The Center For Law,
Economics And Finance At The George Washington University Law School
Inaugural Junior
Faculty Business And Financial Law Workshop
And Junior Faculty
Scholarship Prizes
Sponsored by Schulte
Roth & Zabel LLP
The
Center for Law, Economics and Finance (C-LEAF) at The George Washington
University Law School is pleased to announce its first annual Junior Faculty
Business and Financial Law Workshop and Junior Faculty Scholarship Prizes. The Workshop and Prizes are sponsored
by Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP. The Inaugural Workshop will be held on April
1-2, 2011, at GW Law School in Washington, DC.
The
Workshop supports and recognizes the work of young legal scholars in
accounting, banking, bankruptcy, corporations, economics, finance, and
securities, while promoting interaction among them and selected senior faculty. By providing a
forum for the exchange of creative ideas in these areas, C-LEAF also aims to
encourage new and innovative scholarship.
Up to ten papers will be chosen from those submitted for
presentation at the Workshop pursuant to this Call for Papers. At the Workshop,
one or more senior scholars will comment on each paper, followed by a general
discussion of each paper among all participants. The Workshop audience will
include invited young scholars, faculty from GW’s Law School and Business
School, faculty from other institutions, and invited guests.
In addition to participating in the Workshop, all scholars
selected to present at the Workshop will be invited to become Fellows of
C-LEAF.* At the conclusion of the Workshop, up to three papers will be awarded
Junior Faculty Scholarship Prizes, of $3,000, $2,000, and $1,000,
respectively. C-LEAF makes no publication
commitment, but chosen papers will be featured on its website as part of the
C-LEAF Working Paper series.
Junior
scholars who have held a full-time academic appointment for less than seven
years as of the submission date are cordially invited to submit summaries or
drafts of their papers. Although
published work is not eligible for submission, submissions may include work
that has been accepted for publication. C-LEAF will cover hotel and meal
expenses of all selected presenters.
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, one of the leading law firms
serving the financial services industry and known for its premier practice in
the area of private investment funds and private equity M&A, generously
sponsors the Junior Faculty Scholarship Workshop and Prizes and provides other
financial assistance to C-LEAF.
Those
interested in presenting a paper at the Workshop should submit a summary or
draft, preferably by e-mail, before October 15, 2010. Direct your submission,
along with any inquiries related to the Workshop, to:
Professor
Lisa M. Fairfax
Leroy Sorenson
Merrifield Research Professor of Law
George
Washington University Law School
2000 H
Street, NW
Washington,
DC 20052
lfairfax@law.gwu.edu
Papers
and Junior Faculty Scholarship Prizes will be selected after a blind review by
a committee of the C-LEAF Executive Board. Authors of accepted papers will be
notified by November 19, 2010. Please feel free to share this Call for Papers
with any colleagues who may be interested.