CFP: Third Annual JUNIOR FACULTY BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL LAW WORKSHOP

THE CENTER FOR LAW, ECONOMICS
& FINANCE
(C-LEAF)

AT

THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL

 

Third
Annual JUNIOR FACULTY BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL LAW WORKSHOP

AND JUNIOR
FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP PRIZES

 

Sponsored by Schulte
Roth & Zabel LLP

 

CALL FOR PAPERS

 

            The Center for Law, Economics &
Finance (C-LEAF) at The George Washington University Law School is pleased to
announce its third 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 Workshop will be held on April 5-6,
2013 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.

 

Approximately
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.

 

At the conclusion
of the Workshop, three papers will be selected to receive Junior Faculty
Scholarship Prizes of $3,000, $2,000, and $1,000, respectively.  All prize winners will be invited to become
Fellows of C-LEAF.*
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 not yet
received tenure, but 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, on or
before November 9, 2012.  To facilitate blind review, your name and other identifying information
should be redacted from your paper submission.  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 members of the C-LEAF
Executive Board. Authors of accepted papers will be notified by December 14, 2012. Please feel free to
pass this Call for Papers along to any colleagues who may be interested.