The University of Illinois College of Law has announced the creation
of a new program in corporate and business law that will allow faculty
members to focus research and teaching in this area of expertise
and to create conferences, lectures and a speakers colloquium.
The newly-created Illinois Program in Law and Business Policy,
coordinated by Professor Larry Ribstein,
the Mildred Van Voorhis Jones Chair,
includes an impressive array of University of Illinois faculty members
including Ribstein, Amitai Aviram,
Ralph Brubaker,
William Davey,
Christine Hurt,
Robert Lawless,
Andrew Morriss,
Charles Tabb,
and Cynthia Williams.
The Illinois Program in Law and Business Policy
also proposes to host public lectures in Chicago and on the UI campus,
develop conferences and support other business related activities.
The Program will highlight various areas of expertise within the
College of Law, including empirical work, law and economics,
unincorporated and closely held firms, securities markets,
entrepreneurship, the role of social norms, derivatives and other
complex financial instruments, corporate social responsibility,
bankruptcy, and European and other international law.
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