and legal studies professor has proved very

beneficial to me as I have served in various roles

and now as President. I remain grateful for the

leadership opportunities available to me through the

ALSB, such as serving as Editor-in-Chief of the

American Business Law Journal, and for the

friendship and wise counsel offered by my ALSB

colleagues. I wish all of you a successful and

prosperous 2020.

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PROVIDENCE CONFERENCE 2020 CHECKLIST

1) get your nominations for the Early Career and Distinguished Career faculty awards to TANYA

MURPHY, at tmurphy1@nd.edu, by May 1;

2) call-for-papers/participation from the ALSB website is forthcoming;

3) fill out the early bird registration form, also online (www.alsb.org, annual conference link) and pay

via online via affinipay or credit card; if my check, mail it to DAN HERRON by July 1: Dan

Herron, ALSB Exec. Secr’y, P.O. Box 208 Oxford OH 45056

4) Right is a picture of the Omni

Providence; go to the

conference webpage on

alsb.org (top of the masthead

to ANNUAL CONFERENCE

link) to find the hotel

registration link along with the

conference registration link.

5) All of the submitted paper

awards are listed in the call-for-

participation; the section paper

awards will be announced and

awarded at the section meal function/business meeting--These are due on and need to be uploaded

by the end of business on May 1th

6) if you are sponsoring a student paper, please make sure that it is submitted by May 1 on the online call-

for-participation; likewise Master Teacher deadline is April 17 and ABLJ Colloquium deadline is March 31

and JLSE is April 16 (see info for all these in this newsletter).

7) if you want your paper refereed for the PROCEEDINGS, SEE THE CHECKOFF IN THE CALL-FOR-

PARTICIPATION IN THE ONLINE CALL-FOR-PAPERS; paper format may be found on the conference

website (www.alsb.org, annual conference link);

8) also if you want CLE credit for the 2020 conference, fill out the CLE Section on the ON-LINE conference

registration form; this information will then be transmitted to our CLE Liaison.

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Providence Conference Schedule of EventsDay Event

Meeting

Room

PRE-

CON

DAY –

Mon. Aug

3

Tentative Schedule

Noon-

5PM

Exec. Committee

Meeting and Working

Lunch

Exec

Boardroom

2PM-5PM Conference

Registration

Third Level

Foyer

Day 1 -

Tues. Aug

4

7:30AM-

8:45AM Cengage Focus Group Bristol

7:30AM-

8:45AM

McGraw Hill Focus

Group Kent

8:00 AM Conference

Registration

Third level

foyer

8:00 AM Exhibitors Set-up and

Open by noon

Third level

hallway and

into South

County

8:30 AM-

12:45PM

UConn Pre-Conference

Summit on Excellence

in Business Law

Ballroom I

& IV

9AM-

12:45PM

Meeting – House of

Delegates Newport

1-2:15PM Newcomers' Lunch Watermark

Ballroom

2:20-3:40 7 Breakout Sessions

Blackstone,

Bristol,

Kent,

Newport,

Washington

,

Providence

Ballroom I,

Providence

Ballroom II

3:40-4:00 Coffee Break South

County

4:00--

5:20PM 7 Breakout Sessions

Blackstone,

Bristol,

Kent,

Newport,

Washington

,

Providence

Ballroom I,

Providence

Ballroom

IV

6:15-

7:30pm

Icebreaker Cocktail

Party

Providence

Public

Library

Day 2—

Wed Aug

5

7:30AM-

8:45AM Cengage Focus Group Bristol

7:30AM-

8:45AM

McGraw Hill

Education Focus Group Kent

7:30AM-

8:45AM

Wolters Kluwer Focus

Group Newport

7:30-9AM Continental Breakfast South

County

7:30-

8:45AM

ENVIRONMENTAL

LAW Section

Breakfast

Providence

Ballroom II

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7:30-

8:45AM

EMPLOYMENT LAW

Section Breakfast

Providence

Ballroom

III

8AM-

11AM ABLJ Board Meeting

Executive

Boardroom

8AM-

5PM Registration

Third floor

foyer

8AM-

5PM Exhibitors

Third floor

hallway and

South

County

9AM-

10:20AM 7 Breakout Sessions

Blackstone,

Bristol,

Kent,

Newport,

Washington

,

Providence

Ballroom I,

Providence

Ballroom

IV

10:20-

10:40AM Coffee Break

South

County

10:40AM-

12:00PM 7 Breakout Sessions

Blackstone,

Bristol,

Kent,

Newport,

Washington

,

Providence

Ballroom I,

Providence

Ballroom

IV

12:15-

1:30

Conference Plenary

Lunch & "Disruption

Plenary Panel"

Waterplace

Ballroom/

Narraganset

t Ballroom

backup

1:45:00

PM-

3:30PM

Breakout Sessions

Blackstone,

Bristol,

Kent

1:45-

3:30PM

2 panel sessions on

Disruption

Providence

Ballroom I,

Providence

Ballroom

IV

3:30-

3:50PM Coffee Break

South

County

3:45PM-

5:30PM Breakout Sessions

Blackstone,

Bristol,

Kent

3:45-

5:30PM

2 panel sessions on

Disruption

Providence

Ballroom I,

Providence

Ballroom

IV

5:30-

6:30PM

Reception-LGBTQ &

Friends

Waterplace

Place II

6:15-

7:15PM

Reception for Journals'

Staff

South

County and

Third Floor

Hallway

7:30PM ABLJ Colloquium

Dinner

Flemings

Restaurant

7:30PM

JLSE Colloquium, &

JBLEP Editorial Staff

Dinners

Capital

Grille

7:30PM Past Presidents' Dinner

Flemings

Restaurant

Day 3--

Thurs

Aug 6

7:30-

8:45AM

McGraw Hill

Education Focus Group Kent

7:30-

8:45AM Cengage Focus Group Bristol

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7:30-

8:45AM

Wolters-Kluwer or

Ethicsgame Focus

Group

Newport

7:30AM-

9AM Continental Breakfast

South

County

7:30-9AM

AFRICAN

AMERICAN

FACULTY Breakfast

Blackstone

7:30-9AM INTERDISCIPLINAR

Y Section Breakfast Washington

7:30-9AM

TEACHING AND

PEDAGOGY Section

Breakfast

Bristol

8AM-

5PM

Conference

Registration

Third floor

foyer

8AM-

5PM Exhibitors

Third floor

hallway and

South

County

9AM-

12:15Noo

n

Master Teacher

Symposium

Providence

Ballroom

10:20-

10:40AM Break

South

County

12:30-

3:20PM

LAW FOR

ACCOUNTANTS

Section Lunch and

Exec. in Residence

Blackstone

12:30-

3:20PM

ETHICS SECTION

Lunch and Scholar in

Residence following

lunch in Providence II

Bristol-

Kent

2PM-

5:30PM ABLJ Colloquium

Executive

Boardroom

2-3:20PM Breakout Sessions

Newport,

Washington

,

Providence

Ballroom I,

Providence

Ballroom

IV

3:30-

5:30PM

International Section

Colloquium Newport

3:30-5PM The Women’s Tea t/b/d

6PM -

SOCIAL EVENT

busses pull out; event

7PM-10:30; busses

leave for return from

Marble House at 10:30

Marble

House

Day 4--

Friday

Aug 7

7:30-9AM Continental Breakfast South

County

7:45-

8:45AM

ANNUAL BUSINESS

MEETING

Providence

Ballroom

III & IV

8AM-

12PM

Conference

Registration

Third floor

foyer

8AM-

12PM Exhibitors

Third floor

hallway and

South

County

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9:00-

10:20AM Breakout sessions

Blackstone,

Bristol,

Kent,

Newport,

Washington

,

Providence

Ballroom I

9:00-1PM Technology Academic

Session

Providence

Ballroom

IV

10:20-

10:40AM Coffee Break

South

County

10:40-

12noon Breakout Sessions

Blackstone,

Bristol,

Kent,

Newport,

Washington

,

Providence

Ballroom I

12-

1:30PM

SPORTS AND

ENTERTAINMENT

Section Lunch

Providence

Ballroom

III

12-

1:30PM

INTERNATIONAL

Section Lunch

Providence

Ballroom

IV

1-2:50PM

TECHNOLOGY

Section Lunch &

ACADEMIC

SESSION

Providence

Ballroom II

1:30-5PM JLSE Colloquium Executive

Boardroom

1:30-

2:50PM Breakout Sessions

Blackstone,

Bristol,

Kent,

Newport,

Washington

,

Providence

Ballroom I

2:50-

3:10PM Coffee Break

South

County

3:10-

4:30PM Breakout Sessions

Blackstone,

Bristol,

Kent,

Newport,

Washington

,

Providence

Ballroom I

6-7PM Pre-Banquet Reception

Narraganset

t

Prefunction

7-10PM Annual Banquet Narraganset

t Ballroom

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Marble House in Newport RI

Reception, Tour the House and Gardens, Dinner

Entrance, Grand Staircase and Rooms in the Marble House

and the Tea House Overlooking the Ocean

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Early Career and Distinguished Career Achievement Awards The ALSB seeks nominations for the Early Career Achievement Award and Distinguished Career Achievement

Award. Nominations should be emailed to Tonia Murphy, Chair of the Award Selection Committee,

at tmurphy1@nd.edu. The deadline for submissions is May 1. The Early Career Achievement Award recognizes members of the ALSB whose careers show exceptional

promise based upon their early accomplishments. Award winners will demonstrate excellence in at least two of the

following areas: research, teaching, and service. The Distinguished Career Achievement Award recognizes members of the ALSB who are exemplars of

excellence in legal studies in business, business law, the legal and ethical environment of business, or other related

disciplines throughout their careers. Award winners will demonstrate excellence in at least two of the following

areas: research, teaching, and service. Nominations for both awards shall consist of only two documents:

• A letter from a sponsoring ALSB member that details the nominee’s eligibility and summarizes how

the nominee meets the relevant criteria; and

• The nominee’s curriculum vita.

Nominations may be made by any ALSB member. Self-nominations and supporting letters are discouraged. The

committee welcomes a high level of detail in the nominating letter, such as comments on the quality and

impact of the nominee’s publications or service. The nominator should comment especially on matters not

fully apparent from the nominee’s curriculum vita.

For additional detail on the desired content of nominations, assessment criteria, the composition of the Selection

Committee, and the selection process, please review the award rules, reprinted below in their entirety.

ACADEMY OF LEGAL STUDIES IN BUSINESS--FACULTY ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS CRITERIA

The following document outlines the purpose, rules, and processes for the Academy of Legal Studies in Business

(“ALSB”) Faculty Achievement Awards, specifically, the Early Career Achievement Award and the Distinguished

Career Achievement Award (collectively, the “Awards”).

I. Awards Selection Process

a. Awards Selection Committee: The Awards Selection Committee (“Committee”) shall collect and

assess nominations and vote on the Awards recipients in accordance with the process outlined

herein. Each fall, the Executive Secretary of the ALSB shall remind the Chair of the Committee to

convene the Committee and begin the awards selection process.

i. Composition. The Committee shall consist of the following members: two members

appointed by the ALSB’s Executive Committee, the most recent past two recipients of the

Early Career Achievement Award, and the most recent past two recipients of the

Distinguished Career Achievement Award.

ii. Appointees. The Executive Committee shall appoint two members to the Committee, who

shall serve as the Committee’s Chair and Vice Chair. The member designated as Chair shall

have an initial term of service of two years. The member designated as Vice Chair shall have

an initial term of service of four years and shall serve as the Chair at the end of the initial

Chair’s term. The Executive Committee shall replace or reappoint these members as a term

expires or as appointed positions become vacant.

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iii. Past Recipients. In the event that the Committee chooses not to give an award in a given

year, the two most recent recipients shall continue to serve until replaced by more recent

recipients. In the event that a past recipient is unable or unwilling to serve, the Committee

may appoint an alternate Committee member upon communication to the Executive

Committee.

b. Nominations. Each year, the Committee shall solicit nominations on the ALSB website and in its

newsletters. Nominations shall be due no later than May 1 and shall be sent to the Chair of the

Committee. Nominations may be made by any ALSB member, including members of the

Committee and the Executive Committee. Self-nominations and supporting letters are discouraged.

i. Nominations shall consist of the following documents:

1. A letter from a sponsoring ALSB member that:

a. Details the nominee’s eligibility, and

b. Summarizes how the nominee meets the relevant criteria.

2. The nominee’s curriculum vita.

c. Voting. Four members of the Committee must agree that a nominee is eligible for the award for

which he or she has been nominated and meets the applicable criteria in order for an award to be

presented. An award shall not be presented to a nominee in the absence of such agreement. The

Committee may present Awards to one or more nominees in any given year.

II. Early Career Achievement Award

a. Purpose: To recognize those members of the ALSB whose careers show exceptional promise based

upon their early accomplishments.

b. Eligibility. To be eligible for nomination, individuals must:

i. Have held a full-time position teaching legal studies in business, business law, the legal and

ethical environment of business, or other related disciplines (the “Fields”) at a college or

university for a total of not more than eight years;

ii. Have been a member of the ALSB for a minimum of three years;

iii. Not be current members of the Faculty Achievement Award Selection Committee; and

iv. Not have previously won the Early Career Achievement Award

c. Criteria: The criteria for the Early Career Achievement Award shall be demonstrated excellence in

two of the following:

i. Research, which may be evidenced by publications, grants, scholarly presentations, and

cited studies;

ii. Teaching, which may be evidenced by student evaluations and comments, innovative course

development, and awards; and

iii. Service, which may be evidenced by contributions to their home institution and the ALSB,

its regional associations, its sections, and its journals.

d. Frequency: This award may be given annually. The presentation shall be made during the banquet

at the annual conference of the ALSB.

III. Distinguished Career Achievement Award

a. Purpose. To recognize members of the ALSB who are exemplars of excellence in the Fields

throughout their careers.

b. Eligibility. To be eligible for nomination, individuals must:

i. Have held a full-time position in the Fields at a college or university for a minimum of

twenty years;

ii. Have been a member of the ALSB for a minimum of fifteen years;

iii. Not be current members of the Faculty Achievement Award Selection Committee; and

iv. Not have previously won the Distinguished Career Achievement Award

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c. Criteria: The criteria for the Distinguished Career Achievement Award shall be a career of

demonstrated excellence in two of the following:

i. Research, which may be evidenced by publications, grants, scholarly presentations, and

cited studies;

ii. Teaching, which may be evidenced by student evaluations and comments, innovative course

development, and awards; and

iii. Service, which may be evidenced by contributions to the ALSB, its regional associations, its

sections, and its journals or significant administrative contributions to the nominee’s

institution.

d. Frequency: This award shall be given when a nominee is deemed to be eligible and to have satisfied

the criteria as determined by the Committee. The presentation shall be made during the banquet at

the annual conference of the ALSB.

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PROVIDENCE – 2020 CONFERENCE

PAPERS, PANELS, & AWARDS

INFORMATION

***All Conference Papers, including those submitted for all the awards, some of

which are listed below, MUST be submitted via the online call-for-participation found

on the ALSB Conference webpage. This also includes student papers to be submitted. Deadline for

all papers is May 1 and June 15---see below***

May 1, 2020: PANEL DEADLINE Deadline is May 1 by 11:59 PM EDT for panel submissions. May 1, 2020: PAPER AWARD DEADLINE Deadline is May 1 by 11:59 PM EDT for paper submissions that want to be considered for all awards and all Proceedings submissions as well. This means, title, abstract, and completed paper. June 15, 2020: TITLE AND ABSTRACT DEADLINE Deadline is June 15 by 11:59 PM EDT to submit your title and abstract only if you wish to present in Providence and not compete for any awards and not submit for the National Proceedings. June 15, 2020: COMPLETED PAPER DEADLINE FOR ACADEMIC TRACKS

Deadline is June 15 by 11:59 PM EDT for uploading completed papers submitted for academic track presentation (non-award papers). Completed papers not submitted but title and abstract which have been submitted by June 15 deadline will be scheduled into the Development Tracks for presentation. RECAP: if you want to submit a paper for presentation then deadline is June 15 at 11:59 PM EDT; for awards consideration and/or national proceedings submission, your completed paper must be uploaded by May 1, 11:59 PM EDT. If you just want to present, your title, abstract, and completed paper must be loaded up by the June 1 deadline. If you fail to upload a completed paper but have submitted a title and abstract, your presentation will be scheduled in a “developmental” session rather than an “academic” session.

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June 15 is the drop-dead date to submit to be able to present at the Providence conference. Important Conference Dates Tuesday August 4th: House of Delegates, Newcomers Lunch, Ice-Breaker Reception Thursday August 6th: Social Event Friday August 7th: Annual Banquet Paper/Panels: Tuesday August 4th afternoon through Friday August 7th Providence Omni: $199 per night.

HOLMES/CARDOZO AWARD

For the 2020 meeting in Providence, an

outstanding paper will be selected for the

Holmes-Cardozo award. The Holmes-Cardozo

award was established to recognize significant,

unpublished and original legal research. The

major factors in judging a submission are its

scholarly contribution, research quality, topic

interest, writing quality, and readiness for

distribution.

The main criterion is excellence in legal

scholarship, which takes many forms.

Nevertheless, comprehensive research, insightful

analysis, writing craftsmanship, and format (i.e.,

conformance with The Bluebook: A Uniform

System of Citation, most recent edition) are

important criteria as well.

The author (or at least one of the co-authors)

must be a member of the ALSB and one author

must be present in Portland to present the paper.

Papers that have been previously published or

that have been accepted for publication by a

journal or review are not eligible.

An independent panel of distinguished scholars

referees the submissions anonymously.

Therefore, submitted papers should be redacted

to remove any features that would identify the

author or his/her institutional affiliation. Authors

will not receive feedback from the Holmes-

Cardozo judging panel.

Each author will be notified in advance of the

conference whether his/her paper was selected as

a finalist for the Holmes-Cardozo award. The

winner among the finalists will be announced at

the conference banquet. In conjunction with your

completed Call-For-Participation Electronic

Form on the conference website, you must

submit an electronic version of your paper no

later than May 1, 2020.

Unlike prior years, submitting a paper for the

Holmes-Cardozo competition does not

automatically submit the paper for review by the

American Business Law Journal; nor will the

Journal request a right of first refusal to publish

your paper should you win the award.

PROCEEDINGS PAPERS PUBLICATION

Please submit an ELECTRONIC VERSION

of your paper prior to May 1, 2020 via the

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION link on the

conference website. Proceedings paper

guidelines are published on the Conference

webpage. Papers are double-blind peer

reviewed. Due to the short time period and

incumbent logistical issues, Proceedings Paper

Awards have been discontinued

Bonsignore Award for Excellence in

Undergraduate Law Teaching

The John Bonsignore Award for Excellence in

Undergraduate Law Teaching honors the

scholarship, teaching and institution building of

John Bonsignore (1935-2010). John was an

advocate of teaching law across disciplines at the

undergraduate level because of his beliefs in the

importance of the way law shapes and directs our

society.

The award will be given to a member of the

ALSB who has demonstrated a professional

commitment to the undergraduate study of law

and whose teaching or research is

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interdisciplinary, demonstrates critical thinking

skills, and reflects humanitarian concerns. The

award recipient will receive a cash award at the

upcoming ALSB annual meeting in Savannah,

funded by friends of John Bonsignore.

Nominations for the 2020 Award should be sent

to Adam Epstein, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal

of Legal Studies in Education,

at Adam.Epstein@cmich.edu by no later than

May 1, 2020.

Nominations should be accompanied by a

nominating letter detailing why the individual

should be recognized with this award and the

nominee's curriculum vitae.

ALSB INTERNATIONAL CASE WRITING

COMPETITION

The ALSB is pleased to announce the ALSB

International Case Writing Award. The

submitted Harvard-style teaching case must (1)

be in English, (2) have been written after 2018,

(3) not have been published elsewhere (even

through an internal publisher, such as Harvard

Business Publishing), and (4) be accompanied by

a teaching note that analyzes the case and

provides suggestions for teaching it, including

discussion questions. The teaching note should

cite relevant authority (with appropriate citations

in Blue Book form) but need not be comparable

to a law review piece. At least one of the authors

must be a member in good standing of the ALSB

and must present the case at the Providence

Annual Conference.

All types of business law and legal environment

of business topics are welcome. A monetary

prize will be awarded to the winning submission.

In addition, subject to mutually agreeable editing

to meet Journal of Legal Studies Education

(JLSE) standards, the winning submission will

be published in the JLSE. Both the winning case

and all others judged highly will also be made a

part of the ALSB Case Collection accessible on

the members-only portion of the ALSB

webpage.

Please submit an ELECTRONIC VERSION

of your case and teaching note by May 1,

2020, via the CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

link on the website.

ABLJ and JLSE HOEBER AWARDS

The journals will be announcing their annual

awards in Providence. The ABLJ editorial staff

selects three articles from the most current

volume, two articles designated for excellence in

research and one article chosen as the

outstanding article of the volume. The JLSE

editorial staff selects one or more articles from

the most current volume as the outstanding

article for the year. All of these awards carry

cash stipends donated through the generosity of

Ethel Hoeber in memory of her husband Ralph

C. Hoeber.

ABLJ Invited Scholars Colloquium

The Editorial Board of the American Business Law Journal requests submissions to the tenth ABLJ Invited Scholars Colloquium, which will take place at the ALSB annual conference in Providence, Rhode Island (August 4-7, 2020). The goal of the Colloquium is to develop for publication scholarly articles by our members, in aid of their career development. Invited participants commit to present a scholarly paper for extended discussion and analysis. Members of the ABLJ Board and other distinguished authors from the ALSB

membership will serve as discussants. To ensure honest and open communication, the Colloquium is open only to invited presenters and discussants.

The paper presented in August should be in a polished draft form and should be intended for publication in the ABLJ or another top-tier law review or journal, but not yet submitted or accepted for publication anywhere. Papers that have been presented at regional conferences, at other ALSB meetings, or that the participant plans

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to present in sessions at the 2020 ALSB conference are welcome. Please note that Colloquium participants who also plan to present the Colloquium paper in a regular breakout session at the ALSB conference must follow the conference submission procedures in addition to submitting their abstract as requested here; submission of an abstract to participate in the Colloquium does not substitute for conference registration. Colloquium participants may also submit the paper for Holmes-Cardozo consideration, conference proceedings, and other ALSB awards, and must follow the appropriate submission process for each of those, as applicable. Current ABLJ Board members (i.e., Articles Editors, Managing Editor, Editor-in-Chief, and Advisory Editor-in-Chief) are ineligible to participate in the Colloquium as authors, but they may be selected to serve as discussants.

Authors may apply to be an invited presenter by submitting a cover letter, abstract, and current CV to Julie Manning Magid, Immediate Past Editor-in-Chief of the ABLJ, by March 31, 2020. These materials should be submitted together in one pdf file in an email to ABLJ Advisory Editor-in-Chief Julie Manning Magid with the subject heading “ABLJ Colloquium Submission of [your name]” at jmagid@indiana.edu. Cover letters should identify the particular benefits the author believes he or she will accrue from selection for and participation in the Colloquium, in addition to other relevant information. Abstracts should be one-page, single-spaced and describe the paper, including its thesis, contribution, and approach. Submissions will be judged on the basis of: (1) contribution to the

relevant literature; (2) topicality and relation to the field of business law; (3) potential benefit of the Colloquium to the work and the author; and (4) suitability for future publication in the ABLJ or other top-tier law journal. In addition, an author’s junior status will be positively considered. Based on a review of the submitted materials, the ABLJ Board will select up to four papers for presentation. Authors will be notified of their selection no later than May 1, 2020. Complete papers in polished draft form must be submitted by July 1, 2020. Participants agree to acknowledge the ABLJ Invited Scholars Colloquium in a footnote when the article is published.

Coauthored papers are welcome; however, only one of the coauthors will attend the Colloquium. Submissions that are coauthored should include the names, affiliations, and CVs of each coauthor and should indicate the coauthor who will attend the Colloquium if the paper is selected.

The Colloquium will take place at the 2020 ALSB conference hotel on Thursday August 6th with the ABLJ hosting a dinner for all participants Wednesday evening August 5th at Flemings Steak House.

We hope that you will consider submitting your work-in-progress to this scholarly event and that

you will continue to support it as an important

feature of future ALSB annual conferences.

Questions and submissions should be directed to Julie Manning Magid at jmagid@indiana.edu

Don't forget to follow up on Twitter and LinkedIn! The ALSB has tweeted nearly 1000 tweets of current issues in business law and ethics. There are over 130 followers and we follow 84 different law and ethics

groups or posters. It is a wealth of current information for potential use in class or research ideas. We are using LinkedIn to post job postings and academic articles about teaching law.

THE JLSE ARTICLE DEVELOPMENT COLLOQUIUM The Editorial Board of the Journal of Legal Studies Education requests submissions for its third JLSE Article Development Colloquium, which will take

place at the ALSB annual conference in Providence, Rhode Island. The goal of the Colloquium is to assist our members in developing scholarly articles

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suitable for publication in the JLSE, a pedagogical journal. Invited participants commit to present a scholarly paper for extended discussion and analysis. Current members of the JLSE Board and other distinguished authors from the ALSB membership will serve as discussants. Current JLSE Board members may not participate in the Colloquium as authors. To ensure honest and open communication, the Colloquium is open only to invited presenters and discussants. The paper presented in August should be in a polished draft form, but not yet submitted or accepted for publication. Participants are welcome to submit papers they have presented at regional conferences, at other ALSB meetings, or that they plan to present in sessions at the 2020 ALSB conference. Please note that participants must follow the conference submission process if they plan to present during a regular break out session. Submission of an abstract to participate in the Colloquium does not substitute for conference registration. Please submit a cover letter, abstract and current CV to Adam Epstein, (Adam.Epstein@cmich.edu) Editor-in-Chief of the JLSE by April 16, 2020 if you are interested in participating in the Colloquium. The cover letter should explain how the applicant

will benefit from participation in the Colloquium. Abstracts should be one-page, single-spaced and describe the paper, including its thesis, contribution, and approach. Submissions will be judged on the basis of: (1) contribution to the relevant literature; (2) topicality and relation to the field of pedagogy in business law; (3) potential benefit of the Colloquium to the work and the author; and (4) suitability for future publication in the JLSE. Based on a review of the submitted materials, the JLSE Board will select only a few papers for presentation. Authors will be notified of their selection no later than May 1, 2020. Thereafter, complete papers in polished draft form must be submitted by July 1, 2020. Participants agree to acknowledge the JLSE Article Development Colloquium in a footnote if/when the article is published. The Colloquium will take place at the 2020 ALSB conference hotel on Friday, August 7, 2020 from 1:30-5:00 p.m. The JLSE will host a dinner in conjunction with the Journal of Business Law and Ethics Pedagogy (JBLEP) for all participants at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 5 at the Capital Grille. Please direct questions or comments to Adam Epstein at Adam.Epstein@cmich.edu.

Call for Papers, Editors, and Reviewers

Journal of Business Law & Ethics Pedagogy

Call for Papers: We welcome papers on any topic related to the teaching of business law and ethics, including

teaching ideas, cases, assignments, as well as analysis of what is taught in our classes, and conditions related to

the state of our disciplines. Please see our website www.JBLEP.com for complete submission information.

Call for Reviewers: Please consider joining us as a reviewer. We have a long list of great reviewers so you

will not be burdened by frequent review requests. Reviewers say our submissions are very interesting and

valuable, so this is a service you will definitely enjoy!

Call for Editors: If you are interested in serving on our editorial board, please apply by contacting Editor-in-

Chief Linda Christiansen at lchristi@iu.edu.

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Liaison Update & Valuable Resources for You and Your Students

Dear ALSB colleagues,

I happily serve as your Chief Accounting Officer

and Liaison to the Accounting Profession. In the

past two years, we have made great progress in

building bridges between our discipline and those in

the accounting profession and academic discipline,

namely the AICPA (American Institute of Certified

Public Accountants), NASBA (National

Association of State Boards of Accountancy), AAA

(American Accounting Association), accounting

firms and professionals, accounting faculty, and

others. I am also working hard to provide support

for our faculty who teach CPA-related courses.

Please read this email and support these initiatives

whether you teach a second “commercial law” or

“CPA law” class or not. We need everyone to work

together to strengthen our discipline in gaining

connects, respect, and value in business schools and

in the business profession. We all win when our

faculty are supported, our students are educated,

and the business community is well-served! Please

make sure to respond to my request for information

if you are involved in any activities supporting our

efforts.

Business law and ethics education is critical for all

business professionals to survive and to thrive.

Most schools require one business law course for all

majors, but many offer or require a second business

law course for business majors. Even those who do

not teach that second, CPA-related business law

course can help support those offerings and the

building of relationships with accounting faculty,

business school administrators, and business

professionals so those parties understand, respect,

and value the courses we teach.

The accounting industry and profession is changing

as a result of technology advances and changes in

the business world. As a result, the accounting

industry is asking the AICPA to test more and

different knowledge and skills on the CPA exam.

We should be actively involved in monitoring these

changes to properly educate our accounting students

(and students in other majors as well) as a way to

maintain relevance and participation in business

school curricula.

What can you do to support our discipline?

1. Join the AICPA initiative “This Way to CPA”

– free service and materials to you and to your

students One significant achievement is building

relationships in several areas of the ACIPA. In the

process, business law maintained content on the

CPA exam. While there is no guarantee that

business will continue to maintain the current

levels, it is very important we work with the AICPA

to support their efforts to continue to have a seat at

the table regarding the value of our topics.

https://thiswaytocpa.com – Free membership for

students and free resources for you to distribute in

class.

2. Encourage your students to join the AICPA –

It is free for students!

www.AICPA.org

3. Attend panels and sessions at the ALSB

conferences

At each conference, we offer very successful and

informative presentations on all things related to the

issues stated above. These are lively discussions in

which the attendees are great contributors to the

valuable sharing.

4. Join the ALSB Law for Accountants Section

Take advantage of a listserv on which you can share

and ask questions. We are also collecting course

resources to share with each other. We meet at each

ASLB conference for a great meal and a very

informative session.

5. PLEASE let me know how you are involved!

I report regularly to the AICPA and NASBA our

involvement in their efforts. Please let me know if

you are using and promoting ThisWayToCPA, the

AICPA, and any other efforts you do or would

suggest.

Linda Christiansen

lchristi@iu.edu

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2020 CHARLES M. HEWITT IRWIN/MCGRAW-HILL

MASTER TEACHER COMPETITION

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Dear ALSB Colleagues

I am very pleased to announce the 2020 Charles M. Hewitt

Master Teacher Competition. This Competition highlights the

best classroom teaching, particularly the incorporation of new or

evolving course subject matter, cultural contexts, pedagogy, and technology. This is

an outstanding opportunity to contribute to the Academy of Legal Studies in

Business, while earning recognition for the great work you are already doing in

your classrooms.

The Master Teacher Competition highlights some of the best teaching practices in

the academy. Last year’s finalist presentations included a lesson plan for helping

students choose trademarks, a contract exercise emphasizing the real-world

consequences of contract negotiations, a creative way of incorporating competition

in end-of-term student presentations, and an integration of “The Simpsons” to teach

basic contract and tort principles.

We encourage submissions that incorporate the theme of the Annual Meeting,

“Managing Disruption,” by showing how we can help our students navigate a

rapidly changing world. If this sounds like you, then please consider submitting an

application. Note: Submissions are not required to incorporate the theme. The goal,

as always, is to showcase the best teachers and teaching practices in the field of

legal studies.

Complete information about the competition, including the submission process, can

be found at https://alsbhewitt.weebly.com. Applications are due by Monday, April

20, 2020 at 10:00 p.m. They will be peer reviewed, and four finalists will be invited

to present at the Master Teacher Symposium at the 2020 ALSB Annual Meeting in

Providence, Rhode Island. One of those finalists will be chosen as the 2020 Charles

M. Hewitt Master Teacher.

If you have any questions, please contact me, Anthony McMullen at

AMcMullen@uca.edu.

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STUDENT PAPER PRESENTATIONS IN PROVIDENCE

.SHOW THE WORLD

HOW GOOD YOUR

STUDENTS ARE

AND GIVE THEM

A CHANCE TO

SHOW THEIR

STUFF ON A

NATIONAL STAGE. CONSIDER

SPONSORING ONE OR MORE OF YOUR

STUDENTS, HELPING THEM DEVELOP A

PAPER TO PRESENT AT A STUDENT PAPER

SESSION AT THE 2020 INTERNATIONAL

ALSB MEETING IN PROVIDENCE. IT WILL

BE AN EXPERIENCE THAT NEITHER OF YOU

WILL EVER FORGET.

One paper will be selected as the Outstanding Student Paper if there are sufficient submissions, and that student will receive a plaque in honor of his or her work. Students whose papers are selected for presentation, who cannot obtain funding from their institution, will receive a waiver of their conference registration fees.

Papers should be written in accordance with the guidelines established for papers submitted for publication in the Proceedings. All submissions are to be made electronically by May 1 on the online

call-for-papers marking it as a student paper. Submit the above by May 1, 2020 All papers are blind reviewed by three members of the ALSB. Acceptances (e-mail and s-mail) will be sent out by Friday, July 6, 2020. By submitting a paper, the student is agreeing that if his or her paper is accepted, he or she will present the paper at the national meeting. All presenters are invited to attend the conference including the awards presentation. Please consider sponsoring a student. It is a rewarding experience for both students and their faculty sponsors, and it is the kind of activity that most schools support. Letters will be provided, upon request, to Deans acknowledging your efforts and accomplishments. Many faculty members, who have sponsored students, say that working with the student and seeing the final presentation has been one of the most rewarding activities they have undertaken as a faculty member. It’s a great addition to both of your resumes. If you have any questions, or just want some encouragement, please contact:

Tanya Marcum at

tmarcum@fsmail.bradley.edu

or Elizabeth Cameron at cameron@alma.edu

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ALSB Mentorship Program

Want some help on teaching…..research?

Do these questions haunt you: …How can I get better

class participation? …Are there better ways to

structure subject matter? …How can I interrelate

better with my students? …How can I construct a

research agenda? …What journals can or should I

publish in? …How do I edit drafts? …How should I

deal with article

rejection?!

The ALSB can help! We will get you matched up

with an experienced ALSB member as either a

teaching mentor or a research mentor or both.

For more information, contact: Dr. Lucien Dhooge, Georgia Institute of Technology,

Scheller College of Business, 800 West Peachtree St. N.W., Office Number 416, Atlanta

GA 30308-1149 (404) 385-7312 LUCIEN.DHOOGE@SCHELLER.GATECH.EDU

JLSE NEWS The Journal of Legal Studies Education solicits manuscripts on pedagogical issues and other topics of interest to our discipline. Now in its 32nd year of publication and eagerly read by ALSB members, the JLSE is the premier source for pedagogical research in the legal studies discipline. The JLSE provides double-blind review of manuscripts, with a publication decision typically forthcoming in 4-6 weeks. Our reviewers are dedicated to providing thoughtful, constructive comments to authors. We particularly encourage junior faculty members to consider developing submissions. For submission information, see http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1744-1722/homepage/ForAuthors.html, or contact Adam Epstein, Adam.Epstein@cmich.edu

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Gaylord Jentz

Scholarship

The Gaylord Jentz Scholarship was created to honor long-time Academy of Legal Studies in

Business member and past-president Gaylord Jentz from the University of Texas. Created by his family, friends

and colleagues as a memorial to Gaylord, the award is to fund a deserving business legal studies scholar in

presenting a scholarly paper at the annual Academy of Legal Studies in Business conference held each year in

late July or August. The goal of the award to is to partially underwrite the attendance of a scholar who would

otherwise not be able to participate due to financial constraints. The criteria for consideration are:

1) The candidate is an ALSB member in good standing;

2) Scholarly promise;

3) Submission of a [A written commitment by the candidate that, if selected, he or she will submit a]

quality scholarly research paper of original work to the conference program chair by May 1 of the year

the candidate is seeking support; the paper may have coauthors and it may have been delivered at an

ALSB regional meeting but may not have otherwise been published in any journal or proceedings at the

time of the submission;

4) Written certification by the candidate that he or she requested financial support from his or her

institution to fund travel to and participation in the ALSB annual conference but was advised that funds

were not available for that purpose; and

5) If selected, the candidate must acknowledge via footnote in her or his paper that support for this paper

was provided, in part, by the Gaylord Jentz Scholarship fund from the Academy of Legal Studies in

Business.

Candidates may be self-nominated or nominated by another ALSB member or an ALSB regional.

The award will underwrite:

1) One economy-class roundtrip airline ticket or, in the alternative, gas mileage if the candidate drives, in

either case, up to a maximum of $600.;

2) ALSB annual conference registration; and

3) Four nights’ accommodation at the conference hotel.

A cover letter with the required certifications, vita, and brief abstract of the paper to be presented must be

submitted electronically by close of business on May 1st to the ALSB Executive Secretary at

herron3653@gmail.com.

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UPCOMING WINTER/SPRING REGIONAL MEETINGS Rocky Mountain, Tri-State (newly named Great Lakes), and Southeastern Held Fall Conferences

ALSB Regional Associations are independent and separate legal entities from the American Business Law

Association, Inc. d/b/a the Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB); the ALSB assumes no liability for

and exercises no control over actions and policies of the regional organizations.

Canadian Website: http://www.calsb.ca/

The Canadian Regional invites one and all to the CALSB 2020 conference in Toronto! The conference will be

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held April 30 – May 1. Please visit our website or email Avner Levin at avner.levin@ryerson.ca for more

details.

Midwest States Include: Eastern Montana, Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South

Dakota, Wisconsin

Website: http://www.malsb.org/

The Midwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business (MALSB) Annual Conference is held in conjunction with

the MBAA international Conference, long billed as “The Best Conference Value in America.” The MBAA

International Conference draws hundreds of academics from business-related fields such as accounting,

business/society/government, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, health administration, information systems,

international business, management, and marketing.

Although the MALSB will have its own program track on legal studies, attendees will be able to take advantage

of the multidisciplinary nature of this international conference and attend sessions held by the other program

tracks.

The 2020 conference will be held March 25-27 at the Palmer Hilton House in Chicago, Illinois. An official call

for papers will be available soon. In the interim, please take a look at the flyer for key submission dates and

other information. In 2020, we will again offer CLE credit and also an optional dinner gathering on the evening

of March 26. We hope to see you in Chicago in 2020!

Registration and Call for Participation

Please contact our 2020 MALSB Program Chair, Christine Ladwig at cladwig@semo.edu for more

information.

Midwest Law Journal Submission details: www.malsb.org

All legal subjects and pedagogy

Acceptance rate: 18%

Review: double-blind peer review

Open submission: Papers do not have to be presented at regional meeting.

Listing: Midwest Law Journal is listed in Cabell’s Journal of Publishing Opportunities.

Mid-Atlantic States Include: Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia

The 2020 Annual MAALSB Conference will be held April 23-25 at Stockton University’s new beach-side

Atlantic City Campus. The MAALSB is an association of teachers and scholars in the fields of business law,

legal environment, and law-related courses outside of professional law schools, with members primarily from

the Mid-Atlantic states.

We welcome everyone who shares our interest in business law education, regardless of geography or title, and

take pride in our encouraging and supportive culture. We also publish the Atlantic Law Journal, a double-blind,

peer-reviewed publication focused on articles of interest in the areas of business law and business law

education, and are a regional association of the national Academy of Legal Studies in Business.

FAQ and Registration Form

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For more details, please contact Keith Diener at keith.diener@stockton.edu.

Atlantic Law Journal http://www.atlanticlawjournal.org/ Sponsor: Mid-Atlantic ALSB

Contact: Brian Halsey (West Chester University) bhalsey@wcupa.edu

Acceptance rate: under 25%

Open submissions: Papers do not have to be submitted at the regional meeting.

Listing: Journal is Cabell’s listed and the editors are exploring Westlaw listings.

North Atlantic States Include: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island

Website: http://www.narbla.org/

The next NARBLA annual conference will be held on Saturday, April 4, 2020, at Stonehill College, Easton,

Massachusetts. You may find the conference registration form, paper guidelines, and other information on our

website. Feel free to contact the Program Chair, John Duggan at jduggan1@stonehill.edu with questions,

comments, or suggestions.

Business Law Review North Atlantic ALSB is the sponsor.

Contact: William Read (readw@husson.edu) and Marie Hansen (hansenm@husson.edu)

Submission: Conference papers are preferred

Acceptance rate: high

Listing: Cabell’s Website: http://www.narbla.org/

Northeast

States Include: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut

Website: http://nealsb.info/index.html

Please join us for the 2020 NEALSB annual meeting at The Interlaken Inn in Lakeville, Connecticut. The

conference, which has CLE accreditation, will feature its usual high quality academic paper presentations and

panel discussions, as well as our annual “Best Conference Paper” award. This is a perfect opportunity to interact

with an exceptionally collegial, supportive, and welcoming group of colleagues. If you have any questions or

need additional information, please contact Program Chair, Gwen Seaquist at gseaquist@ithaca.edu.

Northeast Journal of Legal Studies Submission details: http://nealsb.info/index.html

Sponsor: NEALSB

Contact: Sharlene McEvoy samcevoy@mail.fairfield.edu

Submission: All legal subjects and pedagogy are accepted. It publishes papers presented at NEALSB, but also

accepts other submissions.

Submission fee: $50 (half returned if article is rejected)

Acceptance rate: 20-30%

Review: double-blind peer review

Listing: Cabell’s and the Index to Legal Periodicals

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Pacific Northwest States Include: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Western Montana

Provinces Include: Alberta, British Columbia

Website: http://pnalsb.weebly.com/

The 2020 PNALSB regional conference will be held at The Georgian Court Hotel in Vancouver, British

Columbia. The PNALSB is the “Northwest Regional” conference of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business

who membership includes legal studies faculty throughout the US and Canada. Our conference is a great

opportunity to meet with other business law instructors, debate legal issues during paper presentations, and

discuss teaching methods. Paper presentations are not required to attend the conference. All are welcome! The

conference registration fee is $125. For questions, please contact our Program Chair, Ruth Jebe

at ruthjebe@boisestate.edu.

Pacific Southwest States Include: Arizona, Southern Nevada, Southern California, Hawaii

Website: http://www.pswalsb.com/

The 2020 PSWALSB annual conference will be held at the Hilton Palm Springs Resort February 13-

16. Reserve your hotel room early to get the $195/night group rate (group code “PAC”). Enjoy some desert

weather, present a paper, get great educational experience, and meet and exchange ideas with colleagues! Paper

submissions eligible for cash awards of $500, $200, and $100. Registration fee is $295 prior to December 15

and includes receptions, breakfasts and Saturday night banquet.

For more information on submitting papers and to register for this event, please visit www.pswalsb.com or

email Doug Hume at dhume@apu.edu.

Journal of Law, Business & Ethics Submission details: www.pswalsb.com

Pacific Southwest ALSB is the sponsor

Each attendee will receive a copy of the Journal

Open submission

Acceptance rate: 5%

Review: double blind

Listing: Cabell’s, Westlaw, HeinOnline includes receptions, breakfasts and Saturday night banquet.

Southern States Include: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas

Website: http://www.salsb.org/

Western States Include: Northern California, Northern Nevada

The WALSB annual conference will be at Harvey’s Lake Tahoe, March 27-29, 2020. Join us and enjoy the

collegial atmosphere, professional presentations, and all the natural wonders of the beautiful location! Papers at

every stage of development are welcome. Please direct all questions to Lydie Louis, President-Elect and

Program Chair, at lydie.louis@faculty.hult.edu.

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University of Maryland’s Leigh Anenson Declares for National Office

Dear

Colleagues,

I am writing

to announce

my

candidacy for

ALSB

Secretary-

Treasurer.

Leading this

organization

is both an

honor and a

significant

responsibility, and I hope that you will consider me

worthy of your vote in next year’s election. I am

currently a full professor at the Robert H. Smith

School of Business. I entered academia after ten

years in the practice of law and business (from

export manager to international business consultant

to judicial clerkships and business litigation). At

that time, I knew next to nothing about what I was

supposed to do or how I was supposed to do it. I

attribute any success that I have had to the ALSB.

As I imagine it is for many of you, teaching and

researching law in a business school setting is my

dream job. It is certainly true that the ALSB is why

I have been able to survive and thrive in academia.

As a result, I can never give back enough to the

academy. Since joining the ALSB in 2002, I have

worked at a teaching school (University of Akron),

a teaching-research school (University of Nevada,

Las Vegas), and a research school (University of

Maryland). Based on that experience, I believe that

I understand the different problems (or perhaps

different dimensions of the same problems) faced

by members in these environments. If elected, I

promise to maintain the ALSB’s mission to broadly

support all our members and guide our academy in

new initiatives that will increase our visibility and

ensure respect among our colleagues. I hope that

you will give me your support.

During my seventeen years in the ALSB, I have

tried to make the most of my time to serve the

membership. I served as Chair of the ALSB

International Law Section. I have also had the

opportunity to see the value and impact of our

regional organizations, regularly attending the then

Tri-State (now Great Lakes) Academy of Legal

Studies in Business as well as serving as the

President of the Pacific Southwest Academy of

Legal Studies in Business (PSWALSB) and Chair

of its Palm Springs meeting in 2006. More

recently, in 2017, I cohosted the Big Ten Research

Seminar for business law scholars in Baltimore.

These forums for improving scholarship, which also

include the Huber Hurst Research Seminar and the

ABLJ and JLSE Invited Scholars Colloquiums, play

an important role in our academy that should be

sustained.

I have additionally had the pleasure to work with an

outstanding and hard-working group of authors and

editors on our academy journals. From 2004-2011,

I served as a staff editor on the American Business

Law Journal, twice earning the Outstanding

Reviewer Award. From 2003-2007, I also served as

Associate Editor of the International Business Law

Review. My service on these journals gave me

insight into the broad scholarship of our discipline

as well as the importance of maintaining our own

journals and their value in our school evaluation

systems.

Along with service to the academy, I am a

committed teacher and researcher. As a member of

the Executive Committee, I would work to promote

the excellent scholarship and amazing teaching that

define our academy. I am a huge proponent of

active learning to encourage critical thinking. I

believe that the way we teach our business law

classes offers us a unique advantage to bring value

in business education. I have earned several

teaching awards at my school and, in 2018, earned a

national teaching award given by Poets & Quants

that recognized the top 50 undergraduate business

professors.

Due to our academy’s mentoring environment, I

have been able to publish my work in dozens of

journals, including the ABLJ and the JLSE (earning

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Hoeber Awards in each journal). In 2007, I was

honored to be a corecipient of the ALSB Junior

Faculty Award of Excellence (now Early Career

Achievement Award). Last year, I published a

research book with Cambridge University Press.

Again, none of these accomplishments would have

been possible without the collegiality and

counseling I have received from my ALSB

colleagues. I have every intention of continuing to

nurture that environment in whatever future role I

play in the organization. I have experience serving

my home institution as well. Since joining the

Maryland faculty in 2008, I have been Core

Coordinator for business law and have held many

other leadership and management roles in my

department, school, and university. In particular, I

am a founding director of the university’s Center for

the Study of Business Ethics, Regulation & Crime

(C-BERC). Established in 2013, C-BERC is the

first-ever collaboration between a business school

and a department of criminology. Among its many

activities, C-BERC established a student fellows

program, hosted visiting scholars, sponsored a

series of distinguished speakers, and developed a

certificate program in Risk, Compliance, and the

Law. Of particular interest to the promotion of

business law scholarship, C-BERC organized an

interdisciplinary colloquium on business ethics in

2014 with scholars presenting research from the

perspectives of law, accounting, and criminology.

Additionally, in January 2019, the Center co-hosted

with Penn’s Law School a symposium on the

harmonization of business law that was populated

primary with our own academy members. I believe

that building bridges and encouraging collaboration

across disciplines, including facilitating connections

with law school faculty, and fostering relationships

with academics in foreign countries, is vital for our

survival. I regularly participate in law school

seminars and other subject matter groups

worldwide. I have been a featured speaker at the

AALS Annual Conference. I have held visiting

fellowships at law and business schools in foreign

countries, including the University of Cambridge.

These experiences were transformational in terms of

my research and academic relationships. I would

very much like to identify new mechanisms that

will permit our members to engage in greater

international experiences.

In conclusion, as a member of your Executive

Committee, I would support and advance our

academy’s teaching and research missions to

meaningfully address issues at all of our member

institutions. While maintaining our separate

identity, I would also be dedicated to an

international and inclusive perspective as the

academy moves forward in the twenty-first century.

Whatever the coming challenges to our discipline in

the future, I would be happy to meet them head-on.

I hope that you will support my candidacy. I look

forward to seeing you in Providence!

Sincerely,

T. Leigh Anenson J.D., LL.M., Ph.D. Professor of

Business Law

Letters in Support: Dan Cahoy

Dear Fellow Members of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business:

It is my great pleasure to write this nomination

letter for my friend, Professor Leigh Anenson, in

support of her candidacy for Secretary-Treasurer of

the ALSB. She is an amazingly accomplished

academic who has been a long-time member of the

Academy and strong supporter of the discipline. I

have known Leigh for many years and observed

how much she cares about our ALSB family. I truly

believe that she is well prepared to address the

needs of our community as a member of the ALSB

Executive Committee and will provide strong

leadership as President. I hope that you agree and

will give her your vote in the 2020 election.

Leigh’s list of publications, awards and accolades is

enormous, and anyone would conclude that she is at

the top of her game professionally. Not only is she a

full professor at a highly respected business school,

but she is literally one of the country’s top equity

scholars, widely sought as a contributor and

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commentator. Certainly, this success says a great

deal about her ability to navigate the shifting sands

of business school academics and politics, making

her a highly qualified national leader. And I do

believe this is a relevant quality for an effective

Academy EC member that you should consider.

But I also urge you to look beyond Leigh’s

impressive resume and consider the significant

impact she’s had on all of us through her significant

contributions. Simply put, Leigh has always worked

extraordinarily hard to support others in our field,

and her activities over the years make clear that she

understands the importance of service. Through

regional leadership, conference organization, center

building, mentorship and just broadly promoting

business law in academia, she has expanded our

opportunities and burnished our profile

internationally. She has undoubtedly sacrificed

some personal gain in the quest to help others. But

such selfless commitment is what we have come to

expect of our Executive Committee members, and I

believe Leigh fits well within this great tradition.

Among the more notable of Leigh’s contributions to

the discipline is her co-founding and directing of the

University of Maryland’s Center for the Study of

Business Ethics, Regulation, and Crime (CBERC).

The Center brings together multiple disciplines to

analyze and discuss legal and ethical issues in

modern business, with a unique emphasis on crime

and regulation. In January 2019, Leigh organized a

C-BERC conference held at the University of

Pennsylvania on the “Harmonization of Business

Law.” Notably, most of the participants were

members of the ALSB. As we all know, such

opportunities to present business law research are

not always easy to find, and this event was a

welcome highlight of our membership’s excellent

research.

Of course, Leigh has also organized multiple

general conferences, securing essential support from

Maryland’s Smith School for the benefit of others.

For example, she and her colleague Gideon Mark

organized the 2017 Big Ten Business Law Research

seminar, with participants from many of our

member schools. She also ran the 2006 Pacific

Southwest ALSB meeting the year before she led

that region as President.

In my experience, effective conference organizing

is essentially the skill to bring people together in an

inviting and collegial atmosphere (with our August

ALSB meetings being the ultimate venue). Leigh

has more than demonstrated her abilities in this area

and will work effectively to bring us another great

meeting in 2023. Prof. Leigh Anenson ALSB

Nomination September 13, 2019 Page 2 I note that

Leigh’s service perspective is hard-won. She

previously worked at business schools with teaching

as a primary focus and she understands the support

needed for essential business law instruction. Leigh

has also studied and taught internationally, and led

the ALSB International Section, allowing her to

appreciate the importance of expanding the ALSB’s

reach across the globe.

Finally, she has experienced business law programs

under pressure from shifting college priorities,

providing her with the background and empathy to

work with those in similar circumstances. You can

see that Leigh will be a very well-rounded leader

for our Academy, which is ever more important as

business schools continue to reassess their place in

the world.

Finally, to step beyond Leigh’s service activities, I

must add that she is one of the most genuine and

affable members of our community. Although her

accomplishments give her every right to be proud,

she is well known as extremely relatable and down-

to-earth. Leigh does not brag, but rather uses her

experience to help others learn and generate their

own achievements.

Given this personable nature, it is not surprising that

Leigh has won at least nine teaching awards and,

most impressively, was recognized in 2018 as one

of Poets & Quants Top 50 Business Professors. I

believe this nature is important because having an

Executive Committee that can connect with the

membership on a personal level ensures that the

concerns of our most vulnerable can be understood

and addressed.

In sum, I fully believe that Leigh Anenson is

perfectly qualified to lead our Academy and

represent our discipline. She is an excellent teacher,

researcher, leader and colleague. I wholeheartedly

endorse her candidacy and know that she is the right

person to serve us in the Executive Committee. I

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sincerely hope that you agree and that you will give

her your support in the summer of 2020.

Very truly yours,

Dan Cahoy Professor of Business Law Past ALSB

President (2015-16)

Letter in Support: Lynda Oswald

Dear Fellow Members of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business:

I second Dan Cahoy’s nomination of Leigh Anenson as a candidate for Secretary-Treasurer of the ALSB. Dan’s

nominating letter is thorough, detailed, and accurate; there is little I can add to it except to articulate my own

strong belief that Leigh would bring an extraordinary skillset to the position and that she has exactly the

qualities we need in the leadership of our Academy. Leigh is, as Dan so well described, an outstanding teacher,

researcher, leader, and colleague. The Academy would be fortunate to have her serve on the Executive

Committee. I hope that you will all join with me in supporting her candidacy in August.

Best wishes,

Lynda J. Oswald

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ALSB International Business Law Colloquium

Providence Conference Thursday August 6th -3:30-5:30PM

CALL FOR PAPERS

The ALSB International Section is pleased to announce the inaugural International Business Law

Colloquium, which will take place at the 2020 ALSB Annual Conference. The overarching objective of the

International Colloquium is to encourage, support, and showcase scholarly research by ALSB members on

international issues related to the legal environment of business. Selected papers will receive detailed feedback

from discussants and other participants.

Format

• The International Colloquium will be held on Thursday, August 6, 2020 from 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM.

The International Colloquium has been scheduled so as to not conflict with paper and panel sessions at

the 2020 ALSB Annual Conference.

• It is anticipated that three papers will be selected for the International Colloquium. Approximately 40

minutes will be allocated for each paper, which will include a 5 minute introduction by the author(s), 5-

10 minutes for discussant comments, and the remaining 25-30 minutes devoted to group discussion.

• Participants will include the selected authors and invited discussants, current International Section

officers and their invitees, and any ALSB members who indicate their interest in participating prior to

the International Colloquium (see “To Participate” below). Papers will be circulated among the

participants prior to the conference, and participants will be required to read the papers and come

prepared to contribute to the group discussion.

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Selection

• Submissions will be evaluated on the basis of the following criteria: (1) contribution to the relevant

literature; (2) topicality and relation to the field of international business law (or a related sub-field); (3)

potential benefit of the International Colloquium to the paper and the author; and (4) suitability for

potential publication in the American Business Law Journal, an international law journal, or another law

journal. In addition, submissions that address the 2020 ALSB Annual Conference theme of disruption

are encouraged but not required.

• Submissions should substantively engage with international business law or related topics or the

international or comparative dimensions of a domestic area of law or otherwise address the transnational

or global dimensions of business. Submissions focused exclusively or primarily on domestic (U.S. or

otherwise) legal matters will not be considered.

• Co-authored papers are welcome, and one or more co-authors may participate in the International

Colloquium.

• Submissions should not have been published or accepted for publication.

• Authors may submit for paper awards at the 2020 ALSB Annual Conference (including the Holmes-

Cardozo Award and the Ralph Bunche Award for Outstanding International Paper) and the ALSB

Proceedings. Authors may present papers in a regular paper session at the 2020 ALSB Annual

Conference in addition to participating in the International Colloquium.

• Submissions will be reviewed and selected for the International Colloquium by the International Section

officers.

• The deadline for submissions (see “To Participate” below) is May 1, 2020. Authors will be notified of

their selection by June 8, 2020 and will be required to provide a complete draft by July 6, 2020. Papers

will be circulated to all participants shortly thereafter.

• Authors agree to acknowledge the ALSB International Business Law Colloquium in a footnote when the

article is published.

To Participate

As an author. If you wish to participate in the International Colloquium as an author, please send an email with

an abstract of your paper and a brief explanation of how the paper would benefit from the International

Colloquium.

As a non-author participant. If you wish to participate in the International Colloquium as a non-author, please

send an email prior to the International Colloquium and you will be added to the invitee list.

Submissions and questions should be directed to Stephen Park, President of the ALSB International Section, at

stephen.park@uconn.edu.

ALSB International Section Officers for 2019-20:

Stephen Park, University of Connecticut (President)

Kevin Fandl, Temple University (Vice President)

Colleen Baker, University of Oklahoma (Secretary)

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Advancing the Discipline

and Blow You Own

Horn…News from the

ALSB Membership

Western Carolina University Provost Richard Starnes has announced that Deb

Burke (right) will be acting dean of Western Carolina University's College of

Business effective January 1.

Deb is a long-time ALSB member having been editor-in-chief of the JLSE, won

numerous awards, and is active in the scholarly life of the ALSB. Deb is also

presenting a paper in late January at the Society of Law Teachers of South

Africa in Skukuza, Kruger National Park will be hosted by the Faculty of Law;

University of Johannesburg.

Tanya Marcum (left) was awarded The Samuel Rothberg Award for

Professional Excellence. It is one of Bradley University’s highest academic

recognitions. One faculty member each year may receive this award.

Eligible candidates need to be full-time tenure track professors at Bradley

University, having had a continuous affiliation with the university for not

less than five years.

To be considered, individuals should have clear evidence of prolonged and

ongoing research and/or creative production during their time of affiliation

with Bradley University, as demonstrated by (but not limited

to) publications, presentations, or exhibitions. This research and/or creative

production should have made an original and prominent contribution to the

development and practice of their respective fields and should have been

exposed to critical appraisal by professional peers.

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Adam Epstein (left) serves as the faculty representative to Central

Michigan University athletics. You can find him, when he’s not editing

the ALSB’s Journal of Legal Studies Education, trolling the sidelines

exhorting the Chippewas on to victory.

A Path to Developing More Insightful Business School Graduates: A

Systems-Based, Experiential Approach to Integrating Law, Strategy,

and Sustainability by ALSB members Constance E. Bagley, Yale

University (connie.bagley@yale.edu), Adam J. Sulkowski, Babson

College (asulkowski@babson.edu), J. S. Nelson, Villanova University

Charles Widger School of Law (jsnelson@law.villanova.edu) along

with Sandra Waddock, Boston College (waddock@bc.edu)

Paul Shrivastava, The Pennsylvania State University and ICN Business

School, Nancy, France (paul.shri@gmail.com) is being published by

the Academy of Management Learning & Education, a journal

published by the Academy of Management.

Matthew Phillips, newly elected national ALSB officer, and Dan Herron, Executive Secretary completed a

successful site visit by inking a contract with the Louisville Omni Hotel for a room rate of $179 for July 27-31 .

They also have their sights on Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby Museum as a possible site for the

conference social event. Other sites of interest are the Louisville Slugger factory and the Frazier Museum, home

to the Kentucky Bourbon Museum!

Louisville, Kentucky

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2021 ALSB Annual Conference

Minneapolis, Minnesota

August 1-6

Program Chair, Jamie Prenkert, Indiana University

Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel, The Depot

Room Rate: $175

Photo by Lauren Rubinstein, Courtesy of Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel, The Depot and Meet Minneapolis

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ALSB CENTENNIAL

MEETING IN 2024

In 1924 at the LaSalle Hotel in Chicago, in conjunction

with the annual meeting of the American Association of

Law Schools, a group of twenty seven faculty began

what was then called the Association of Instructors in

Law in Collegiate Schools of Business. At the 1926

annual meeting, again in conjunction with the American

Association of Law Schools at the LaSalle Hotel in

Chicago, the group changed its name to the

Association of Teachers of Law in Collegiate

Schools of Business. This name stuck until 1937,

when it was changed to the American Business

Law Association. Finally, in 1991, the

membership, by then with over 1,000 dues-paying

members, voted overwhelming at the annual

meeting in Portland, Maine to adopt the name

Academy of Legal Studies in Business.

While there were a few years without

annual meetings (before 1952), the Academy of Legal Studies in Business will celebrate its 100th year of

existence in 2024. Accordingly, we are planning to celebrate in grand fashion. The Midyear Meeting of

the ALSB will be held at the Midwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business in Chicago in 2024 in

order to commemorate the origins of the organization in that great city. The Annual Conference of the

ALSB will be held in Washington, D.C. because of its many obvious and wonderful connections to the

study of law.

Efforts are already under way to plan for the Annual Conference in 2024. For those of you who may have

contacts in Washington or suggestions regarding events for the conference, please contact any member of the

Executive Committee.

The Academy of Legal Studies in Business advances legal studies in business education and is the professional home for legal studies researchers and educators, fostering collegial relationships and productive collaboration with researchers, educators, and organizations throughout the world. The Academy promotes knowledge of law, ethical behaviors, and an appreciation for justice, in research and teaching, so that students better understand the world in which businesses operate and so that business leaders may better understand their relationship with society and the impact of their decisions.