Sponsoring Conferences for Practicing Attorneys
Since 1997, the Center has sponsored an annual continuing legal education program for the banking law community. The Banking Institute is a well attended program that, in recent years, has been held in Charlotte , the home to two of the nation's largest financial institutions. Speakers at past Institutes have included:
- Donald Powell (chairman of the FDIC)
- Donna Tanoue (chairman of the FDIC)
- Mark Olson (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)
- Jerry Hawke (Comptroller of the Currency)
- Gene Ludwig (former Comptroller of the Currency)
- Julie Williams (chief counsel, OCC)
- Virgil Mattingly and Scott Alvarez (general counsel, Federal Reserve Board)
- Hugh McColl (CEO of Bank of America)
- Ken Thompson (CEO of Wachovia)
- Ed Crutchfield (CEO of First Union)
- John Allison (CEO of BB&T)
- Rodgin Cohen (Sullivan & Cromwell)
- John Douglas (Alston & Bird).
The Center sponsors three other annual programs: The Dan K. Moore Program in Ethics (since 2002) with a focus on ethical issues of interest to corporate attorneys, The Consumer Law and Consumer Credit Symposium as part of the Festival of Legal Learning (since 2001), and The North Carolina Bank Directors' College with the North Carolina Office of the Commissioner of Banks (since 2002).
An Emerging Issues Forum has also been developed to provide in-depth programs on an occasional basis on particular issues of current interest to the financial services community. The first such forum was held May 13, 2002, in Washington D .C., on the subject of Off-Balance Sheet Finance and Accounting.
The Center has also co-sponsored conferences outside of North Carolina with other organizations, including the American Bar Association, the Securities Industry Association, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta . In addition to helping market these conferences, the Center provides speakers from the Center's faculty and helps identify other leading speakers from throughout the country.