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 [email protected]
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 [email protected]. 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
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 [email protected]
President-Elect/Program Chair
Robert Bird
University of Connecticut
Vice President
Jamie Prenkert
Indiana University
Secretary-Treasurer
Matthew Phillips
Wake Forest University
Immediate Past President
Marisa Pagnattaro
University of Georgia
AACSB International Liaison
Janine Hiller
Virginia Tech
Editor: American Business Law
Journal
Gideon Mark
University of Maryland
Editor: Journal of Legal Studies
Education
Adam Epstein
Central Michigan University
Chief Accounting Officer
Linda Christiansen
Indiana University-Southeast
Executive Secretary
Daniel J. Herron
Western Carolina University
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
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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 [email protected], 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
12
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 [email protected]. 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected]. 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 [email protected]
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, ([email protected]) 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 [email protected].
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 [email protected].
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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
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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
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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
or Elizabeth Cameron at [email protected]
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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 [email protected]
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, [email protected]
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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
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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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected].
Atlantic Law Journal http://www.atlanticlawjournal.org/ Sponsor: Mid-Atlantic ALSB
Contact: Brian Halsey (West Chester University) [email protected]
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 [email protected] with questions,
comments, or suggestions.
Business Law Review North Atlantic ALSB is the sponsor.
Contact: William Read ([email protected]) and Marie Hansen ([email protected])
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 [email protected].
Northeast Journal of Legal Studies Submission details: http://nealsb.info/index.html
Sponsor: NEALSB
Contact: Sharlene McEvoy [email protected]
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
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 [email protected].
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 [email protected].
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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
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 ([email protected]), Adam J. Sulkowski, Babson
College ([email protected]), J. S. Nelson, Villanova University
Charles Widger School of Law ([email protected]) along
with Sandra Waddock, Boston College ([email protected])
Paul Shrivastava, The Pennsylvania State University and ICN Business
School, Nancy, France ([email protected]) 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.