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The Fordham Corporate Law Center's programs address current issues in the business law area.  The Center's lectures and conferences bring experts who offer insights into and understanding of the complexities in today’s global business world. Speakers and panel participants include industry leaders, policy makers, academics, the judiciary, and expert legal practitioners. 

Programs include two annual endowed lectures open to the public: the A. A. Sommer, Jr. Lecture  and the Albert A. DeStefano Lecture.  Other by-invitation programs include roundtables that address developing issues in business law and the Eugene P. and Delia S. Murphy Conference on Corporate Law, at which leading scholars present research for discussion by academics and practitioners. The Center's Business Law Practitioners' Series gives students the opportunity to meet with distinguished practitioners and learn about their legal careers.

Of course, the Center's programs are not restricted to business law students. Our programs attract a wide audience, including 1Ls and LL.M. students. Students interested in public interest law also attend our programs to develop their business law skills needed for non-profit management and legal counsel for service organizations.

Fall 2009 Corporate Law Center Events  | All programs are free and open to the public.

Lecture
October 5, 2009  |  Monday
6:30 p.m. in the McNally Amphitheatre
Speaker: William C. Dudley, President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Reception immediately following in the Platt Atrium.

Tenth Annual A. A. Sommer, Jr. Lecture on Corporate, Securities, and Financial Law
October 28, 2009  |  Wednesday
6:30 p.m. in the McNally Amphitheatre
Speaker: Commissioner Elisse B. Walter, U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Reception immediately following in the Platt Atrium.
Presented by Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Panel Discussion on Pharma: Key Legal and Business Issues
(Co-Sponsored by The Fordham Intellectual Property Law Institute and The Fordham Corporate Law Center)
December 2, 2009  |  Wednesday

5:00 p.m. | Reception with the speakers in the Platt Atrium
5:45 p.m. | Introduction: Nicholas Groombridge (Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP)
6:00 p.m. | Legal Issues Panel
7:00 p.m. | Business Issues Panel


Legal Issues Panel (6:00 p.m.)

Moderator: Hugh Hansen, Professor, Fordham Law School
Director, Fordham Intellectual Property Law Institute

Nicholas Groombridge (Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP)
John LaRocca (General Counsel, Actavis)
Steven J. Lee, Ph.D. (Kenyon & Kenyon LLP)
David Manspeizer (Chief Patent Counsel, Wyeth)
John Richards (Ladas & Parry LLP)


Business Issues Panel (7:00 p.m.)

Moderator: Howard Tuckman, Ph.D. Professor of Finance and Economics, Fordham Graduate School of Business

Ken Banta (Corporate Affairs, Merck & Co.)
Edwin A. Cohen (Chairman/Ceo, Summit Biosciences Inc.)
Lisa Drakeman, Ph.D. (CEO, Genmab)
Sander A. Flaum (CEO, Flaum Partners. Adjunct Professor of Management at Fordham Graduate Business School, Founder and Chair of the Fordham Leadership Forum)
Wendy Sanhai, Ph.D. (Senior Scientific Advisor, Office of the Commissioner, FDA)

 

Everyone is welcome to attend Corporate Law Center Programs.

The Fordham Institute for Family & Private Enterprise is sponsoring the following complimentary Lecture for Business Owners & Executives.  RSVP to register: ElizabethIngrassia@yahoo.com

"How to Grow your Business and Maximize its Value"
November 4, 2009  |  Wednesday
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Alliance Bernstein     |     1345 Avenue of the Americas (54th Street)      |        New York, NY 10105
Seminar from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m
Open Q&A from 7:00 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.
Cocktails & Networking through 8:00 p.m.
Moderator:  Pieter Kodder, Managing Director, Lincolnshire Management
Panelists:
Allan D.L. Weinstein, Managing Director, Lincolnshire Management
John Paris, Founder, Xonitek
Brian Feuer, Portfolio Manager, McKinsey and Company, Inc.
RSVP to register: ElizabethIngrassia@yahoo.com