An Intellectual Feast
Young Legal Scholars Exchange Ideas at Second Annual Junior Faculty Scholarship Workshop and Prizes
Dave Scavone
GW's Center for Law, Economics & Finance (C-LEAF) hosted its second annual Junior Faculty Business and Financial Law Workshop and Junior Faculty Scholarship Prizes.
Organized by Professor Lisa Fairfax, the event supports and recognizes the work of young legal scholars in accounting, banking, bankruptcy, corporations, economics, finance, and securities, while promoting interaction among them and senior faculty. By providing a forum for the exchange of creative ideas in these areas, C-LEAF aims to encourage new and innovative scholarship.
During the workshop, senior scholars commented on each paper, and a general discussion followed among all participants. The commentators included practitioners and business and law faculty members from GW and around the country. Students were also invited to attend the weekend's events.
C-LEAF received more than 80 paper submissions for the workshop, representing junior scholars from around the nation, as well as from six international schools. In total, 12 papers were selected for presentation at the workshop. The authors of the selected papers were Afra Afsharipour (UC Davis); Dan Awrey (Oxford); co-authors Mathew Cain (Notre Dame) and Steven Davidoff (Ohio State); Mira Ganor (Texas); Zachary J. Gubler (Arizona State); Tom Lin (Florida); Mohsen Manesh (Oregon); Tanya Marsh (Wake Forest); Mary-Hunter McDonnell (Northwestern); Alicia Plerhoples (UC Hastings); Tess Wilkinson-Ryan (University of Pennsylvania); and Urska Velikonja (Maryland).
"Lisa has once again done an amazing job pulling together such a fantastic group of scholars offering so many diverse, thoughtful ideas," said GW Law Professor F. Scott Kieff. "Our colleagues and students got to enjoy an intellectual feast while the presenters and commentators had the benefit of such a productive workshop environment."
At the conclusion of the workshop, three papers were awarded Junior Faculty Scholarship Prizes of $3,000, $2,000, and $1,000, respectively. Paper prize winners were Matthew Cain and Steven Davidoff (first place), Zachary J. Gubler (second place), and Urska Velikonja (third place).
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, one of the leading law firms serving the financial services industry and known for its premier practice in the area of private investment funds and private equity M&A, sponsored the Junior Faculty Scholarship Workshop and Prizes and provides other financial assistance to C-LEAF.
Dave Scavone |
Dave Scavone |