Regular Lounge readers know that we occasionally host min-symposia on special topics here, such as the recent Taxing Eggs symposium. Well, I’m pleased to announce that we’ll host a mini-symposium on corporate board diversity during the week of March 23-27.
Efforts to encourage greater corporate board diversity are now nearly universal. Though different jurisdictions employ different methods – from reporting to quotas to more informal public, market, or government pressure – the drive to diversify the boardroom is being felt around the world. But why?
The Faculty Lounge will host a special mini-symposium on corporate board diversity with guest experts in the field. What methods are different jurisdictions using to promote board diversity and with what effect? More importantly, what do board diversity advocates hope to achieve with these changes? Finally, what do our panel of experts believe will be the ultimate result of these efforts?
Join us in the Lounge as our panel of experts address these and other issues on March 23-27. Panelists include:
Wells Fargo Professor of Banking Law and Director of the Center for Banking and Finance
University of North Carolina, School of Law
William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor of Law
University of North Carolina, School of Law
Associate Professor, with tenure, Osgoode Hall Law School; Visiting Professor of Law, Yale Law School, and Global Justice Senior Fellow, Yale MacMillan Center.
Leroy Sorenson Merrifield Research Professor of Law; Director of Conference Programs, C-LEAF
Kimberly D. Krawiec (a.k.a. me!)
Kathrine Robinson Everett Professor of Law, Duke University
Professor of Law, Pace Law School
Some other folks may join in as well, so stay tuned for further updates.